My first post is a rant....

[NYC_ZX10]

Hey all.

I've been reading this forum for a few weeks now.

I own a 2004 ZX10r. Love it.

BUT as my first post i'm going to rant. Happened this morning.

I head home in a rush this morning from my girl's house. When I geared up in her driveway I opened up the fake trunk to throw my cell phone in there so everything looked fine.

I get home, park in the driveway and lean down to take a look at where the keyhole is and I see the plastics around the keyhole all cracked and broken. The undertail and the one that the keyhole is located in. its the one that wraps around the side and up to meet the side of the seat.

Im so ****ed bc I happened to be reading a post about 2 days ago about someone looking for stronger plastics bc the OEM ones break. And I happened to say to myself "How the hell would you manage to break stock plastics without dropping the bike?".....I jinxed myself


I'm going to have to get an oem undertail now bc I wnated to get an aftermarket one but I found the taillight replacement for my bike with the intergrated turn signals. So I'm going to have to cough up $$ for the 2 OEM pieces. :::gulp:::

[SixFiveOh]

...uh - welcome to the site?

j/k - it's a bummer what happened. Stuff breaks, don't know what else to say.

[Tod]

Man, that sucks. I've had both good and bad luck with plastics on my bikes over the years. It just seems to be luck of the draw.
Sorry to hear your experience was a bad one.

Welcome to the Forum, or as I like to call it, our little slice of internet heaven.

[Freakinout]

Wouldn't surprise of if the torque on the bike twisted the frame enough to break weak plastic... Sorry to hear about it buddy

[jukief]

Sorry to hear about what happened, but welcome to the forum!

[NYC_ZX10]

thanks everyone!

I'm not really bummed about it. I just like keeping things clean and in good condition and when things break without me causing it, It kind of gets me mad. I'm actually attending an anger management class because of things like this.



JUST KIDDING. LMAO!.


Trying to make a list of goodies to get for my bike for my birthday which is about a month and a half away...hehehe.

[zedx11]

Welcome to the forum, sorry to hear about your plastics.

[gpzrider]

Welcome aboard. Sorry that your first post had to be over a bad experience.

[zedx11]

just seen your post on zx10r.net, thought there might be some information on there for you but then noticed this was you too

[Shinobi Japan]

Bummer.......

[Richharr]

what borough do you live in?

[NYC_ZX10]

I'm in Queens.

hit me up on AIM= VWpoweredA2...

I gotta start meeting people that ride around here. I see youre closeby too!



Yeah i'm on Zx10.net also. Just kind of getting a feel for the other kawi forums on the net. kawiforums is slow. I havnet seen a new post in the 10R board in a while now.

[zedx11]

I pretty much quit going to kawiforums a while back, not as friendly as here.

[Thmastr]

hi and welcome sorry to hear about your plasics.

check ebay! they sell at a cheaper price than the dealers, and they are in pretty good shape... I found the nose cowling for $80 instead of new and 480! and there are a lot of things for the zx10... many more than for my bike!