*and FB Marketplace, and Gumtree, and anywhere else we spot something we like…
1996 Kawasaki ZX-7R
Asking: £795
1990s superbikes are making good money now in tidy, original condition, but tatty or modified ones can still be picked up for much cheapness – in this case from Chris Tombleson of Grumpy 1260, all-round good egg and a friend of the mag.
This ZX-7R has suffered the common streetfighter treatment but it should be pretty easy to put it back to more or less standard – clocks, headlights, front sub-frame, bars and front plastics needed here, as well as a replacement for that nasty, stubby exhaust can.
Because the 7R was produced for so long (from 1996 to 2003) and with so few changes, it’s not too hard to track down standard bits if you’re patient,
