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Author Topic: Whats with the silver on the black '09  (Read 1546 times)

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Whats with the silver on the black '09
« on: December 01, 2008, 05:45:19 PM »

Rekon the silver panels and silver forks on the '09 black 10R look shite  what do you think
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2008, 05:47:58 PM »

I like the silver forks and if the swingarm was silver too it's be really nice, those silver panels look horrible though  :icon_puke_r:
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2008, 06:21:19 PM »

Kawasaki don't do themselves any favours, that rear hugger looks like the safety guard on a pro tyre balancing machine!
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2008, 06:30:09 PM »

yes, what is it with zx10r's and huggers? 

all was fine with the 04/05 and then on the D model it shrunk to a pointless piece of nothing and now this monstrosity  :icon_scratch:  surely it's an easy piece to design  :dontknow:

 
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2008, 06:31:35 PM »

yes, what is it with zx10r's and huggers? 

all was fine with the 04/05 and then on the D model it shrunk to a pointless piece of nothing and now this monstrosity  :icon_scratch:  surely it's an easy piece to design  :dontknow:

 
Maybe they are doing it deliberately? Are they selling a swanky "official" Carbon fibre acessory version?
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2008, 06:34:36 PM »

yes, what is it with zx10r's and huggers? 

all was fine with the 04/05 and then on the D model it shrunk to a pointless piece of nothing and now this monstrosity  :icon_scratch:  surely it's an easy piece to design  :dontknow:

 
Maybe they are doing it deliberately? Are they selling a swanky "official" Carbon fibre acessory version?

I think its more of an afterthought thing they blow all the design budget on complicated parts like engine etc meaning they have to pay some cheap a mcdonalds employee to design the easy stuff
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2008, 06:34:41 PM »

Kawasaki don't do themselves any favours, that rear hugger looks like the safety guard on a pro tyre balancing machine!


 [rofl] [rofl] +BHP for that comparison

Thats why I bought a new hugger from the show......The genuine Kawasaki one.
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2008, 09:18:52 PM »

nice black forks on the white one tho, shock was black too.
green bike still has dark gold forks and shock.

wonder if they've softened the damping a touch for 09 vs 08 like they did for 05 vs 04 after all these complaints of stiffness??
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2008, 11:56:16 AM »

i wonder why they did 3 different fork colours for 09 model , what a waste of money  :dontknow:
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2008, 12:03:50 PM »

 :iamwithstupid:

Seems a bit crazy
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2008, 12:36:25 PM »

spose its for a better finish/attention to detail or just to tart them up as no new model, like the 07 had black exhaust shields and the green one got colour matched belly & those crazy decals to make them stand out against 06's  :dontknow:
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2008, 04:19:24 PM »

what a waste of money if you ask me  :emb:
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Re: Whats with the silver on the black '09
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2008, 05:21:20 PM »

Marketing exercise in overdrive. It's weird how the 09 ZX10R looks worse than the 08. Those silver panels just do not work at all.
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