New Z900RS

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jack hammer
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Re: New Z900RS

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''you should be able to achieve your objective with whatever comes to hand''
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Richard
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Re: New Z900RS

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Shedman wrote:Richard, either the guy in the picture is huge or that bike is very small, it looks like a 125 with that bloke sat on it.
Optical illusion mayby? No, guess the guy is too big ;)
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Re: New Z900RS

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Article regarding the snatchy throttle on the new Z900RS. Seems as long as you'd be happy with a touchy clutch or front brake on a new motorcycle its no big deal. These thing aren't flaws but rather 'quirks' to get accustomed to (once you've figured out how to rev match).

I particularity liked the following statement in the article .....

"Brent-the-chopper-guy’s last sentence resonates with me, too: I grew up with the idea that a big engine producing big horsepower isn’t going to always be a perfectly smooth-performing vehicle." How long since a 950cc engine producing 110hp was classified as either a big engine or producing big horsepower? Perhaps the retro look really transported them back back to the 1970's ????

http://www.motorcycle.com/ask-mo-anythi ... tness.html

P.S. My 750 Zephyr is going to be around for quite some time to come.
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