2010 Z1000 Hubba-Hubba!

[Zammy]

Green anyone ???

[Brewer]

That editing looks better but the exhaust is still goofy

[ozyran440]

Originally Posted by Zammy

Green anyone ???

Yes please and thank you very much.

She looks superb in that color!

[jbsmd]

I like this one, at least it's not green or yellow or rainbow and it has stuff I wish the one I had, had everything this one does.

[eidian]

Originally Posted by CTRider

Honestly, I never liked the 4-4 and 6-6 exhausts. I prefer the 4-2 and 6-2 configs much better. I'll still take them over the 2-1 and 4-1 setups, though. I'm under the school of only going to one pipe if you only have a single. Even worse, though, is the 2-2 or 4-2 with the pipes both on one side. All that does it eliminate any possibility of luggage large enough to hold anything other than a pair of sneakers.

I like balance and geometry.

What I don't get about the exhaust set-up is that it's a 4-2-1-2 on my 2nd Gen and it looks to be same on this 3rd Gen what's up with that!? Why not 4-2? And as for symmetry, I didn't realize that the engine and everything related to it is offset 18mm(originally had 28mm) to the right! I read it in a Z1000 forum when I was looking for sliders and it's been driving me crazy ever since! My bike is so asymmetrical.

[eidian]

Originally Posted by Baitis

So many colors and lines it looks like it was put together in someone's garage.

Then you haven't seen what they did for the last year of the 2nd Gen Z1000, did you? Look at this disaster (I'll take the new scheme, thank you):





I don't know what they were thinking when they did that scheme unless they were trying to transition over to this new bike. I mean, how do you go from solid black in '07 to solid white in '08 to that mess in '09 unless they were tryting to get us acquainted to the new bike?

[pc_2000]

Originally Posted by CTRider

Honestly, I never liked the 4-4 and 6-6 exhausts. I prefer the 4-2 and 6-2 configs much better. I'll still take them over the 2-1 and 4-1 setups, though. I'm under the school of only going to one pipe if you only have a single. Even worse, though, is the 2-2 or 4-2 with the pipes both on one side. All that does it eliminate any possibility of luggage large enough to hold anything other than a pair of sneakers.

I like balance and geometry.

+1 on the balance and geometry. That's one reason I went back to the stock exhuast on my 87. Didn't like the 4-1 aftermarket. I like the balanced look on both sides.

Not sure I really like this new Z. Maybe if they did a tourer version, like you said, that would help.

[eidian]

Originally Posted by pc_2000

+1 on the balance and geometry. That's one reason I went back to the stock exhuast on my 87. Didn't like the 4-1 aftermarket. I like the balanced look on both sides.

Not sure I really like this new Z. Maybe if they did a tourer version, like you said, that would help.

I'm curious, what do you mean when you say, "tourer version"? Do you mean full fairings including a full top fairing with a tall shield? With the new Z1000 breaking $10k naked, how much would a fully faired Z1000 cost? I'd get a C14 instead.

[jbsmd]

Originally Posted by NCDave

Am I the only one that thinks it's ugly?

I don't think you're the only one, I've read others without good taste make the same comment.I didn't care for the muffs the first time I looked at it, but compared to some that have the big round ones I liked it more. Many will change out the cans anyway, on most any bike, for one reason or another. I didn't like the seat color of my 07 model. I colored it black. Never got into racing or I would have gotten something smaller, probably a Yam. sport bike.

[pc_2000]

Originally Posted by eidian

I'm curious, what do you mean when you say, "tourer version"? Do you mean full fairings including a full top fairing with a tall shield? With the new Z1000 breaking $10k naked, how much would a fully faired Z1000 cost? I'd get a C14 instead.

That was a response to another comment that CTRider made:

Originally Posted by CTRider

...Any plans for a tourer version with hard bags?

I love my Ninja, but sometimes I wish I could hang 'real' bags on it for traveling. The soft bags I can find for it are small and wouldn't carry enough for a real vacation. I may have to look for something a little bigger with bags one day. I know the 87 ZX750R was called a sport-tourer. I wonder if there were ever 'touring bags' for it.

[Rapzo]

I like all the z1000s and thats probably what Id go back to if I ever went sport bikes but I agree on the exhaust. I really like the shotgun exhaust of the older ones. It was probably one of the things that drew me the most.

[Cucco]

Originally Posted by NCDave

Am I the only one that thinks it's ugly?

No.