The ZX11 that’s for sale has had the wingrack removed.
The former information is here. Yep it’s still for sale, and I’m still working out the ‘carb/stall issue’ and I hope to have this fixed shortly.
Here are updated photos.
If a Tree falls in Trenton
and nobody is there to hear it. Did it make a sound?
Yesterday during the storm that blew through we got a new road block at the end of the driveway.
This will be fun to cut up and will result in a heck of a bon-fire.
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To St. Louis and Back
This weekend Kyle, my dad and myself, headed out to St. Louis. Why? That’s the starting location for this years Iron Butt Rally.
I wanted to run out there, see some bikes and meet some of the folks brave enough to attempt this rally.
We left Cincinnati at 8am Saturday and took a leisure ride out to St. Louis staying off the interstate and mostly on Route 50. We hit a few other squiggly roads when we could find them.
Our complete route was this:
The day started out really well, it was nice and cool, apropos 60 degrees, which can be chilly but we were ready for that. Somewhere about halfway through Indiana we hit a warm front and temps climbed rapidly. At 11am we were still under 80 degrees, buy noon we were well into the 90’s with a bucket load of humidity.
When we arrived in St. Louis, my bike said 103 degrees, dads said 107. It was hot. Route 50 west of Indiana pretty much blew, it’s flat and straight forever with very little to excitement. Was neat to see some of the country though.
In St. Louis we gawked at all the hardware and bikes equipped for the purpose… Riding 11 days non-stop to places yet unkown. The Aux fuel tanks, hydration systems, GPS gear, with backup gear, and aux lighting was all very impressive.
We stopped in and looked around for the folks that I wanted to meet. Unfortunately it was the end of a long hot day. They were getting cleaned up for the nights festivities and weren’t around. The hotel was booked solid (as we expected) so we needed to get rooms elsewhere. We headed up the road a bit and checked in to the luxurious St. Louis Hampton Inn. We showered and headed out to dinner.
After dinner there was a pretty significant storm was moving in so we didn’t head back to the other hotel. We talked about our route home, and cashed in our chips.
Sunday we left around 9am, and stopped at the arch.
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More photos are available in the gallery. We had a similar mixed ride home, about half highway, and half off the beaten path.
All told around 850 miles for the weekend, and it was hot and humid :/
1998 ZX11D For Sale Ready to Ride, Sort of…
Well tit was sold, then I rode it to make sure it was all ready to go.. It wasn’t right. I eliminated a ton of vacuum issues tonight but it still has one small issue.
It *may* stall after getting off the throttle after being under load… Grr…
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I put Zed my 1998 ZX11D up for sale in June. Other than advertise it on a few motorcycle forums I haven’t been very proactive about selling it.
In fact when I put it up for sale then, it wasn’t ready to ride. It was still in about 900 pieces in my barn.
Until today. The carb issues have been solved, and it’s runs better than it did for the last 10,000 miles that I rode it.
It’s put back together, and I took off that stupid looking (but effective) Givi windscreen. It now looks like you’d expect a ZX-11 to look:
The Givi Wingrack is still installed and I have e41 bags that can go with Zed for the right price. The Wingrack is removable, and that’s all that needs to happen to have a ‘stock’ ZX11D. That, and put on the crappy stock back seat on it.
The facts:
– 1998 ZX-11 D model, with approx 25,000 miles.
– near new Michelin Pilot Roads front and rear.
– Bike has two powerlet power adapters installed, one in the dash one on the left side.
What’s wrong with it?
Mechanically? absolutely nothing. It’s ready to ride.
Esthetically?
This bike was droped on the left side by the prior (first) owner. He replaced the plastic, but the left can was still all little rashed. I never replaced it because it didn’t bother me. Both could stand to be polished.
I tipped it over on the right side, breaking the single screw tab that holds the right turn signal on. I attempted to epoxy that and it lasted about 2,000 miles. The right turn signal is current held in with hi-tech- black duct-tape. The right fix is beyond my ability to save this panel, but you can get a new upper for around $120 on ebay from time to time.
Other than that, it’s nearly a 10 year old bike that has been ridden. It’s not a garage or park and polish bike. It was ridden, alot, when it was my primary bike. It has dings and scratches that you’d expect on a 10 year old bike.
Price: $3000 Firm, we can negotiate on some of the extras; Givi screen, seat, bags, etc. Looking at ebay that seems fair to a little low for a 98. It will go on eBay soon.
To see what this bike looks like in touring trim, see the prior post.
Please contact: matt(at)dishers.com
Truer words…
“Women marry men hoping to change them and they don’t. Men marry women hoping they don’t change and they do.”
Truer words were never spoken 🙂