with over 40,000 miles and 17 years under my belt, i finally felt i could handle the awesome power of the zx-14. i purchased mine a few weeks ago, (three weeks, 4 days, and 4 hours, give or take). i got me a super sexy burnt orange special edition. mostly cuz i couldn't get the rates on financing an 08 since its after April... what ever. i'm in love. the first 7 days i owned the bike, i put 856 miles on it. the following week, i went on call. bummer. this last weekend, with 1468 miles on her clock, i put her down going thru a nasty patch of sand. well, the sand was accross the entire road. thankfully, my second rider has a gs1200 with something he calls, "ABS"... i guess this helped him keep it up right as he got thru the sand only to find himself in the gravel on the side of the road, meeting me as i came to a stop rolling about 75' then clipped me with the valve cover on his boxer engine, sending me down the same embankment! LMAO!
so, while i heal up, and make my first claim with the insurance company, i am going to do some more reaserch with the extra time i have, and prolly dust off the old fz1. (amazing how much dust can accrue on a bike in three weeks, specially when the state has had so many fires as of late.) i did actually get a few miles on the bike tonight... funny how twitchy the right hand can be when you ride after a crash!...
so i will get back up and start getting some real miles on my bike soon. got lots of questions for you guys, but will spend a few days and see what i can find in some of your old threads first.
Bubba.