You have a nice collection! I'm jealous! I see most people not doing major mods to their N1K's. Just little things with rim tape, seats, windshield, frame sliders, etc. But nothing like I see other bikes have done to them. I agree. There is nothing I want to change about the ride or performance. The only thing I really dislike about this bike that needs to get fixed is the headlights. They are awful. Kawasaki needs to fix this on future models. There is a mod a few people have done with halo's and HID projectors. I am going to do that at some point. Other than a few little things that add to functionality like my GPS stand, rim tape, sliders, I can't think of much I want to do to it.
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Hi all.
New to the forum and pretty new to team green. Not new to riding. I've always been a Honda rider, see my signature below. But when I met the Z800 in 2013 I loved it. This year I went looking for a sport touring bike, and Honda really don't have anything interesting. The VFR 800 and 1200 just don't do it for me. Then I saw the Ninja 1000, test rode it and within a week was putting down the money. Only had it a few days so far but I'm really enjoying the ride. Comfortable, powerful and remarkably easy to ride. Trying desperately not to modify it other than a few tweaks. I've ordered a Healtech gear indicator, an Evotech radiator guard and will probably get a Puig smoked screen. Other than that it looks good already. This one probably won't get a tail tidy, as I really want to be able to stop the mud splatter on this bike. The blade and the Z are not passenger friendly
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Cheers,
Pete.
New to the forum and pretty new to team green. Not new to riding. I've always been a Honda rider, see my signature below. But when I met the Z800 in 2013 I loved it. This year I went looking for a sport touring bike, and Honda really don't have anything interesting. The VFR 800 and 1200 just don't do it for me. Then I saw the Ninja 1000, test rode it and within a week was putting down the money. Only had it a few days so far but I'm really enjoying the ride. Comfortable, powerful and remarkably easy to ride. Trying desperately not to modify it other than a few tweaks. I've ordered a Healtech gear indicator, an Evotech radiator guard and will probably get a Puig smoked screen. Other than that it looks good already. This one probably won't get a tail tidy, as I really want to be able to stop the mud splatter on this bike. The blade and the Z are not passenger friendly
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Cheers,
Pete.
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Hi trublupsu94, thanks. The lights don't seem much worse than on other bikes. They are all pretty lousy to be honest. I'll probably just buy better bulbs if these aren't good enough. I tried the whole halos/projectors setup on my 2006 CBR. Never again, didn't like having to deal with the additional wiring, the ballasts, the control boxes, etc. Forgot about the GPS stand, thanks for the reminder
Hi Tony. Yeah, the Z800 is a really fun bike. Nakeds aren't very practical for anything more than roaming the city and nearby areas, but they are a blast to ride. That's my thug bike Thailand used to have a serious divide between little bikes (150 and below) and big bikes. Very few big bikes were seen and they were all grey import market. Now things are seriously changing and there are many people on bikes in the 250 - 650cc range, mostly Honda and Kawasaki. Above 650cc is still pretty rare, and the people that go above 650cc are usually rich and go for ducatis. Not many of my types of bike around, which is fine by me!
Hi Tony. Yeah, the Z800 is a really fun bike. Nakeds aren't very practical for anything more than roaming the city and nearby areas, but they are a blast to ride. That's my thug bike
Thailand used to have a serious divide between little bikes (150 and below) and big bikes. Very few big bikes were seen and they were all grey import market. Now things are seriously changing and there are many people on bikes in the 250 - 650cc range, mostly Honda and Kawasaki. Above 650cc is still pretty rare, and the people that go above 650cc are usually rich and go for ducatis. Not many of my types of bike around, which is fine by me!
Haha, it's not one of the old racers that you're thinking of, the Thai NSR 150 was a little street bike. Mine was this color, but in better condition. Great first bike.
Hi Den. Yeah, you feel like a bit of a rock star rolling up on a 1000cc bike We've just setup a business development office in Manila, so I'll be over there to review the setup next month.
We've just setup a business development office in Manila, so I'll be over there to review the setup next month.
Cheers. Yeah, I've been pretty lucky in life to get this collection together. Riding the n1k home from work yesterday I hit some rain and the bike is really very stable on the slippery roads we have here. And it will get it's first wash on Sunday, the best way to look over all the little details of ya bike
Completed my first short (300km) round trip. What a lovely bike in general, so well behaved. Got hit by rain, selected full traction control and low power and quite happily kept riding.
A couple of points:
1. The headlights do indeed suck at night, I'll swap out the bulbs asap.
2. The seat isn't too comfy, but I'll give it a couple of thousand km to break in before considering a swap, unless people agree it won't get any better?
3. The standard windscreen isn't bad, but I've put in an order for the puig.
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A couple of points:
1. The headlights do indeed suck at night, I'll swap out the bulbs asap.
2. The seat isn't too comfy, but I'll give it a couple of thousand km to break in before considering a swap, unless people agree it won't get any better?
3. The standard windscreen isn't bad, but I've put in an order for the puig.
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Getting to know the bike Pretty easy to take apart, but I'm coming from a Honda CBR 1000rr so ANYTHING is easy compared to that nightmare... Fitted a Healtech gipro DS, an Evotech radiator guard and some new bulbs.
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Pretty easy to take apart, but I'm coming from a Honda CBR 1000rr so ANYTHING is easy compared to that nightmare... Fitted a Healtech gipro DS, an Evotech radiator guard and some new bulbs.
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