[ZX-2R]

650

Marty, the headlight is mounted through plastic and has rubber bushings...otherwise the vibration would destroy the headlight filaments. you can always mount aftermarket lights on anything, almost anywhere. I haven't ridden the 650...sorry, but if you haven't made up your mind, but think that the Kawi is your best bike then order the Maintenance manual, it's fairly inexpensive through our FORUM Sponsor which is Beartooth Kawasaki 1-800-556-3098. They are great people!

 

[ZX-2R]

650

So you bought the Kawasaki 650? I'm excited for you! We've experienced some really cool and wet days here. a couple of hot humid ones trying to dry off the wet surface then cool nights it made fog! Not nice...wicked steam like fog. Flooding, to much water, drizzle, this is just wierd. Not much we can do about it but set through it. I had to uurn on the air conditioner just to dry the house out. Humidity was like 80% on our two seperate gauges. Since then it is below 50% now in 3 days. Just constantly circulating the air seems to be drying things out, plus when it hit 90F the other day it was only 76F in the house, about where we keep it turned for the summer anyway. So tell me more about the bike. A better seat help in the vibration department? Perhaps a gell seat of some sort? Arms feel it too? How loud is the exhaust, is it repackable?

 

[ZX-2R]

650

Some of that loseness may be taken out by using another tire. Just like you said the rider makes the difference, you will find that the personality of the bike is modified when you change the traction ability underneath it. I had the largest knobs that i have ever seen on a dirt bike when I had my 250Yamaha! I changed them to a dual sport tire ( I felt like I was on a vibrator at almost all speeds, and they had NO grip on the blacktop.) I was getting numb and it was real hard to ride with the knobs on it. Whewn I changed over to an on/off road tire, I was on road 99.5% of the time) it was an awesome bike! YOu could ride like the wind! It was great flying and had so much suspension you were settting like on a Cadillac. When I sold the bike I gave the tires to the guy that planed on riding it all off road...he was really going to miss out on road riding...