03-10-2015, 09:26 AM
Thanks all for the comments.
In all likelihood, I will never use all the power that it offers. It's the strong midrange that is really appealing. There were times on my Blackbird that I found myself cruising in top gear at highway speed, having to drop down 2 gears in order to make a quick pass.. The ZX-14 will probably fill in that need, making any downshifting unneeded or optional.
As far as power for speed.. I took my Blackbird up to 160 mph on a stretch of straight interstate once, that was enough for me !
Poor Blackbird still waiting in the garage for me to install the new alternator, a chore that as of now will probably not get done until I retire :-)
-- can't change my screen name, here's my beloved Blue Fury that is its meaning:
-- the Sunflowers on all my bikes are me channeling Jimi Hendrix from the 60's, before Neil Young later declared that 'the Wooden Ship was just a Hippy dream', plus it's a kind of Yin Yang balance symbolism:
-- haunting the ZX14 forums.. I doubt that I'll spend much time on those other than getting and sharing technical information. This CB1100 group is the best. Somehow many of us 'old guys (gals ?)' who have had decades long love affairs with these 2 wheeled dreams have landed here.
We can appreciate where we are now AND how we got here and revel in all the variety of 2 wheeled machines out there old and new.
I think OldF7Guy pushed me over the edge to jump for this bike, he got his dream bike in time to enjoy it...
I've got to do the same !
In all likelihood, I will never use all the power that it offers. It's the strong midrange that is really appealing. There were times on my Blackbird that I found myself cruising in top gear at highway speed, having to drop down 2 gears in order to make a quick pass.. The ZX-14 will probably fill in that need, making any downshifting unneeded or optional.
As far as power for speed.. I took my Blackbird up to 160 mph on a stretch of straight interstate once, that was enough for me !
Poor Blackbird still waiting in the garage for me to install the new alternator, a chore that as of now will probably not get done until I retire :-)
-- can't change my screen name, here's my beloved Blue Fury that is its meaning:
-- the Sunflowers on all my bikes are me channeling Jimi Hendrix from the 60's, before Neil Young later declared that 'the Wooden Ship was just a Hippy dream', plus it's a kind of Yin Yang balance symbolism:
-- haunting the ZX14 forums.. I doubt that I'll spend much time on those other than getting and sharing technical information. This CB1100 group is the best. Somehow many of us 'old guys (gals ?)' who have had decades long love affairs with these 2 wheeled dreams have landed here.
We can appreciate where we are now AND how we got here and revel in all the variety of 2 wheeled machines out there old and new.
I think OldF7Guy pushed me over the edge to jump for this bike, he got his dream bike in time to enjoy it...
I've got to do the same !