1995 ZX6R F1 Supersport Racer
This is a bike I bought at the end of the 1995 season. It was raced by a bloke who some will know or some will remember, Troy Bayliss. He came 2nd on it in the 1995 Australian SuperSport Championship. I rode it to nowhere in 1996. I then sold it to a mate, who did nothing with it. He then sold it to another bloke, who raced it twice and parked it. In 2005, I tracked it down and bought it back. It needed a makeover, which has now been done. I havn't ridden it since 2006. But I do like to pull it out of mothballs and go give the young guys a dust up every now and then. I'm no longer fast, never was actually, but can still hang a 62 second lap of Broadford or a 105 second lap of Phillip Island on it. So not embarrassing, but not sharp.
range:
The build was done by Gavin Cosway in compliance of the then current GCR's for Australian SuperSport 600's. It's still legally able to be raced in the SS class, but naturally being a 16 nearly 17 year old bike, it's not as light/powerful/sharp as the current stuff. But, I still love riding it, i've had it so long i've gotten to know it well and I know when it's just about to fall over and I can back it off a touch.....
It has WP rear shock, revalved and resprung. The forks are my favourite component. Some will appreciate this. In SS racing, the forks must remain standard externally, but you can modify springs and valving. So, my suspension guy, who is an ex Australian 125cc GP champ, put low speed compression and rebound in the left leg and high speed compression and rebound in the left leg. So I think it's the only bike of it's era with high and low speed compression and rebound in the forks. It really does work a treat too. Last outing on it turn one at broadford was wet and I was able to hold the front in a slide going in, lap after lap after lap. It truly is full of awesomeness............
There are some other tricky things on it, like a full Muzzy titanium exhaust, carbon firbre ram air pods, roller bearing rearset linkages, hand turned carb needles, modified CDI with no rev limit (makes lots of power, but can bite.... it did last outing and I now have a brand new motor in it as a result... ooops), plus all the other usual bits like 1/4 turn throttles etc. shorter hand made bars, CF fairings etc.,
The white, green colour scheme is from when I owned and raced it in 1996, the silver is how I found it in 05 and did a meeting or two in that shceme, then the green/black is how it was raced last in 05/06 and how it still looks today.... apart from a layer of dust....
