rattle by start up?

[ZG]

About the blackness: I booked the next service for next Thursday and I'm having a serious talk with my wallet about powder coating the rims in black. Oh, that ZG is a contagious pest... 

 

[leisyman]

11.6 on my SilverDammit? nuttin but a pipe At 6000 Elev wit da bags
is Black Faster?

jus sayin:)

[maxtog]

11.6 on my SilverDammit? nuttin but a pipe At 6000 Elev wit da bags

If you are saying 1/4 mile, I have several documents from the web averaging 10.76@126 MPH as the best stock C14 times.   By "pipe", I suspect you mean muffler, and that will make little to no performance difference.

is Black Faster?

No

[B.D.F.]

Well, they certainly look the same and it is unlikely Kawasaki or any other mfg. would vary something like the CCT bore size by, say, 0.10 mm between models so they probably are interchangeable.

By the way, way back in the olden days Kawasaki designed a really clever 3- ball Sprague type self adjusting CCT for the KZ 1300 (the six cylinder). The only problem was that the balls dug into the shaft (easy boys!) after a bunch of miles and the CCT would suddenly retract and some valves would 'interrupt' some pistons. The 'fix' for the problem was to use a ZX 11 CCT, which looked exactly like the one you show in your photo- maybe this is a lesson we have to learn a few times?

Brian

The zx 14 and the zx12 tensioners  side by side.

[leisyman]

If you are saying 1/4 mile, I have several documents from the web averaging 10.76@126 MPH as the best stock C14 times.   By "pipe", I suspect you mean muffler, and that will make little to no performance difference.

But have YOU ridden the 1/4 mile at 10.76? My best time has been 11.76 at 6000ft elevation, Colorado thank you, and "da pipe' is a slip on Staintune, so bike is actually stock.
Apparently, I didn't make my intentions clear, was just ribbing the owners of the Black ones:)

'Scuse me if I offended you:)

[Pokey]

If you are saying 1/4 mile, I have several documents from the web averaging 10.76@126 MPH as the best stock C14 times.   By "pipe", I suspect you mean muffler, and that will make little to no performance difference.

But have YOU ridden the 1/4 mile at 10.76? My best time has been 11.76 at 6000ft elevation, Colorado thank you, and "da pipe' is a slip on Staintune, so bike is actually stock.
Apparently, I didn't make my intentions clear, was just ribbing the owners of the Black ones:)

'Scuse me if I offended you:)

He is always offended by all things anti-bazooka.

[martin_14]

Now, that's an avatar, Pokey! 

[VirginiaJim]

+1.  Me likey!

[maxtog]

But have YOU ridden the 1/4 mile at 10.76?

OMG no.  I have not even tried

[Pokey]

Now, that's an avatar, Pokey! 

I thought it was time I posted a pic of me.

[VirginiaJim]

Right.....