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Ahoj everyone.
My name is Andrew, 32 male.
New to bikes, got my licence last summer and now i got a bike.

the old "rice rocket" is an 1987 ZX 750 F.
i love the oldschool form, i know nowdays that HUGE brake light is not really the fashion but i .. kindof like that style. had to clean and adjust the carbs, runs fine i have to say.
the previous owner replaced the factory exhaust with a big rice tube , REMUS brand. i don't like it to be honest. way too loud, way too harsh.
the bike it self is in surprisingly good condition, no oil or other fluid leaks, starts with ease, the transmission is sharp, brakes are good, tires are a year old at worse. all in all its pretty darn fine. the handlebars are not original as far as i can tell, but its okay. these are wider, it actualy is really comfortable for me.

the only odification i made was with the electrical system.
i added a small push switch for the kickstand,and a notherone to the clutch lever, and things are wired up to not allow the starter to crank the engine unless the kickstand is up, the lights are on, the transmission is in neutral, the brake light are on, and the clutch is pulled in. just to make sure i don't accidentally start it up.

oh, and the front plexy thing is for some reason painted all black. not sure why is that, but i like how it looks.
surely the poor thing has some scratch marks on it, nothing deep , if you don't look close its not visible. The underside of the tank is a nother story. all i can safely tell is, this bike was green, white, red, blue, yellow, and now black. huuuge number of layers of paint all over. but nothing is rusting, thank god.

I'm a clam rider, i had this bike for more than 2 months and my "record" speed was 100 km/hr on a highway where that is the legal speed. not in a hurry you see...
i use this bike as a moped. i go shopping, visit some friends in town etc... mostly doing under 2500 rpm.
i drive tractors and a minivan (forestry, i own a small company) so this old machine is really really fast in my opinion. most probably the 100 hp it had when it was brand new is.. closer to less than 80 by now. but its still fast for me, and i like it.
sadly the "saddle" is only suitable for a single person, so i can not take my beloved GF for a ride, but i hope i can find a replacement part to heal this problem.

i have done a total of bit more than 250 km TOTAL kilometers on this bike in a bit more than 2 months so you can figure i have not been riding a lot. since its an old bike i changed the oil when i bought it (was full of petrol.. yuk.. since then the carbs had been properly renewed) and i changed the oil after every 100 km.
witch may seem a silly idea but the oil gets black quite soon, i done my 3rd oilchange since i bought it, everytime the color is a lot brighter. i suppose the engine is getting cleaner. i gona keep doing this till i find near clean oil when i let it drain. i don't mind the costs to be honest. the bike reads 97,000 Km , i suppose this engine has done its job earning a proper cleaning.
i did not measure compression in the cylinders, when i got it it would not start. changing the spark plugs heald that problem, and since it starts verry well when its cold, i think its in perfect shape for my usage.

as you can see, this is my intro post and most of it is about this old bike.
that is how mutch i love it.
most probably never gona sell it, and will be used 99% of its time doing.. 50 km / hr.
so i suppose it should last for ever.
 
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