Engine life span and precautions (Kawi ZX636RR)

[Swedie]

Hey all!

I'm on the hunt for a stuntbike. I'm looking at a Kawasaki ZX636RR. It's already wrecked but chassi (frame, forks, wheels etc) is intact and appear straight.

Now, I've only owned an old ass ZXR400 from the Kawasaki family. That bike had issues with the valve. It sounded like a diesel engine sometimes!

So my question is about the reliability of the engine and how strong the rear frame is.

Are there cages and bars already made for these bikes that I can purchase on the internet and ship to Sweden? Would appreciate some links! thx

Well, please share your opinion/experience/facts on the ZX636RR.

Thank you!

'04 R1 - Roadracer ... wanna go back to stunting / beating of bikes during fall / winter

[Nefarious]

Heres a fact,

The 636 is the zx6r, not the rr.

[Swedie]

pointless info! But thaaaanks.. lol

They look the same though... apparently.

[Jope]

I don't know about the engine, but here's a link to the bar and cage, www.crashcage.com

[Nefarious]

Originally Posted by Swedie

pointless info! But thaaaanks.. lol

They look the same though... apparently.

just busting your balls swedman, havent talked to you in a while...

teach stunts his 636 loves it, last i checked

the ZX6RR comes in green only and this year has a black frame.

[Kube]

shoot a PM over to Jordo636. he loves the bike and will help you with whatever you need to know.

[Swedie]

I'm looking at your screen name and can't seem to remember you all too well. R1-Forum.com member? Well I'm kinda "imfamous" or whatever it's called :D

Teach i know stunted a yellow 900RR. Not so strange he finds anything else than a 900RR better... lol

Thanks Jope-K for the link! Better email them to arrange shipping outside of the US. thx

Not that you understand any Swedish but check out my '04 R1 and some track pics:
http://www.sporthoj.com/rr/

[Nefarious]

Originally Posted by Swedie

I'm looking at your screen name and can't seem to remember you all too well. R1-Forum.com member? Well I'm kinda "imfamous" or whatever it's called :D

Teach i know stunted a yellow 900RR. Not so strange he finds anything else than a 900RR better... lol

Thanks Jope-K for the link! Better email them to arrange shipping outside of the US. thx

Not that you understand any Swedish but check out my '04 R1 and some track pics:
http://www.sporthoj.com/rr/

good to see your back on your feet. any plans to hit cali again in the future? and yes r1 forum, I live close to nubian. and doc

[Swedie]

Originally Posted by Nefarious

good to see your back on your feet. any plans to hit cali again in the future? and yes r1 forum, I live close to nubian. and doc

no I am a terrorist according to the US gov. So I am not able to come back for another 9 years (total of 10 year ban). Visited prison outside of San Diego just before being escorted by two INS agents to LAX and ... sitting next to them on the place bein threated to be seduced through injection if I fight... I had a great time! lol

I can come back if i put in a lot of money (10G's +) for a lawyer. but nah, I rather put all that money on having fun here.

[JONESER]

Originally Posted by Swedie

no I am a terrorist according to the US gov. So I am not able to come back for another 9 years (total of 10 year ban). Visited prison outside of San Diego just before being escorted by two INS agents to LAX and ... sitting next to them on the place bein threated to be seduced through injection if I fight... I had a great time! lol

I can come back if i put in a lot of money (10G's +) for a lawyer. but nah, I rather put all that money on having fun here.

DAMN DUDE, Your banned from the United States?

I thought I've heard it all, but that's one I'll probably never hear again.

What did you do to make them think you were a terrorist?

[gixxer_mark]

cbo stunts the 636 and i believe he likes it so much that he bought another one to be streeter... as far as i know he's had no real engine problems but not for sure... give him a pm and see what he thinks... i know everyones bitchin' 'bout how fragile the upper headlight assembly is... but if your gonna' streetfighter it then it don't really matter...

[Swedie]

Originally Posted by JONESER

DAMN DUDE, Your banned from the United States?

I thought I've heard it all, but that's one I'll probably never hear again.

What did you do to make them think you were a terrorist?

I liked cali so much that I ended up overstaying my tourist visa. And once I did overstay I stayed in order to fix the problem. I did so many wrong things (even got married in order to try and fix it but the bitch lied about her own status... she was in the military). Then my gf called the INS at me when I broke up with her. I love being stabbed in the back! tingly feeling!

[JONESER]

Originally Posted by Swedie

I liked cali so much that I ended up overstaying my tourist visa. And once I did overstay I stayed in order to fix the problem. I did so many wrong things (even got married in order to try and fix it but the bitch lied about her own status... she was in the military). Then my gf called the INS at me when I broke up with her. I love being stabbed in the back! tingly feeling!

Damn! That sucks...

[Jordo636]

Yo, I got your pm and I would gladly post my comments about the 636.

I love the bike and have never had problems with it and I have had 2 of them the first one I wrecked and sold because of money problems but went and bought another just 2 months after. I wrecked this one again and it was pretty bad but the bike itself held together and nothing was really wrong with it except the upper fairing got broken. I managed to walk away with some pretty bad RR but you live and learn. Both side fairings and back fairing where fine because of my cage and 12 bar.

I put a www.powersbikeworx.com cage on it and have been extremely happy with it and the cage has saved me thousands of dollars litteraly LOL...in my mind the 636 is the best way to go for the cheapest if you wanna stunt. I geared mine -1 +2 and I have no problems 12'ing or going fast the bike has sooo much damn power for a 600 its amazing. I have never blown a engine or even had to replace the clutches and all I do is clutch up wheelies LOL. Breaks are awesome for endos, the reversed suspension makes for a good ride and softens the blow when coming down to hard from a 12 heheh. I have also heard that the bike has some special oil thing in it that prevents it from messing up when 12'ing or something, my friend LB3 told me about that so thats another +

[Jordo636]

On the upper headlight assembly I just made my own at my friends shop. He manufactured me a better fairing stay that was made out of steel and the lights screwed into it. It was pimp until I wrecked on the freeway or rather 12'd going down the exit ramp LOL and then lost control and became street pizza. The bike flipped about 3 times and it only took me 20 min to get it in street riding condition again haha. I should take a pic of it to show everyone its funny. We bought these fog lights from Oreily's and hooked them up. They are brighter than stalk lights LOL

if you wanna check our website out we got some videos and stuff

www.dontstoprunning.com

[TEACH C6]

i'd be interested in seeing your fabricated fairing stay...

636 is great for stunting, needs a couple things to make it bullet proof...cam chain tensioner is going early in one of mine...great bike, highly recommend.

teach

[Tony D]

I rode the 636 for a total of about 8 hours in France
The bike was pretty new
Decent for stunting but very underpowerd down low and yet over powerd in the higher reves.
I did not have a dampner it rolls decent stoppies somewhat stable, just a bit of headshake

The last show the arm that drives the clutch hub (where the cable hooks on to down buy the motor) snaped clean in half on me -- thank god it wasent while I was doing a rev limiter coaster, watch out for that though it could be a problem on all of them.
Gixxer 1000 is where its at!!!

[Jordo636]

Yea for sure Tony but I'm a cheap mofo and I wreck alot LOL so the 636 has been great for me. Maybe when I get better and wreck less I'll spend the money on a gixxer 1k