My Kawasaki ZX-4RR Review : Why my face always is filled with smiles

The daily rides to the office is very short but the fun I have is just difficult to explain in words. And every km you ride this little rocket, my face always is filled with smiles.

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Update - Second service as part of KCare done.

What was done as part of service

• Oil Change
• Torque bolts and nuts
• Clean air filter and air filter box
• Oil filter change
• Clean and polish

What is covered and what is not as part of KCare

• Oil
• Labor for the regular service
• If you want the Petronas race oil you pay the difference
• Even number services does not cover Oil Filter (all there in the KCare brochure)

If I calculate based on bills I would say each service will cost between 4.5 to 6.5k. The KCare is around 65K for 8 services and 1 additional year of warranty. So you are paying between 18 to 25k for additional warranty.

This can help you take a decision to buy or skip the KCare as the biggest advantage is the 4th year warranty that is transferable.

Loaded up and oil drained

Air filter and ram air intake

Added a givi tank setup. The BF71 fits straight up for zx4rr. And I got the 610 series from RiderZ Planet. Excellent online shop with great customer experience.

And tried the mini claw.

Invented issues and attempts to fix it

One issue I invented that doesn't exist for most who ride the bike is the fairing vibrations. Just google fairing vibrations- Kawasaki, you will find numerous threads to start slowly draining into the abyss of problems that may never exist in your own bike. But to be honest I had removed the fairing enough times that the stock rubbers and washers are expected to not fit snugly as from the factory. The fairing near the thighs and a little bit on the seat vibrate

Things I did to eliminate things like frame sliders include riding with and without the sliders and more. Finally, I figured the fairing vibrates when you let the 4-cylinder scream for 16k. It is just natural for parts around a screaming engine to react the natural way.

So I decided to remove all the fairing and started adding some styrofoam support to reduce the metal-to-plastic vibrations. A little tedious but it did help to arrest 70% of the feeling.

I am planning to get some anti-vibration material and replace the styrofoam. This is more like an ocd fix thana real problem as Rahul who rode the bike hardly complained about any vibrations on the fairings and when I rode his 850 I came back and told him his fairing had the same vibrations

Here are the ride pictures after the service with Rahul and his 850gsa.

Anyway, it is now my pet project to keep trying new things with the bike.

Overall Experience so far:- Absolutely fabulous. The daily rides to the office is very short but the fun I have is just difficult to explain in words. And every km you ride this little rocket, my face always is filled with smiles. This is the best thing one can get without worrying about too much power and still have the 1000cc like experience every time one rides this.

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