What is the top speed of a 1990 kawasaki ninja zx7?

Answer 1

That depends. How big is the rider? What is the ambient temperature?

How crazy is the rider? How much cocaine did he inhale at lunch?

I have a '96 set up as a 'Slab slayer' (Sport Tourer) I run at 70 to 90 just about all day.

If you weigh 140 with a brick in your pocket and it's a cool day with very little humidity, the Coke was pretty pure you might see 170ish. Maybe....if everything went right.

Motorcycles are in a much higher state of tune then cars. They weigh less also. Because of that there is more difference between two bikes coming off the assembly line right next to one another. The Zx7 is has carbs, While there are advantages to carbs, they do not hold tune as well as fuel injection. Getting them adjusted and synched can add 10 or more MPH to the top end. The "7" is very 'slick'. One of the lowest drag coefficients every for a stock motorcycle. It has OK power and is VERY stable. Great bongers as the lads say. Best front suspension of the 20th century. It is now the 21st century.

Forget the motorcycle rags. They exist to get you to buy them. So the comparison tests are pretty much bogus. They could run the same test tomorrow and get different results. The only ones worth reading are the long term tests. Since I have to explain all this too you, you are a newbie. Buy a SV 650. That is an excellent beginner bike. You can sell it in a year or so when you are ready to upgrade. Get it off Craigslist and you won't waste a lot of money. Beginners bikes glut the market. Look on the ads and see how many "Ninja" 250's and 500's are for sale. If you have to have an I4 to hang out at the malt shop with, buy a used one.