New ZRX1100 owner from Central Illinois

[BigRod]

I just bought my first ZRX a couple of days ago. I had been looking at several bikes and this one came up for sale close to me. It’s a 2000 with only 6800 miles and no mods other than a D&D slip on. Are there any common issues with these bikes that I should be looking out for?

[markaria]

I just bought my first ZRX a couple of days ago. I had been looking at several bikes and this one came up for sale close to me. It’s a 2000 with only 6800 miles and no mods other than a D&D slip on. Are there any common issues with these bikes that I should be looking out for?
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very nice! welcome and as for what to watch out for... all the modding you are gonna get hooked on!

[MJJCREW]

The 2000 black is one of the best looking......nice find and welcome!

[Lomax Anderson IV]

Very sweet... how much ?

Mine has 43K and going everyday with not problems other than a leaky seal on the front fork ... but alot of wheelies will do that

Starter tensioner fix is the only thing that comes to mind...

Thats a very good find...I paid 3000 for mine with a few mods...and 11K miles

[Bikenut]

Welcome aboard. The bike likes to roll off its kickstand if parked on even a very slight downhill. So either grind down the kickstand stop or always park in 1st gear.

[NFS]

Sweet looking ride!

[JBoz]

Welcome aboard! Very nice! You'll love it.

That '00 black a-l-m-o-s-t lured me away from purchasing my '99 green. But I wanted the faster bike . Don't worry about the age of the bike - my '99 just turned 48k, has hauled my wide load for 13 yrs now and it's still as tight and fun as new.

Coupla thoughts on yours off the top of my haid, your bike has not been ridden at all - 7k in 12 yrs.

#1 - get yourself the shop manual. With it you can do EVERYTHING.

How old are the tires? Even if there's tread you don't want to run an old, hardened tire. There's a made date stamped into the sidewall of each tire w/ the week and year the tire was made, ie: 3507 would be 35th week of 2007. You really don't want to run tires much more than a coupla years old, maybe - MAYBE - 5 max.

Check all seals for dry rot, cracking including the vacuum caps & emission lines on carbs. Vacuum leak is one of the 1st things we look for when engine isn't running right. While you're at it, rip all the emission chit out & plug the valve cover's reed holes & air box hole.

Forks should probably have new fork oil & make sure the seals are ok.

The Rex is known for coming w/ a dab of grease in the swing arm & steering bearings. There's a Zerk under the swing arm, pack a boat load of grease into it. Steering needs to be taken apart and hand packed, but it's not a tough job.

Send your seat to Mr. Wog for a re-do. He'll make it to any specs you want. The stock seat's good for about 50 mile stints.

If you're a tallish guy you can take the handle bars out of their clamps (leave everything hooked up) and rotate the mounts 180 degrees. Moves the bars forward a bit. I run this w/ super bike bars which are flatter than stock and it's much more comfortable. For me.

Bike comes lean to meet emissions. Adding the bolt on can makes it run a little leaner which, means hotter, which isn't real good for the bike. Look into at least a Stage 1 carb kit.

And speaking of which, unless you have absolutely zero mechanical ability you can - and should - do your own wrenching on the bike. We're all here if you run into trouble or have any questions. And from some of the current horror stories floating around here if you have minimal mechanical experience you've got a lot more than most dealership mechanics.

I think that's it for now. Coffee cups empty.

[Douglas M]

Very Nice Ride safe and watch out for the morons on the road.

[logmaster]

Are there any common issues with these bikes that I should be looking out for?
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due to the big grin on your face

welcome & have fun

[hydrashoks]

sweet buy...that thing prolly still has the factory gas and oil in it...

definately go thru the run down that Boz pointed out...

Visit member Bignuts' profile for the shop manual...it's a PDF, print, punch, binder...

have fun w it....I heard they made 1100's...

[REXNFX]

dude, that bike is nice looking. I am biased, though, because it looks a helluva lot like mine. I even have a D&D exhaust; although mine is the full system. funny thing is that I bought mine with 6200 3.5 years ago(close in mileage to what yours is at now). I have 43000 miles on it now.
the bikes are really reliable. The one thing that can go wrong that is a complete nuisance is there is a small o-ring as part of the petcock assembly that will go bad and then let all kinds of gas down into the motor. it happened to me with another ZRX. i had to drain the oil and it was like opening up the floodgates. a whole mess of gas and oil shot out. I purchased a manual petcock off of Pete (KWICK) on the board. it is money well spent. I don't face that risk anymore. Some people just replace the little o-ring every time that they do an oil change. there is no telling from visual inspection that it is bad.

[BigRod]

Welcome aboard! Very nice! You'll love it.

That '00 black a-l-m-o-s-t lured me away from purchasing my '99 green. But I wanted the faster bike . Don't worry about the age of the bike - my '99 just turned 48k, has hauled my wide load for 13 yrs now and it's still as tight and fun as new.

Coupla thoughts on yours off the top of my haid, your bike has not been ridden at all - 7k in 12 yrs.

#1 - get yourself the shop manual. With it you can do EVERYTHING.

How old are the tires? Even if there's tread you don't want to run an old, hardened tire. There's a made date stamped into the sidewall of each tire w/ the week and year the tire was made, ie: 3507 would be 35th week of 2007. You really don't want to run tires much more than a coupla years old, maybe - MAYBE - 5 max.

Check all seals for dry rot, cracking including the vacuum caps & emission lines on carbs. Vacuum leak is one of the 1st things we look for when engine isn't running right. While you're at it, rip all the emission chit out & plug the valve cover's reed holes & air box hole.

Forks should probably have new fork oil & make sure the seals are ok.

The Rex is known for coming w/ a dab of grease in the swing arm & steering bearings. There's a Zerk under the swing arm, pack a boat load of grease into it. Steering needs to be taken apart and hand packed, but it's not a tough job.

Send your seat to Mr. Wog for a re-do. He'll make it to any specs you want. The stock seat's good for about 50 mile stints.

If you're a tallish guy you can take the handle bars out of their clamps (leave everything hooked up) and rotate the mounts 180 degrees. Moves the bars forward a bit. I run this w/ super bike bars which are flatter than stove and it's much more comfortable. For me.

Bike comes lean to meet emissions. Adding the bolt on can makes it run a little leaner which, means hotter, which isn't real good for the bike. Look into at least a Stage 1 carb kit.

And speaking of which, unless you have absolutely zero mechanical ability you can - and should - do your own wrenching on the bike. We're all here if you run into trouble or have any questions. And from some of the current horror stories floating around here if you have minimal mechanical experience you've got a lot more than most dealership mechanics.

I think that's it for now. Coffee cups empty.

Thanks for the info. Pulled the carbs off this weekend and cleaned them, replaced the spark plugs, oil and filter, coolant, brake and clutch fluid and a new battery. Checked the fork seals, lubed the chain, checked tire pressure and took if for a ride. Everything looks and feels good.

[btl68]

Whereabouts in Central Illinois?

[BigRod]

Whereabouts in Central Illinois?

LeRoy

[JBoz]

Thanks for the info. Pulled the carbs off this weekend and cleaned them, replaced the spark plugs, oil and filter, coolant, brake and clutch fluid and a new battery. Checked the fork seals, lubed the chain, checked tire pressure and took if for a ride. Everything looks and feels good.

Nice

[oconnor86]

where abouts in IL are you at?!?!

[btl68]

Whereabouts in Central Illinois?

LeRoy

where abouts in IL are you at?!?!

[NitroRoo]

Welcome to the madness. Nice lookin Rex, good year