Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Thanks doc. SC Project street version should be good for low end torque. Race versions sounds too much IMO.
Please let me know the cost.
GPR exhaust looks better than SC/Scorpion and are really economical. IXIL are even cheaper but i am not sure on durability.

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

[MENTION=46089]djay99[/MENTION]... i had not much of a similar exp but a pain at the RTO in Indiranagar.. the damn officer made me wait for an hour in the freaking hot sun.. and then finally when he came to my bike.. he started saying where is the saree guard, where is the mud guard.. he started to make a fuss saying i will not approve and all that crap.. but i should thank the agent who is from Bajaj.. he took him aside.. spoke to him and finally got my registration approved.. They all work for bribe .. and it's a shame....

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Hey djay99

Did you get the radiator guard installed ? Waiting for more photos from you

Fitting an SC Project Carbon Oval Exhaust to a Z800



Loved this !!

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

The SC project sounds neat ...

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

If I try this...I ll end up definitely breaking something

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

[QUOTE=djay99;1091391]2014 Kawasaki Z800 has joined our family on 8-9-14.


Excellent ride that you got dude. Great power comes with great responsibility. Ride safe.

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Hi shreeni,
Yes I installed it myself. Took some 20 to 30min to install.
I am in my hometown and will post pic once I'm back in Bangalore.

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Firstly congrats on the bike

Can you please confirm the mileage
City = ??
highway = ??

I am looking for a bike, currently cannot decide between street triple and Z800.
I have lot of information from this tread.

I would also like to know if there are any heating issues, I will predominantly a city user, daily 55 kms commute to office.

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Few pics of radiator guard and mirror extender:

Radiator guard was slightly bent when i received it. I may have to remove it and get it adjusted as this is causing a few vibrations at high RPM.


Mirror extenders are very useful as i get a good rear view.



Went out for a spin in the evening and rode over 50KM today.


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Thanks ifthi.

I get around 15 to 16KMPL in Bangalore traffic as i ride in moderate traffic of bangalore.

On highways i get over 20 KMPL when doing ~120KMPH. The above mileage figures are from MID as I have not yet calculated tankful to tankful method. I am sure this will improve in coming days as i get more adjusted with bike's riding characteristic.

There is absolutely no heating issue as hot air is blown away from your thigh. So your leg/thigh will not get cooked in our pathetic traffic condition.

Since you mentioned you are looking for either ST/Z800 for city commute of 55KM per day, let me pen down my thoughts:
* Either of these bikes are not easy to ride in bangalore city traffic conditions. Clutch is on a bit heavier side and more over its not worth the effort IMO. Other road users will not allow you to ride comfortably and will come very close to you to have a glance. I hate this as i get a bit scared when they come very close. Braking ability of these bikes and regular bike/scooter cannot be compared and i try to maintain quote a bit distance.

* You cannot expect over 15KMPL if et all you are riding either of these bikes in bangalore city traffic as most of the time you will be in 1st and 2nd gear (I have ridden over 300KM in bangalore city traffic).

*You will be wasting quite an amount of fuel when standing in traffic jam or traffic signals. This fuel can be used to have a blast on highway

* Street triple will be quite a bit easy to ride in city because of lower kerb weight but tall first gear requires you to slip considerable amount of clutch in tight traffic (ST owners-pls post your opinion if i am wrong). Z800 hides its weight once on the move and it will be hard to tell that it weights 43KG more than ST. Also Z800 is a bit big in size when compared to ST.

* ST is relatively cheaper when it comes to maintenance as you can use 91 Octane fuel and service intervals are 10K KM/Year. For Z800, interval is 6K KM without time limit
Z800 requires 95 Octance but i am using Shell regular/super and have never found any knocking issue or drop in performance when compared to 97 Octane fuel.

* ST costs you over 40K less than Z800. You can get an Arrow exhaust for that money

* If i was in your place, i would buy a Duke 200/390 for city commute and ST/Z800 for highway ride.

Disclaimer: Above are purely my opinion and no offence to either brand/owners.

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Hi Doctor,
I was able to search for GPR exhaust and its available for 333 US Dollars. I feel its real VFM. What do you say?
Homologated Exhaust Kawasaki Z 800 2013 Terminale Slip on Furore Nero Furore B | eBay

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Djay send me the link pls , let me verify if it's a genuine dealer

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Doc, is yours the Black-Green one. I saw 2 bikes today parked in the showroom waiting for delivery. Hope one is yours

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Mine is all black in RTO office , my friends took the green 800 and thousand delivered unregistered today

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Doc- Link was already mentioned in my post. Here it is Homologated Exhaust Kawasaki Z 800 2013 Terminale Slip on Furore Nero Furore B | eBay

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Karthik, When are we going to see your Z800? Were you able to convince your parents?

Re: Zee comes home - My 2014 Kawasaki Z800

Man... I am having hard time convincing them. But, soon I should be able to get their approval to buy ... I will go for finance definitely atleast for 4L