"New" 1986 Kawasaki ZL 600 Eliminator

JWR · 07-11-2015, 03:21 PM

Wow, great looking bike BB.

I am still on my SV650, 42,000 miles and counting.

Water Warrior 2 · 07-11-2015, 03:53 PM

Really nice looking bike. A quick search tells me it has a bunch of horsepower and shaft drive. Let the farkling begin.

burkbuilds · 07-11-2015, 09:26 PM

Yes, shaft drive, inline 4cyl engine, same as that years Ninja 600 but with smaller carbs for more torque out of the blocks but less top end speed. I've read that it edges the Ninja in 0-60 times and pretty much a dead heat on the 1/4 mile but after that the Ninja blows it away. I'm not really interested in going super fast anyway though. This particular bike has been well cared for. No dents, chrome is perfect, paint is bright and vibrant, all the gauges work well and I put about 80 miles on it today and it runs great, handles better than any of my previous bikes and is reasonably comfortable with the stock seat. From what I've read the gas mileage won't be great, upper 30's to low 40's but I'm not planning on putting 20K + miles a year on it like I did with some of my previous rides so that won't be a big deal. I am really excited to be riding again. My wife's thought, well, I think the first words out of her mouth when I told her I'd bought another bike were, "Oh, Hell NO!", lol.

07-11-2015, 03:21 PM	#1
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07-11-2015, 09:26 PM	#3
burkbuilds Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shannon, Georgia Posts: 1,268	Yes, shaft drive, inline 4cyl engine, same as that years Ninja 600 but with smaller carbs for more torque out of the blocks but less top end speed. I've read that it edges the Ninja in 0-60 times and pretty much a dead heat on the 1/4 mile but after that the Ninja blows it away. I'm not really interested in going super fast anyway though. This particular bike has been well cared for. No dents, chrome is perfect, paint is bright and vibrant, all the gauges work well and I put about 80 miles on it today and it runs great, handles better than any of my previous bikes and is reasonably comfortable with the stock seat. From what I've read the gas mileage won't be great, upper 30's to low 40's but I'm not planning on putting 20K + miles a year on it like I did with some of my previous rides so that won't be a big deal. I am really excited to be riding again. My wife's thought, well, I think the first words out of her mouth when I told her I'd bought another bike were, "Oh, Hell NO!", lol. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-11-2015, 03:53 PM	#2
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Really nice looking bike. A quick search tells me it has a bunch of horsepower and shaft drive. Let the farkling begin.
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