Kawasaki ZRX1100

What kind of wheels are those?

I love my 1200 Rex....they are a great bike.

Would be the only "new" bike I would buy. A parts guy at (would you believe) a BMW dealership here in SoCal has a gorgeous one as well as an 73 Z1. What a pair eh boys?

Wow alot of positive comments, Looks like I made a good choice. I know for a fact that I will change a couple of things but all in all I think its cool the way it is.

steell wrote: What kind of wheels are those?

Marchesini
can you say "Mark a zini"? I knew you could.....


Nice collection OZ.
My first ZRX was an '05

grumpy56 wrote: Would be the only "new" bike I would buy. A parts guy at (would you believe) a BMW dealership here in SoCal has a gorgeous one as well as an 73 Z1. What a pair eh boys?

Yup, nice pair!! As is this....

Boobies!!!! :woohoo:

ZRX lover here also, looks very nice RS.

Steell, can you elaborate more on the #3 rod bearing? Are you talking crank bearing? And why just #3? Was there some type of engineering issue with the pump or crankcase? I never heard this before. And are you talking the 1100 only? Sorry to jack your thread RS.

#3 rod bearing suffers for being at the end of the line for oiling. First appeared on the 84 GPz900 and continued through the engine series through the 2001 ZX11. Kawasaki tried many fixes over the years and may have reduced the number of occurrences, but never solved the problem completely. It appears they may have finally solved the problem with two oil pumps in the ZZR1200 motor. Buddy of mine put #3 rod through the case on two motors within one week (at 150 mph in 5th gear).

ZRX1100 uses the ZX11 bottom end while the ZRX1200 uses the ZZR1200 bottom end.

If you do a search in any of the ZX11/ZRX forums you'll finds loads of posts talking about it.

Thanks for that info Steell! Your buddy threw a rod @ 150mph!!! :ohmy: wow that's crazy fast to have happen.

It's interesting that Kawasaki never resolved the problem 100% over such a long production run.

Interesting part is no one has ever been able to diagnose the specific problem.

Personally I think it's due to tolerance stack up on some motors. Some 1100s will take a beating and never miss a lick, others blow even though they've been babied. Seems like if it makes it to 15k miles or so, then it will be good.

I think the #3 main bearing issue is one of those things that isn't an issue until it happens to your bike.
Just make sure your oil level is always good. There have been some rod bearing failures caused by bikes running after a spill. #3 is the one that starves first. If you want to prevent that, get a kill switch that is activated once the bike is on it's side. One in particular that I know about is called the Kwick kill.
Contact Pete Aronson at ELS kwickstand.net/Hyper-Formance.com/Welcome.html

This is the kwick kill: hyper-formance.com/Kill.htm

Just a suggestion. My 1100 has 24k on it and I have had no problems with engine bearings so far. It sees red line a few times per ride :whistle:

Ride on.

Well got some seat time on the ol ZRX and I must say it surprised me. I road it around town 10 or 15 miles and then I took her to that country road I was thinking about and did 5 nice passes from a dead stop all the way threw the gears. First few I came out easy at around 2500 rpm shifted gears at 9500 or 10000 she felt pretty strong then I started launching her at about 4500-5000 she carrys the front wheel threw 1st and 2nd and sits it down easy right at the top of 2nd just before you shift 3rd I was shifting around 10000-10500 ran her up to 130-135 mph then rolled out of the throttle. All in all I must say I really like the bike,rides good and has nice power.