test ride

[tapps]

i've had my 12 plate gtr1400 for about 14 month's now,i decided to take a ZZR1400 out today for a test ride,one word describe's it WOW !!!!!!!

[Rusty]

Come on Tapps ... MORE details ! From Alfs ? Where did you take it and how long did they let you have it for ?
Px ing on the horizon ? 

[Lonewolf]

Ok, we're gonna have to set some serious ground rules about people trading in the GTR's for ZZR's, 
Personally I quite like the big BMW but I'd never tell anyone. 

[tapps]

Come on Tapps ... MORE details ! From Alfs ? Where did you take it and how long did they let you have it for ?
Px ing on the horizon ? 

yes it was indeed from ALF'S worthing,i took there demo the limited edition out for about i hour,i need to take one out for a few hour's,i was amazed by the feel of it,the power & how it handled,if i'd have taken the zzr out instead of the gtr when i did 14 month's ago, i'd have had one.the p/x value offered on my 12 plate gtr1400 with 6.200 on the clock was £8.500,which meant adding another £3.400,there's a kwaka dealer near southampton so i'll call in there,see what they offer.

[keith]

hi tapps if you are after a good deal try orrel in wigan,bought my zzr 1441 from them, i just sent pics of my busa  to them,no other dealer could get anywere near a good a deal as they offered me, they collected my busa and delivered the new 1441,my local dealer was a £1000 dearer.i am going to wigan next week (weather permitting )for them to carry out my first service. two kwacks put me onto them,if you contact them mention they were  were reccomended to you from the gtr forum by us,they dont mind a bit of price haggaling   good luck in your sehttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151035181421?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648arch,let us know how you do.

[keith]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151035181421?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

try thiis link for motorcycle centre orrel wigan   see if i have done it right this time

[2kwacks]

loved the GTR but zzr1441 is just simple "outstanding" to say the least..! dose everything the GTR dose and everything a supersport dose you could say, its the best of both worlds

[tapps]

i have a scotland trip 1st week in august,may put off looking till that's done.

[mecki]

dose everything the GTR dose and everything a supersport dose you could say, its the best of both worlds

No it isn't! 
Unlike the GTR the ZZR is not a tourer. 

[Lonewolf]

No it isn't! 
Unlike the GTR the ZZR is not a tourer. 

Mecki the ZZR is a tourer, there is an option to have it fitted with hard luggage just like the GTR. Theres a lad on YouTube who has been touring many parts of the world on a Honda C90 or something equally bizarre. Anythings a tourer if you want it to be.

[mecki]

Anythings a tourer if you want it to be.

Just because you want your donkey to be a horse doesn't make it one! 

[Boomer]

I'm with Mecki on this.
On that basis a Ducati 996SP is a tourer. You can bolt panniers to that too.

The ZZR has a chain    has a riding position only suited to those under 5'10" and under 14 stone  and last but not least it eats rear tyres.
The whole point of a tourer is that the bike is comfy for all day rides.
I'd love a ZZR but realistically after 50 miles I'd be in agony.
Chain drive is such a faff. I doubt if I'll ever go back, unless I win the lottery.

Besides the GTR isn't a tourer, its a sports tourer.
It's designed to ride to the Alps/Pyrenees on the motorway, then get up the next morning, leave the panniers in the hotel room, screen down and go play silly  in the twisties.
Tourers are Goldwings & Victory Visions and K1200LTs and the like and would be awesome on the motorways but dull in the twisties.
The ZZR would be awesome in the twisties but agony on a 700 miles in a day trip from Calais to the Alps/Pyrenees.

[Winston Smith]

I don't think the ZZR would be that good on the twisties in all honesty.

Good bike, no doubt, and can tour, but as you say George, not a sport tourer per se.  Hyper bike maybe?

Good for longish distances on open roads, but too big to be nimble (awaits a slating now......)

I do think Sport Tourers such as GTR/K16/RT etc are better on twisties due to their higher/wider bars

[mecki]

Besides the GTR isn't a tourer, its a sports tourer.

You are right of course, but the ZZR doesn't fit into that category either.
I'd say it's not an as-well-as but rather a neither-nor. 
What's the use having a bike with so much horsepower if the maximum speed limit is 70 mph anyway? 

[2kwacks]

WINSTON.. quote.. I don't think the ZZR would be that good on the twisties in all honesty..... WRONG!!!!
WINSTON.. quote.. but too big to be nimble... WRONG!!!!
MECKIE.. quote.. Unlike the GTR the ZZR is not a tourer....    WRONG!!!!
BOOMER.. quote... has a riding position only suited to those under 5'10" and under 14 stone... TRUE!!!!
BOOMER.. quote.. The ZZR would be awesome in the twisties.. TRUE...!


MECKIE.. quote.. What's the use having a bike with so much horsepower if the maximum speed limit is 70 mph anyway?

what the point of having a 1400 gtr with 150 bhp capable of 150 mph when the limit is 70 m.p.h, just because you have something extra doesn't mean you need to use it not all zzr1400 owners bought their zzr1400 to go get near the 200 mph mark I never.. I bought the zzr1441 because I like the look of it and for the acceleration and the fact it tours and handles with ease   I'm not interested in top speed
I've had the  2010 gtr1400 for 2 years and toured the French and swiz alps and Italy and coverd 3,000 miles in 8 days also toured cornwall, scotland, and the gtr is the best tourer on the market for the price I've also toured the French and swiz alps and Italy on my previous 2008 zzr1400 and that also toured as good as the gtr but handled the twisties a dam sight better boomer is right when he says the zzr1400 is not for tall or pot bellied or for pie eater riders the zzr1400 or the new zzr1441 is excellent at touring and the twisties and the zzr1441 comes into its own when you want to smack some others bikes or super car owners arse at the lights