zx2 is a good stable bike. kinda heavy for cornering but still rempit-able.

yes it have superbike like sound as its a 4cylinder 4stroke bike (not twin cilynder like the ninja 250 and er6) but the piston is very, very small. around the size of 50cent coin. so reliability at high rev is always the issue. and due its a very old bike, spare part can be quite pricey.

performance is around the zx150, ninja250.

So you're not recommending it ?

nope.. but you can try the bike if you know how to repair your own bike.. if not you will get slaughtered by workshop owners

Lol yeah. Better buy brand new (at least 2nd hand new bike..not old bike..) to save you from future problem.

Yeap...as one mechanic said, 250 divided by 4, equal to 70+....kira macam piston honda cub 70!

Buy Blade je lah
Sharing some pics of my friend's on their Blade 250/250R

Nice pics...

Azzo ke tu?



This post has been edited by EyraYus: Nov 1 2010, 11:32 PM

ZX2R is good for learning & experience the feel of riding big inline 4 bike....& due to its compact size it can behave almost like 150cc or kapcai on the road....still can ciloking at moderate speed without need to be quite slow like riding the 1000... (but still if you ride a bike most of time you still in front of the car while waiting the traffic light...no matter what bike it is except goldwing or Harley Dyna cruiser lol)

BTW,the downside is same as eyrayus said...the overall compact engine dimension leading to very small internal part & it is DOHC!!!(Even old proton & most of 90's affordable sedan also not use DOHC so you can imagine what would happen if you "manage" to get all those tiny little valve colliding with piston head....that surely cost alot! )

I have been tracked my ZX2R quite a time for last 2 years....pretty good if you know how to maintain it & willing to put $$$ for expensive fully synthetics engine oil & doing a regular check up.
I always change my fuel filter when I change the engine oil,& that was happen around 3-5 month or 3500-4000 KM or whichever come first.

Carb also been checked once a year with cleaning & setting,& air filter & air box will be inspected & I will change the new filter element around 2 month if I use the bike often,or 4-5 month if there is a rainy session...(prefer to ride my kapchai or drive when rainy session )

The bike reliabilty is not as bad as you think but because it old metal horse...so you know the drill.
At least during my time of owning this baby ninja,I never get any broken valve of degrading in engine performances(It still can clock 240km/h at the tacho...& smoothly rev to 18k without jerk or feel of power cut-off)


This post has been edited by Cyprid Dark ii: Nov 2 2010, 04:24 AM

wow you are one lucky zx2 owner, coz i had my frens zx2 crankshaft bent, valve broken and all that

You get the bike with a very good condition (minus the poorly painted exterior..) and I still remember the few problem it had during the first few month/week.

Still remember thrashing it at Sepang

All is OK already.....now also I painted the bike last 2 month....still blue colour but this time it abit bright...not a dark blue like before...
& from the time I got the bike from previous owner,the rectifier & electrical is the major headache...other than that everything is OK minus the chipped & cracked paint & not so shiny chrome exhaust(lazy to clean it haha)

I used to ride it quite a time when I was in form 5 ,going to college from langat-melawati ,ride & TTS....honestly said,now I can say many people that just heard what other says about this bike reliability & daily ride that can shorten your engine life prematurely is not true...as long you can afford to maintain the bike & interval service I think it would do good for 120k all from standard OEM part.(because I have ZZR250 that been abused for KL-Thai ride quite often & maintained all the interval service like me,end up the engine totally fail him at 158,000 km....after that totally rebuilt ground up & it still does a daily ride for him before getting sold to lucky buyer )

BTW,I did not have time tracked the bike anymore due to the work & also wanna puasa for upgrade laa....

This post has been edited by Cyprid Dark ii: Nov 2 2010, 06:32 PM

For those who think Blade cannot survive for a long time


SOURCE

This post has been edited by kapalterbang_737: Nov 2 2010, 10:07 PM

simpan duit la kawen

kapalterbang.

yeah maybe some Bladers get lucky with their 250`s, but some others dint get very lucky right?

Seriously, just get the 650 if you really want a "big" bike. Either the Blade 650 or ER6, for me its Blade 650 anyday compared to ER6 for its design and sound