ZXR 750 H1 1989

[Jazzscot]

Guy at the work says he has one of these sitting in his dads garage. It has no mot or tax and would need a wee bit of work. It's the 750 version.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience of these bikes and could you give me a rough estimation of what I should be offering if I was to think about it for a winter project?

He says he has no idea what it's worth so I'm looking for bargaining info.

I'll try and get pics from him.

P.S before anyone says anything I know I know its not a storm but its surly got to be worth a look.

Jazz

[cheekykev]

Be careful, I used have one, started to jump out of 2nd gear under load, not nice when you gear down to take bend and it jumps out into a false neutral, first time it happened to me I had to change my undies, found out that this was a common fault with them as they get older, gear selector, complete strip down, if you're a confident bike tinkerer then fine, otherwise think again, or buy it dirt cheap and use it as a project to learn on. Good bikes, front end brill in their day.

[benny hedges]

Be careful, I used have one, started to jump out of 2nd gear under load, not nice when you gear down to take bend and it jumps out into a false neutral, first time it happened to me I had to change my undies, .

have you not changed them since then grandad

i had one as well the other year - got it off h3r3tic on here for a song lol - swapped it for a pair of blue flame cans
beltin bikes, very good handling.
you do realise how quick the storms are after riding the kwak though - at 80mph it sounds like a gp bike whie the firestorm is just twiddling its thumbs...

had just a bit of clutch slip on mine, cured by a good flush & oil change. no problems with gearchange apart from the selector arm ball joint snapped in the middle of a ride :/

if its a shed, get it and fit the front end to your storm. and brakes.
then break the rest.
get on http://www.redmonkey.com cliveyandrews from here is still a mod on there

[Jazzscot]

if its a shed, get it and fit the front end to your storm. and brakes.
then break the rest.

Is that a simple enough mod then???

You now have me thinking

[benny hedges]

should be tbh.... was looking on ebay tother day for the same front end for mine.

nice stiff front end, waaay better usd forks and better calipers than the storm

[popkat]

They could be prone to camshaft problems. Poor build quality means they corrode easily and lots.

Why would you want to put an eighties front end on a firestorm heavier, brakes no better, knackered internals after 23 years. much better to just sort the std forks.

[popkat]

nice stiff front end, waaay better usd forks and better calipers than the storm

ZXR750H1 had RWU forks not USD. first jap bikes with USD's were the GSXR's.

[benny hedges]

nice stiff front end, waaay better usd forks and better calipers than the storm

ZXR750H1 had RWU forks not USD. first jap bikes with USD's were the GSXR's.

i do believe you are correct sir.

mine was the j3 - 1994 model, with usd forks

history - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/webzxr/zxr ... story.html

the h1 is still very sought after though = classic

[seb421]

been ages since i watched this clip!

wish i had a bike back then, how quiet are the roads..

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[benny hedges]

you should watch the tt clips of the 7s

[playerone]

been ages since i watched this clip!

wish i had a bike back then, how quiet are the roads..

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the left hander he's going up about 3.23 is fun at 110 been a few changes to that road since the film was made

[StormingHonda]

Theres an ariticle in Classic mototcycle mechanics mag this month, I quite like the old ZXR750, I really loved the ZXR400.

[Rampant Lion]

Great video, and the empty roads...my mate had one years ago and he was a bit of a wheely merchant but sold the bike coz the front end was either too heavy or possibility all the balance was to the front for handling.

[Spiderman32]

this is what i just sold the storm for i admit its the 1992 j2 model but i love it but i must say you need to like going fast cause the one thing that lets these bikes down are the brakes.
i bought mine on ebay with full history with extras for £900.00 with tax and mot so if the bike needs work then i'd say about £500 but there not worth much unless kept original with sensible mods like better brakes etc but i'd say if you want a project then theres not much better

[cliveyandrews]

I had an H2 - rock hard suspension, but fantastic. First bike I got my knee down on, over 50k miles and the motor was still sound. Snap it up quick or I'll have it!

.....and yes, I still mod on RedMonkey.

I've been thinking about another 7R - but a recent test ride was a massive disappointment, it felt flat as a fart, no adrenaline rush whatsoever!


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