My ZX-7R

[Saint Matt]

Hi all, been away for about 18 months or so, some of you might remember me? I dunno, my greatest achievement was the pic in my avatar haha. But anyway, recently came back and posting again, hope to go on some ride-outs before the weather gets too bad :)

Thought I'd post some pics of what I am riding, bought it in May of this year after owning a VFR400R for a month and deciding it wasn't ideal for what I wanted. Picked it up off ebay for what I thought was a steal but the more things I try and fix the more I realise it's actually been pretty badly neglected.

I've just done a bit of work on it over the last couple of weekends including new headstock bearings, front wheel bearings, front discs, clutch kit and new exhaust system as the old one had quite a few holes in it! Finished it off today and I'm really happy with how it's turned out.

Anyway, here it is as I bought it,

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/Ninja002.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/Ninja001.jpg

And now;

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/DSC00071.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/DSC00070.jpg

Quick vid of the new exhaust;

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/th_Hindle.jpg (http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/?action=view&current=Hindle.flv)

I love it to be honest, quick enough for me, comfy, not as focussed as newer 600s and probably not a lot if at all quicker but it seems to do everything from commuting to thrashing fairly well, so I'm happy :)

Hope to see you guys out soon!

[DarrenSV650S]

Nice ninja :D
That avatar is quality :lol: do you still have the full size pic?

[ThEGr33k]

Pretty good looking! Strange as normally when I look at them I feel a little repulsed! Odd!

[Saint Matt]

Nice ninja :D
That avatar is quality :lol: do you still have the full size pic?
Haha cheers, it's a still from a fairly low quality movie but here it is anyway.

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v73/173/101/514189690/n514189690_46156_8338.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yml10WWQZAM

[husky03]

just watched it with my one and three year old-kept saying again,again.can sounds awesome v nice

[Dan]

Good choice.

Just sold mine, but really enjoyed owning my 7R. :cool:

[MR UKI (1)]

Welcome back Saint Matt. Cracking bike. You lucky, lucky man :cool:

[Tim in Belgium]

Good choice.

Just sold mine, but really enjoyed owning my 7R. :cool:

What are you getting next Dan?

[Warthog]

Welcome back Matt! I remember that avatar ;). That first vid of your ninja is awesome. What a stonking speed and noise!

[kciN]

Strange thing is, I've been away for about that time too, since I changed my sv for a 9R! And I remember that avatar too!
I was looking for a 7R to make into a track bike, actually.

How bizarre!!

[kwak zzr]

nice to see you back on 2 wheels mate, ive always loved the 7r since walker and co used them in WSB.

[falc]

Good to see you back mate :thumbsup:

Excellent bike, the 7R and SRAD, proper bikes with love handles in a world full of size zeros ;)

[Alpinestarhero]

That, sir, is a proper bike. I love the proper fairing, you could hid form a nuclear blast behind that windscreen.

How does it compare to the toher bnikes you've ridden? WRC sixty three (Dan!) told me on the AR this year he much prefered the handling to that of the SV, said it felt more sure-fotted at the front end

[xXBADGERXx]

Love the Vid "nneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeYOWP" , and the Knee down vid was funny , especially the second lap with the knee slider scrawping off the roundabout :D

[Saint Matt]

Thanks guys :)

ASH, to be honest matey I really can't remember how the SV felt! If anyone wants to trade at the next AR then that's cool, would be good to feel what an SV is like again :D I much prefer it to my mate's SV thousand once I got used to the bars moving at low speed. However the bike I had before it, the NC30, I got on with straight away, within 50 miles or so I was right back in the swing of things again after an 18 month break, never gelled with any vehicle so quick, fantastic little bikes, really glad I owned one of them. Here it is with my old car for good measure;

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/crxvfr1.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/crxvfr2.jpg

Gotta love old school Hondas :D

But yeah, a local lad offered me about £150 more than I'd paid for it a few weeks after I bought it, and I'd about got used to the power so I agreed. Looked around on ebay, originally wanted an SRAD 600, but I found I could insure a 7R for about £8 more a year, and they were about the same price and (IMO) look better.

Picked this up off ebay and to be honest hated it for the first 100 or so miles. I really thought I'd gone the wrong way with it, just felt like a big heavy barge, brakes weren't as sharp as the VFR, felt huuuuuuge to sit on, besides it having double to power it had nothing going for it. I got used to it by the next tankful and now it feels normal. After I swapped the squared off 190 section rear with some 180 section rear it feels loads better, really flickable compared to how it was. I've done about 2.5k on it and it just does everything I ask :D


Falc, you're not wrong mate, she's a big girl but I'm a big lad so I don't look out of place haha!

[Skip]

Oooh nice CRX Matt - are they genuine TE37s??! 8)

[Saint Matt]

No mate, they weren't unfortunately, they were Rota Grids.

Here's a couple more :)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/VFR008.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/Saint_Matt/sledgingstraight005.jpg

Dyno run (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aof7ATf1fqU) (watch the bird on the right when it hits vtec haha)