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“ZX12R”

written by YZF1000R-SPRINT on 29/01/2015

I have owned my ZX12R for 2 years now, I bought it off Ebay for £1500 from somewhere near Perth in Scotland and I LOVE IT.

I previously had a tuned Thunderace (approx. 140bhp at rear wheel, normal is 125bhp at rear wheel) and I thought that was fast but my ZX12R would have blown that bike away without even thinking about it.

I was going down this "private" road ;-) following my mate on his Sprint 995 or whatever it is, he doesnt do slow and was off, after my brain got into gear and saw him going I thought I'll have some of this and set off after him, he was a good 100mtrs in front which doesnt sound a lot but when the bike in front is accelerating faster than your expensive sport cars and you are that distance behind I had my doubts.

These where his words "I saw these headlights getting closer and closer and then you went passed like I was stood still, I couldnt turn the throttle any more, it was on full" but guess what - I still had 1 more gear to go, LOL

We also went on another "private" road full of twists and ups and downs, I set off and he was nehind me, I overtook this camper van on a small straight just before a bend and I was off, I caned it down the 10 mile twisty "private" road and ended up outside a pub, turned of my engine and waited and waited and then eventually (probably about 2-3 mins) heard this bike screaming down the road, he said "you were off and I chased you, I didnt know where you had gone"

So, I have had my knee down, gone fast, gone slow, toured etc. My only gripe is that when riding in town it tends to get hot, the fans seem to be constantly on, other than that I will keep this bike forever.

It's the unrestricted A1 model built in 2000 with 220mph on the clocks