First Glimpse

So I've been in touch with Jimbob (not his real name) for a while now about buying up his beautiful, and very reasonably priced ZX7 J2. On October 21, 2010 we work out a deal and today, Jimbob sends me some close-ups pictures of the bike.

Jimbob lives quite a distance away and has kindly volunteered to drive the bike to me so I don't have to make the journey. Having already made the decision to gut the bike and build it from the ground up, I agree to buy the bike based on inspecting some pictures... this is what every 'how to buy a used motorcycle' guide tells you NOT to do, but what do they know :p

So anyways, from what I can gather from the pictures, Jimbob's bike is fairly clean considering its almost 20 (thats like 100 in bike years). I expect there will be things that need to be replaced and other surprises along the way... but surely thats all a part of the fun (words I'm sure I'll eat in less than six months).

With just about 60,000kms the clocks and cockpit are still mighty sharp

Huzza! The headlights work! She's ALIVE!!

A handsome mug shot reveals an alarming gap between the front fairings and the headlamps.

Side fairings are looking foonkay like a moonkay ...

... Aww crap who took my blue sticker??!!

Whats sexier than exposed metal? Nothing! Well some things...

Who's got color matched seats? I've got color matched seats (or rather, I will very soon)

The tank is looking very clean indeed. Usually on a bike this old the paint is scratched to shit from regular vigorous humping. Thats right. Vigorous Humping.

Can't wait to scratch this bitch up... Don't judge me. DON'T JUDGE ME!

Similar to the headlights, there seems to be an alarmingly large gap between the tail light and the tail plastics

Wheels and rotors look good, but from what I've read the four pot Tokico calipers gotta go

After having seen these pictures, I can't wait for Jimbob to drop the bike off. Once its in my grubby little hands, the first order of business is to take it for a spin and have a professional look at it.

For a complete gallery of these pictures, go to my Photobucket Album.