The late-80s/early-90s ZXR750 - one hell of a Kawasaki!
The Kawasaki ZXR750 was perhaps the most brutal, most mental of all the Japanese 750s ever. While the bike was launched way back in 1989, its blue/green/white colour scheme and hoover-tube air-intakes are instantly recognizable icons in the world of high-performance motorcycling even now. There was about 100 horsepower on tap. Top speed was around 250km/h. And the chassis/suspension combo was tuned with single-minded focus – to get you around corners as fast as possible.
The ZXR750 was replaced by the ZX-7R (and the more race-oriented ZX-7RR) in 1993, and these bikes remained in production till 2003. The ZX-7RR was raced successfully by riders like Scott Russell and Doug Chandler, whose combined efforts resulted in four AMA championships for Kawasaki, over a period of seven years. Russell also took the 7RR to World Superbikes, where he won the 1993 WSB championship.
The ZXR750 and the ZX-7R were significant superbikes of their time and kept Honda VFRs, Suzuki GSX-Rs and Yamaha YZFs on their toes!
This is what the ZXR750 finally evolved into - the ZX-7R. Brutish, hard, heavy and very memorable
Can a bunch of old bikes - the ZXR750, YZF750 and the original Fireblade - keep up with a modern-day GSX-R1000...?
1 comments:
i've got one.
frickin wicked.
'96 zx7r black - cost me a$4400 - bloddy unbeatable bang for buck imho.
frickin ferrari performance for less than 5 large.
hard to put into words, but these things have soul, and really seem to encourage speeding!
previously owned 2 zxr750's ('89 & '93 - black).
thing is, they all have rock solid front ends, and on our aussie goat tracks, thats fricken essential...
a huge Domo arigato to the brilliant Kawasaki engineers & designers.
shame about the lost licence (speeding).
gotta love big brother in 2007.
orwell would be proud.
...too dark?
rick (kwaka fan)
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