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Offline Cooter

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It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« on: May 12, 2011, 06:34:49 PM »
I'm the proud owner of a 2002 ZZR1200, the small-fairing, chain-drive, no hard bags version of the Concours...or is it the ZX-11 on steroids?

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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2011, 03:34:24 PM »
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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2011, 01:47:17 PM »
Sorry, this is the Concours 1200:



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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2011, 11:33:49 AM »
Hurry up and wreck it so you can sell the alternator.  I'm second in line behind knight! (j/k - but seriously, I'm second in line.)
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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2011, 07:48:14 PM »
wow thats a sharp looking machine there!!!

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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2011, 07:53:13 PM »
wow thats a sharp looking machine there!!!
And amazing engineering as I remember too.

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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2011, 08:04:03 PM »
And amazing engineering as I remember too.

Very much so.
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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2011, 08:56:57 PM »
Sorry, this is the Concours 1200:



Dan
Any bike THAT clean should be outlawed----or ridden more ;D

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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2011, 09:06:08 AM »
Any bike THAT clean should be outlawed----or ridden more ;D

Like this?



After several hundred miles of a combination of raging downpours, dirt roads and cutting up the mountain twisties...

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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2011, 11:34:06 AM »
OK, so we are back to the illegal stage ;D

And I'm sure youve heard it once or twice, but, SWEET RIDE Dan!!!

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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2011, 09:56:08 AM »
Sweet ride indeed!

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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2011, 08:49:48 PM »
I'm the proud owner of a 2002 ZZR1200, the small-fairing, chain-drive, no hard bags version of the Concours...or is it the ZX-11 on steroids?
Yup! ZX-11 on steroids!
Nice ride, Dan! :thumbs:
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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2011, 12:27:05 PM »
Ain't nevah seen one of those before! Love being able to actually see the motor for a change. Was this a one-year wonder?

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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2011, 01:21:02 PM »
Ain't nevah seen one of those before! Love being able to actually see the motor for a change. Was this a one-year wonder?

Neither has any Kawasaki dealer (although I try to get them to think this is a "special edition" that they only made a few of, just for laughs).

I built this bike starting in mid-2007 by converting an engine from a 2003 ZRX 1200R to shaft drive and designing my own front engine mount to make it "Concours compatible".



Links to pictures of the entire project here:

http://rides.webshots.com/album/559174986RBxWeD

I also grafted the front fork assembly (forks, wheel, brakes, fender, etc.) from the same ZRX to the Concours. Mean Streak wheel basically finishes up the chassis upgrade.

Dan
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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2011, 06:28:29 PM »
 :thumbs: Sharp !!  What did you use for trim on the bottom of the fairing?  I've been thinking about going half naked  ;)
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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2011, 04:35:34 AM »
I do love the looks of that studly engine! One thing I miss with the Concours, you can't even see the mechanical bits.

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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2011, 12:59:48 PM »
:thumbs: Sharp !!  What did you use for trim on the bottom of the fairing?  I've been thinking about going half naked  ;)

I just took some 1/8" X 1 1/2" aluminum bar stock and basically blacksmithed it into shape to replicate the curve om the bottom of the fairing. After I drilled the mounting holes I fashioned a bracket to mount the tab of the inner fairing panel since I cut it at the line of the edge of the upper fairing. I then painted it black with Rustoleum. If I had it to do over I would have tried to make 1" wide stock work (it would be a bit less massive). Here are some pics:





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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2011, 05:40:37 PM »
Thanks for the pics, I think I like the 1 1/2 not to big IMO  :thumbs:
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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2011, 03:55:18 PM »




OH.  MY.  GOD.  Look what's in between those forks!   :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:
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Re: It's a Kawasaki....the Concours 1200
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2011, 05:59:47 PM »
OH.  MY.  GOD.  Look what's in between those forks!   :yikes: :yikes: :yikes:

At least is not a KI-PASS...  :o
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