Hi everybody!!

[Silverkap]

I’m 39, Italian but I have been living and working in Germany since 2014...
Last Friday I bought a Zephyr 1100 1992 m.y. ...my KTM 990 Adv felt a bit lonely...so I decided to give her a new friend!
I’m gonna bring it home next Sunday (I live in Munich and the bike is in Hamburg, I bought it without even riding it!).
Later I’ll add some pics.
It looks awesome with wire spikes wheels and 4 in 4 exhaust, like the Z1 900!!!
I have been looking for a Zephyr for a long time but I never really saw one that made me think “do it!”...until last week!

Why the Zephyr?
I like the old Kawasaki (not the new anymore). This passion comes from my mum (in the 70s she used to ride a Mach III !!!)...a few years ago she wanted a motorbike again and she loved the Zephyr...but the weight and the size was too much for her. So I promised her, that I would have bought it to enjoy some tours together.
Unfortunately a few months ago she passed away...so I thought now was the moment.

I just hope is not going to be too small for me, I’m pretty tall and I’m scared I’m gonna look like a giant on it. Who cares! Now I own a Zephyr!!

[Silverkap]

Here we go!

At the moment I have only the pictures the previous owner sent me.










I am just a bit skeptical about the handlebars, I know it is like the Z1 900 but I am not sure I like it...I have to wait and see it better live.

Is there anything I have to know before next Sunday when I am gonna also ride it? Thanks!

[dcf750]

Hello Silverkap

Hamburg to Munich will be a good first journey to get to know the bike, 800km’ish.

I like you am a fan of the original Kawasaki’s - H1, H2, KH, Z1 etc.

I would have liked to have met your mother, a 500 triple is not for the faint hearted.

Good luck.

Dennis

[Silverkap]

I am gonna use a van to bring the bike home...there is still snow here and it is pretty cold.

[ZR468]

Welcome to the site. Looks like a well kept machine that you bought. You said you had concerns about the handlebar. Since your other bike is a KTM, I presume is the riding position that you have concerns.
Kenny

[Silverkap]

Hi ZR468, I meant the shape of the handlebar, for the look.

[750R]

nice Bike - and welcome from 60 kilometers south of you

Habedieehre!

[Silverkap]

Finally my new friend is at home!!! Everything works perfectly and the bike is in amazing, really amazing conditions!!! Unfortunately I am really tall and I have to find a way to make the riding position a bit better for me, at the moment for my legs there is a huge lack of space...the distance between the seat at the foot-pegs is too few. I think I will modify a bit the seat, 3-4cm higher may help without ruining the beauty of this Zephyr...or I'll see if there is the possibility to make the rear shocks higher and get some cm...

[Silverkap]

Sorry all the pics are either cut or rotated!

60km south...sounds pretty close!!!

[ZR468]

Very nice bike, I see what you mean about the handle bar. It doesn’t look like the stock one. It looks like it has a higher rise.