Faults:

Brake light needed work. Nothing major.

General Comments:

A great bike in all. Very happy I waited a long time to get the big Zephyr, and I'm glad I picked one up.

Was told they have a soft clutch, but I think I was told lies. I've since being told the Zephyr gives very little trouble, and the clutch in mine is perfect.

When I drop the throttle she moves. Great bike to accelerate. Will sit nice at 100mph all day long.

Riding position is comfy. Great for long distance.

Great fun bike handles very well.

Faults:

When I bought this bike, the rear brake had seized. The clutch actuator seal failed, the bike did not idle that well, and the gearbox did not select as smoothly as I would have liked from 3-2-1 at lower revs.

The fork seals needed replacing and generally the stanchions suffer from pitting.

I have overhauled this bike and posted several pictures, which others may find useful. You can check this out on REDZED.PROBOARDS.COM.

General Comments:

Overall, I love the looks of these bikes, but once they hit 30,000 miles, the exhaust valve guides are likely to need replacing. Great bikes all the same, great Z1 looks, engine power at real road speeds, and the comfort.

Faults:

Nothing went spectacularly wrong, an irritating indicator bulb that kept blowing was about as bad as it got, and a flat tyre the day I got it, but them's the breaks I guess!

General Comments:

What a gorgeous ped! Comfortable, fast and with loads of roll on acceleration meant no frantic foot bashing through the gears.

The bike felt totally stable and predictable in all but the very worst conditions (ice, no bike is good on ice).

Having no wind shield means that your leathers have to be good, and you do get all the weather and other road stuff thrown your way, but who cares!

The seat is very comfortable, fat and wide, and is low enough that smaller riders aren't on tip toes at the lights.

The biggest snag with the dear old Zephyr 11 is the petrol tank; I've seen egg cups which hold more! The range on a tank of gas is therefore pathetic! A 100 miles if you're lucky! Much less if you use a lot of right fist, which of course you will, 'cos it's GREAT!

The only other gripe is that it has the most tiny weeny rear stop light, bicycles have better rear lights! Not good! I'd have another one, except that they seem to be quite rare, and so bits might be a bit hard to come by; I don't know though.

Faults:

2nd gear took a dump at 21000 miles. Cost $1500!

General Comments:

Reliably quick, but twitchy on turns.

Roll on acceleration beyond 5000rpms is GRReat!

Cruises all day at 100mph.

A true 142mph bike!

Faults:

Seat cover wear.

General Comments:

A great looking bike. Completely reliable with above average handling. Just a bit juicy, but no more than any other other 1100cc engine.

Spares are not so easy to come by nowadays, but then not much goes wrong.