That was one bad motor-scooter in its day!

by rob , Sunday, March 31, 2013, 21:20 (4200 days ago) @ Jhenry

Out of all the bikes I've had, I miss my little orange Z1000 rocket. It would do 150 and some change on the top end (Oh yes indeed, I did!) and it would do 0-100 in "don't have time to focus on a stop watch!). You could not not hit the 11,500 redline in first gear at WOT, in fact you couldn't even get to its peak torque range around 10,000 rpm because at 8k it was on the rise:) I dearly miss it. I'm a speed freak and it seems my tolerance for adrenaline just kept increasing. In a serious bout of wisdom I sold it and bought a more sedate 1200 Sportster Roadster and didnt keep it long because it just didnt have The Stuff. I've thought about buying another but it's probably best I don't. If I buy another bike it will be a Road Glide or Road King Ultra Classic. I have wanted to do a cross country bike trip for years...still working on the better half to persuade her she'll enjoy it.