Three personal routes to ZX heaven

Three MCN readers reveal how they’ve improved their Kawasakis

117bhp, but he wants more

Peter Foley has gone for an Akrapovic Ti race system, with Ti downpipes, stage-one jetting, World Superbike graphics, polished wheels, frame, swingarm and grabrails, carbon tank protector and air duct covers, Dunlop D207s, one tooth lower front sprocket, a set of crash mushrooms, PFM Supersport cast iron brake disks, Ferodo race brake pads, HEL stainless lines, a Pyramid Plastics undertray and seat, custom flush-mounted indicators, gold anodised bolt kit, Sprint polished steering damper, Harris Race screen brace, carbon exhaust bracket, Renthal X-ring gold chain and sprocket set. His bike makes 117bhp at the wheel and he’s not finished yet.

So good, it’s been stolen

Damian Warburton from Hull painted his ZX-7 in WSB colours and then fitted

in-headlight indicators, a full stainless exhaust system, WP shock, Harris adjustable rearsets, Dynojet kit and K&N filter, a double bubble screen, braided brake and clutch hoses, a Datatool alarm, and Datatag. Unfortunately, it was so cute, it was recently nicked.

750cc just wasn’t enough

Don Proctor of Plymouth, Michigan, has spent a fortune on his bike. Work on the 1996 model includes fitting a 1994 ZX-9R engine, carbs and airbox, a Hindle exhaust, gold nitride fork coatings, a DID Gold X-Ring endurance racing chain, Galfer front rotors, braided steel brake and clutch lines, Daytona digital temp gauge, Auto Meter 14,000rpm tacho, Pro Tek clip-ons, rearsets and aluminium brake and clutch reservoir caps, a Sebimoto carbon front fender, a home-made glassfibre upper and solo tail, Sebimoto carbon ram-air duct inlets, Brembo radial GP master cylinder, Zero Gravity double bubble clear screen and Michelin Pilot Race tyres. His bike now makes 135bhp at the wheel.