I've seen a lot of pictures of stretched, lowered, enormous rear tire 14's and I can't help but be a little confused by this. The 14 is a great handling bike and I don't understand why someone would ruin it! I get it if you're a drag racer, but I'm willing to bet that blowing a bunch of money on a 300 series swing arm conversion doesn't help e.t.'s. so what's the deal? Sorry just a bit of a rant...

Because the 14 is NOT a great handling bike.

Mine can't handle worth a shit....everytime I hit those curves at 150 leaned in and rippin,she just wants to fight me every inch of the way...what a fuck&% POS my bike is.....should have bought a liter bike....especially something different than a Kawasaki.....what a trash bike they are.

"GREAT MOTORCYCLE?"...FUC$....worst bike I've ever owned....gettin rid of mine as fast as possible...gonna get killed tryin to use these brakes....steerings' all fucked up.....can't steer it's way around a fuckin moving van....gonna get killed tryin to ride this POS.Misses gears right and left...fuckin sputters and misses everytime I go to pass someone.....I tell ya...this thing is a deathtrap.Looks like shit too...especially the GREEN ones.WTF was Kawi thinking?...geez....assholes.Fuckin asshole Kawasaki engineers.Harder than shit to work on.....'new body work'....uh?What a crock.Shit don't fit.Fairings drop down.Bolts fall out.Fuckin bunch of BS if ya ask me....I'll never recommend this pile to anyone...unless you want headache after headache.Cam chain noise...shit.....mine makes all kinds of noise...sounds like the fuckin engine's gonna blow any second.Two fans?...shit....what a ream job they did with that...doesn't help cool anything off...just a gimmick...as is the rest of the 'new and improved' stuff with this trash heap.KTRC's a hype...doesn't work....fuckin junk pile SHOULD have had ABS...but NOOOO>>>>they put this stupid 'limiter'deal on there..along with that useless back torque clutch thingy....PFFFFTT!!!!Boy,did they fool everyone with THIS POS.

* Last updated by: Grn14 on 8/12/2012 @ 1:18 PM *

Reading your posts from 3 months ago.... What changed?

WTF is RIGHT...listen to this....

LMAO!! Even dear ol' mom could hear that #3 big end bearing fixing to let go!

;)

I agree with you about the slammed down look and the fat tires, but like everything else. its all about what they like.Its kind of like choppers. they dont ride well but they get the looks. me, I like to be able to cut a turn and hang off. thats what tickles me. lol.

ha ha ha ha ha ha I freakin love it hay man its been a while sounds really shitty better trade it in for that new DUC mad max street fighter thingy lol

Sorry you had bad luck with yours grn14. I love my 08. Generally, when someone rants like you did, it comes down to user error, I'm guessing this is likely the case here. I've been riding for 25 years, dirt and street, and the 14 is a very nice bike. I think it handles great for what it is a STREET bike, but I also realize (unlike many others)it's not a replica and I don't want it to be. Thanks for clogging up my post with your rant though. I don't even understand why you'd even bother coming to a zx14 site. You should sell it, trade it, get rid of it and stop wasting the bandwidth of this site.

* Last updated by: Bjames111 on 8/12/2012 @ 4:16 PM *

Ouch, that sounds a little lumpy

Grn, you know very well the 14 is not a track bike, but you got one anyway. Why get mad at the bike for being what it's supposed to be? You ought to be mad at the guy who knew what it was and got it anyway...

I have 6000 miles on my 09 and run it very hard.Ask Zach.All trouble free miles.Buy a honda.
Craig

Tis true. Craig puts the spurs to his monster.

Hey Zach;
I'm in the middle of putting block off plates and blocking off my airbox.Theres no clearnce in there to work.I put my old 43 Vortex sprocket on the back.Going to put my speedohealer back on since I have all the ferrings off.This thing jumps with the 16/43 gearing,loving it.
Craig

Some people install those accessories to add personality to THEIR bikes. What a boring world we would live in if we all looked and acted the same.

Kofla

NINJA ZX-14 MotoVlog

[quote]Some people install those accessories to add personality to THEIR bikes. What a boring world we would live in if we all looked and acted the same.
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Yes I get, but it doesn't make any sense why you'd modify a bike for LESS performance.

Don't you bike guys hear my shitty motor?....listen to it....someone PLEASE tell me what's wrong with this bitch...... "Why get mad at the bike for being what it's supposed to be?"....fuck...what it's supposed to be?WTF is that exactly...it's a fuckin whale...you mean that? A whale with a broken fuckin tail...fucker won't shift worth shit.You guys that have your earlier models....you rule....this fuckin thing is like deadsville...waste of cash...I'll tell ya that.

"I don't even understand why you'd even bother coming to a zx14 site. You should sell it, trade it, get rid of it and stop wasting the bandwidth of this site"...you got THAT right...fuckin site's an armpit....why they ever put a 14R section in here I have NO FUCKING CLUE.There's NOTHING good with this 14R....it's fucked...really...just fucked for a road bike..I think ALL those draggers are bullshittin.They're NOT gettin those numbers they say they are...and the fuckin DYNOS?What a bunch of BS...all staged...every fuckin one.Phoney.....photoshopped or something.Aint even got WHERE they ran the dyno at....or even what fuckin year.

* Last updated by: Grn14 on 8/12/2012 @ 11:55 PM *

Grn, is this for real or is this like a Hub post where we have to try to figure out what you realy mean!

Yes I get, but it doesn't make any sense why you'd modify a bike for LESS performance.

That's exactly how I feel, you don't put 26's and hydraulics on a ferrari. That's something the Sport bikes crowd got from the Harley guys and it's a shame!

"Grn, is this for real"....hell NO it aint for real.Everytime I ride my bike...it's like..."OMG...this thing is SOOOOO cool"....New tires on er now....rippin it up Buck...rippin it up!

"ha ha ha ha ha ha I freakin love it hay man its been a while sounds really shitty better trade it in for that new DUC mad max street fighter thingy lol"....yeppers my man...thought you fell off the face of the earth!Glad yer still around....some day...some day I'll roll on in there.Been near the Ortegas lately?I know yer a bit away from there...but I still enjoyed rollin through there with my Harley...way back whenLOL!!!

"LMAO!! Even dear ol' mom could hear that #3 big end bearing fixing to let go!
;)"...priceless....definitely right on time wasn't it?LOL!!!!

* Last updated by: Grn14 on 8/13/2012 @ 2:16 AM *

I think Hub and Grn have merged into a single being and are posting as Grn.

Grn spun #3 rod bearing, when did this happen?

better trade it in for that new DUC mad max street fighter thingy lol

I don't know about that, a buddy of mine bought an 848 Street Fighter and it blew up with only 493 miles on the clock.

He wanted either a new bike or a crate motor installed but Ducati wouldn't authorize it and he ended up getting a new cylinder, piston and rings. He's pissed and has hired an attorney as he hasn't even made the first payment and now has a rebuilt motor.

I'd pay to have that thing shipped to the factory HQs in Bologna and torch it on their front lawn....lol!

* Last updated by: Kruz on 8/13/2012 @ 7:46 AM *

The 14 is a great handling bike and I don't understand why someone would ruin it!

LOL Kruz, +1

I saw a Ducati 998 or whatever the heck that new one is, the one that costs 50k, this weekend on the COG trip.

It was parked at a diner we stopped at for lunch on one of our rides.

Darned if he didn't have two rows of chicken strips left on the back and about the same on the front.

I then looked at my "old man's bike" Concours 14 and the PR3s are scrubbed all the way to the sidewalls, front and rear.

I almost fell down laughing so hard.