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>Story of the bike
I shit you not I bought it from the original owner who looked like Peter Griffin. Dude was a 6'3 400lb UNIT. A tale as old as time, a rich man with too many toys and not enough HP to play with it all. Somehow, SOMEHOW. A Fatman rode it. Granted not much, but it had a bootleg Throttle lock as a form of cruise control (now removed) I suspect it was in a shed or garage with a open window, because small amounts of erosion could be found on the chain and 3 fasteners. I can't say I've ridden a zx14 unfortunately, but I can infer a lot because I've ridden a handful of CBRs and GSXRs. The ZX9 behaves like a late baba fireblade, not quite as ballistic as a 954 but more comfier than a 929 or 750 gsxr. It is a very refined middleweight, this one has a factory pro carb kit which resolves one glaring issue (replaceable needles) and enhances the entire powerband. Down low to up high is just smooth. Borderline VFR or blackbird smooth in power delivery. Weight and handling of a 600, but power as a (then) liter bike. A thoroughbred sport bike.

Intitally Throttle response was a little sticky, but after continued test putts to diagnose anything and make sure all is healthy it dramatically smoothened out. Another thing I noticed is despite a factory bubble screen the zx9 is extremely aerodynamic, even with the suspension setup for a man twice my weight and ancient tires from 2005. It remained planted and unfazed by the wind at modest speeds (I have yet to truly push it due to suspension, which I've adjusted but waiting on brake pads that aren't shot)