My name is Kevin. Im on a ton of boards, all with the same user name.
Little about me. Ill be 31 in May, did 4 years active duty Marine Corps right after High School. Since then Ive basically been doing Car Stereos, Alarms, remote starts, and all that fun stuff. Got married almost 2 years ago to Jessica, we started dating in 2002. Dated a little bit in HS in 95. Shes a Dr of Pharmacy. We just closed on a House in Alton IL about 2 weeks ago. We both grew up in this area, we moved to Memphis while she did her residency.
Ive wanted a ZX14 for a couple years now, but while living in Memphis, I rode with a pretty aggressive group called MSSR, and didnt want to give up my R6 or R1 on those type of roads. Very tight back to back twisties out there, and not a second on the highway, or any cruising at all. Now that ive moved back to IL, I spend more time cruising, and on a normal day, all the turns are pretty wide open/higher speed turns. So after last summer I decided its time to sell the Yamahas, and get a ZX14. There is one good road I hit thats almost an hour away, that has some tight turns, but I dont end up out there very often, so I figure its time for a change.
Ive owned mostly Yamahas, I learned how to operate a bike, when I was 15. I say operate, because I feel I never truly learned how to ride until I moved to Memphis, and got my ass off the highways, and learned to get off the seat and nail those corners. Since then ive had a couple R1s, and couple R6s.
So on that note, Ive found the ZX14 I want, probably picking it up Wed. Its an 07, Plasma Blue, with under 5k miles. And really just a couple of basic bolt ons. He has a couple different wind screens for it. He got a DB, and didnt like the where the wind was hitting him, so he picked up that supposedly higher than stock, but not a DB. It has a PC3, Brocks Megaphone exhaust, the long one that still angles up towards the tail. Hes removed the secondary butterfly's, and its been lowered 1 inch, and a undertail kit. Tires are a dual compound dunlop, with under 50 miles on them.
My plans, raise it back up to stock height, tune the suspension for handling, get it to my tuner and put on the dyno for a custom map, before it goes to the dyno ill either do a K&N or BMC, depending on which one I read ZX's supposedly like better. After that, not sure how much Ill really do to the bike. I plan on getting the rims powdercoated black, and at that point Ill do ceramic bearings as well. But that will probably wait until next winter.
Well, that Me in a nut shell. I guess I could of just said Hi, but im bored, and talk alot. lol
New build, Fresh re-plated block, Velocity Racing Turbo kit, JE Turbo pistons, P&P Head, and a whole lot more. Current on 8.5psi.
2013 White ZX-14R, Full Hindle exhaust, Puig DB screen, HIDs, drop pegs, bar risers, and so on, setting it up for touring.