It's Here!
Hey guys... after a 4 1/2 hour ride home, and nearly 2 years without riding a bike, my 91' ZX7J is home!
Let me start off by saying that it was a long drive when my ass is not used to it... and my right wrist? well... lets just say that the carpel tunnel isn't helping :S
So I drove my car down to where the bike was, and left if there (my friend later came by and picked it up to bring it back to me in a few days). I saw the bike for the first time in person, and let me tell ya, i was impressed for the age of it, how well the stock paint looked! unless the guy who repainted it was a magician, it looked to be stock. There were a few things that bothered me, one of which was the cam chain noise. not bad, but should be addressed some time soon.
So after some hemming and hawing, i got him down another $200, and put the plates on and headed for home!
1/2 way home, i pull over for some gas, and check the bike out again (drove it around the block a few times before i bought it and checked it after and all seemed good). At first glance, it looked like the right front disc was REALLY dirty... so i touched it... GREASE?! WTF?! i was shitting... because it looks like my bearing on the right side could be leaking, and now i need to replace it. So here i am... 2 hours from anyone... do i go back to the guy i bought it from? do i continue on? or do i sit and cry... and think about calling a buddy with a pickup? i said screw it, filled the tank, and paid for the gas. as I was walking back to the bike, i noticed an oil spot near the front tire... at first thought... it's a gas station, there are oil spots everywhere... but since i just got it... i figured why not check to make sure... felt around the caliper, the bottom of the banjo bolt... bottom of the forks... nothing... PHEW i thought... then i thought to check the forks (which is hidden behind the plastic fender)... OMFG! it is soaked in fork oil... DAMMIT! i thought well? it can't get any worse... so press start, and drove back onto the highway like a bat outa hell (hey... i had too ;)), then back down to cruising speed (120km/h).
So i made it home... and here it sits... going to brave it 1 more time to take it to the kawi dealer in town to see what else is wrong, and cal; the guy i bought it from to say 'hey.... you owe me $xxx or i am going to the MTO' and having the guy who safetied it in trouble (if he says no). He is a dealer, so I am shocked that these 2 things slipped by... because i am fairly certain that it is not a coincidence that these went not even 200km from his dealership...
So that is my story of the drive home... now that it's home, i looked at it much more thoroughly, and i looked at the muffler... and i hemmed and hawed... so i called my buddy to come take a look at my purchase...
he agrees... it has a really nice stainless header on it... and some douche bag has welded an after market Honda Civic(style) coffee can resonator/muffler on to the end where it should be bolted... I am baffled... WHY? why spend the money on the header, and then weld a POS coffee can on the end? ID 10 T.
I will post pics of it in the morning... it's dark now... and I am tired...
at least it's here, and i am still here as well...
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