GSXR Vs Blade???

[tomthepohm]

Ok here is the deal. See what you think...

Had Gixers for about 8-9 years. Loved them, had them in the UK and in NZ.

So thought it was time to go Honda, you know give it a go, keep hearing how good they are and such high quality. "they handle so much better than ya Gixer.' Was heard every week at the Pub.

Any way did it, bought a 2005 Repsol Honda, fucking beautiful.

This is where it kind of goes to shit, road it for about 3 weeks, started of pretty well, then realised every time i got off the bike some more paint was missing, chips, then the electrics shit out, then the rear shock completely died and had to be replaced, had a very hairy moment on a KB Thursday night ride.

Long story short, apart from the radiator starting to leak, is that this bike now feels like riding a pogo stick on wheels, at the best of times i am lucky to get round a corner without shitting myself. As for riding in the wet which made me need to bleach another pair of undies this bike is OK, and after all it is suposed to be better quality and a better ride.

Think its back to the good old, service ones a year, rape the shit out of, wheely when you want, corners like a Skyline on P, looks like the bogs bollocks GSXR.

What do ya reckon???:scooter:

Hmmmmmmm
Tom :yes:

[Titanium]

Possibly a Monday bike........:scooter:

[kickingzebra]

Booooooomer... Oh Booooooommmerrrrr, where for art thou???

Gixser will be the mean machine, and the choice of the truely enlightened!!

[Back Fire]

interesting... considering how honda are supposed to have high build quality and reliability

[WINJA]

i used to be a honda nut got sick of the shit quality and reliability probs and the huge difficulty getting warranty claims, i buy new bikes to reduce problems not increase them , fuck honda im sticking to my kwaks and zukis

[imdying]

By most accounts it appears that the CBR1000 wasn't all it should've been reliability wise :(

[Zapf]

have you sorted out that suspension?

[cowpoos]

you didn't need to post this....we already know that honda's are genrally crap motocikles....but I'll give ya rep anyway....now go buy a zx10 or a gixxer thou

[Sparky Bills]

If it crapped out that badly so soon, why didnt you just take it back??
2 year unlimited K warranty??
Or is there more to this story?

[tomthepohm]

Could do Sparky, would probably work out costing me the same as just changing to another bike. Guess i just lost faith in it to be honest.
Tom

[boomer]

Harden up.. you carn't blame your riding stylse on teh bike.

Bloody Poms .. i dunno :oi-grr:

ps... here's something to consider if you do swap out...


Honda... Hard to get round teh corner but you do
Gixxer.. won't fail you getting round teh corner.. but you'll be on your side :nya:


Hey.. all good fun; Theres Lemons where ever you go or what ever you buy.. Just look at Dover and his bike... one more lemon and you'd hit the jackpot!!! no.. wait.. Theres Vixter.. that makes 3 which = the JackPot $$$$$$$$$

[BeakerRAT]

Can't blame you for losing faith in it! They've must've started the build on the Friday before 'Golden Week' and finished it when they got back after a little too much sake. Hope the boys at Honda are taking care of you and putting things right.

[Zed]

Time will tell if you've made the right decision Grasshopper! :bye:

[The_Dover]

Maybe the top heavy baggage was just too much for the shock?

[tomthepohm]

Dover to look at you no one would guess you where spo smart. Yes she is a bit top heavy. haha

[Finn]

Dover is smart?

We are talking about the fat pom on the scratched up gixxer?

[Lazy7]

i cant figure out why these bikes with 180hp and 170kgs hold together on a good day.

theres stories of gixers snapping in half right accross the frame.

i guess they will skimp everywhere to save weight. a coat of paint is probably a couple of 100grams so they probably only did one.
half filled the shock with oil to save another couple 100 grams.
electrics will be tiny little wires with shitty little connectors.

there was a story in a recent autocar where i was surprised to hear that they run hollow camshafts in the 1litre blades in an effort to save weight. the only reason they brought it up was that the wall thickness on the metal went from 1.3 to .9mm or something - saved them 100grams as well.

buy something with a bit more substance. a ZX7R springs to mind ;-)

[Gremlin]

buy something with a bit more substance. a ZX7R springs to mind ;-)
hehehehe.... its a nice comeback from whale comments init :doobey:

122hp at the crank, 100 ish at the rear wheel, and a nice solid 203kg dry.

iirc, its not just the blade that has a hollow crank, I think a gixxer did, this could have been kornholio, now he has a solid one...

Have you already made up your mind?? There is a gixxer in your profile :blip:

[tomthepohm]

Cheers Gremlin,
Na thats my old GIXER, but i am 99.9% sure i want another GIXER.

[roadandsport]

Come and ride the New GSXR750k6. I have one and you will not need or want the 1000 ever again. The extra digit is ONLY for the EGO!!!! and its a zero.. ha.ha The 750 is quicker than the R1 and K4 gixa 1000 plus its cheaper. On Taupo its the ultimate weapon. 131hp at the wheel and 163kg's Stock. Bring on the track days...... :first:

[Fishy]

Ok here is the deal. See what you think...

Had Gixers for about 8-9 years. Loved them, had them in the UK and in NZ.

So thought it was time to go Honda, you know give it a go, keep hearing how good they are and such high quality. "they handle so much better than ya Gixer.' Was heard every week at the Pub.

Any way did it, bought a 2005 Repsol Honda, fucking beautiful.

This is where it kind of goes to shit, road it for about 3 weeks, started of pretty well, then realised every time i got off the bike some more paint was missing, chips, then the electrics shit out, then the rear shock completely died and had to be replaced, had a very hairy moment on a KB Thursday night ride.

Long story short, apart from the radiator starting to leak, is that this bike now feels like riding a pogo stick on wheels, at the best of times i am lucky to get round a corner without shitting myself. As for riding in the wet which made me need to bleach another pair of undies this bike is OK, and after all it is suposed to be better quality and a better ride.

Think its back to the good old, service ones a year, rape the shit out of, wheely when you want, corners like a Skyline on P, looks like the bogs bollocks GSXR.

What do ya reckon???:scooter:

Hmmmmmmm
Tom :yes:

Hey Tom its Josh,

Fuck you still havin trouble with that thing!, sounds like its destined for the scrap heap mate!. That thing has turned out to be a bit of a lemon eh.

Have Cyclespot not fixed everything with it under warranty?

[Matt Bleck]

Your not the only one to have problem's with them, there was someone else on here complaining about he's new lemon a few month's ago, don't remeber who tho.... I also have talked to a guy over tauranga way who had his rear shock snap while cornering, wasn't a 05 tho but was new at the time, 03 I think. Both of these guy's had nothing but problem's with warranty claims, in short they didn't want to know.

Hope you get it sorted mate...

[Hellraiser]

Get a Kawasaki

[Zed]

Come and ride the New GSXR750k6...The 750 is quicker than the R1 and K4 gixa 1000 plus its cheaper. On Taupo its the ultimate weapon. 131hp at the wheel and 163kg's Stock.I sat on a K6 750 yesterday and they are rather small and compact machines, I gather the 1000 is too with it only having a dry weight of 166kgs according to the spec sheet! :yes:

O well Tom, you have had never-ending probs with this Blade it seems, I wouldn't generalise and say all CBR1000's are crap though (not that you have said that). At the end of the day you need to *enjoy* riding it so if it's scaring you and shattering your confidence then find one that doesn't!

"The Gixxer is in your blood". Anonymous :msn-wink:

[SimJen]

The '06 blade is supposed to be way better....most mags are saying its a completely different animal, although it has minimal changes.....but what they have changed has made it more rideable and closer to the class leading Gixxer thou.
You can't go wrong with a Gixxer though :)

[Dafe]

Come and ride the New GSXR750k6. I have one and you will not need or want the 1000 ever again. The extra digit is ONLY for the EGO!!!! and its a zero.. ha.ha The 750 is quicker than the R1 and K4 gixa 1000 plus its cheaper. On Taupo its the ultimate weapon. 131hp at the wheel and 163kg's Stock. Bring on the track days...... :first:

YEEHAH!!! 1000th Post. It's taken a while but had some good laughs and good arguments too!

Back to the topic.

There is nothing like hoping on something that is confidence inspiring.
There is only one bike for "tomthephom".

The 2007 GSXR 1000.

I don't much care what people say about 600's doing the biz or 750's being the quickest.
At the end of the day. On the big thou, you just laze and when you roll the throttle - the power is there. No needing to work the revs etc.
I don't doubt that the 750 is a fantastic piece of machinery.
You claim 163 KG stock and 131 HP at the rear wheel.
My K6 weighs 156 KG and has 161 HP at the rear wheel. (add a few KG for the pipe and power commander & stickers)

With stats like that, A long time gixxer rider would be right in his element, waiting for the new 2007 Gixxer thou to be released.
It's not always about what bike will do the job. It's often nice knowing that your bike isn't gonna take a hammering doing the job too.

[SimJen]

Yeah lazy power is great. Coming from a 600 to my 1000 the difference is awesome. Easy wheelies, lower fuel consumption and great roll on drive in any gear. Still makes me wonder what gear im as it pulls so well.

[cowpoos]

Come and ride the New GSXR750k6. I have one and you will not need or want the 1000 ever again. The extra digit is ONLY for the EGO!!!! and its a zero.. ha.ha The 750 is quicker than the R1 and K4 gixa 1000 plus its cheaper. On Taupo its the ultimate weapon. 131hp at the wheel and 163kg's Stock. Bring on the track days...... :first:
do a dyno run and post it....they only 127 at the wheel.... how much is your one?

[tomthepohm]

Cant wait for the 2007 thou, doesnt come out till mid next year, but have seen some intersting pics of what it looks like. Twin exhaust, one under the seat and one down the side.

Need a resolution now though.....

Think its going to have to be the 06 thou...

Got to get the damn radiator fixed and put back all the standard parts on the damn blade first.

Should get it sorted for Niga Neils ride this weekend though.

Tom

[The_Dover]

Should get it sorted for Niga Neils ride this weekend though.

Tom

That's not very nice. He's as white as the rest of us.

[boomer]

That's not very nice. He's as white as the rest of us.

Prolly more so being a brummie.. i'd go as far to say he's almost transluscent

[tomthepohm]

A little bird tells me you've got no licence Dover. Didnt know they could take it away for hooning at 60Ks.
Tom

[boomer]

A little bird tells me you've got no licence Dover. Didnt know they could take it away for hooning at 60Ks.
Tom


he did contest... " Am i really breaking teh law if i'm sliding your honour???"

[tomthepohm]

Did he crash it???? He must have been going crazy, probably wound it up to 75ks.

[The Pastor]

i used to be a honda nut got sick of the shit quality and reliability probs and the huge difficulty getting warranty claims, i buy new bikes to reduce problems not increase them , fuck honda im sticking to my kwaks and zukis

you didn't need to post this....we already know that honda's are genrally crap motocikles....but I'll give ya rep anyway....now go buy a zx10 or a gixxer thou

Damn striaght! Although gixxers are for guys with their dick in the wrong place (on there forhead)....

[cowpoos]

Damn striaght! Although gixxers are for guys with their dick in the wrong place (on there forhead)....
both winja and I ride gixxers.......I have no penis on my forehead........what are you trying to say about me?

[tomthepohm]

Think Renegade Master smoke too much P, young Jedi.

[Fishy]

Damn striaght! Although gixxers are for guys with their dick in the wrong place (on there forhead)....

haha coming from someone who rides something pre the Flinstones......

[Toast]

Most lemons seem to be lemons from birth...so buy one with 20000kms on the clock, 'cos if it was a lemon it would've been off the road most of the time and wouldn't have gotten that many km's put on it.

After all of these stories about NZ Honda being pricks with warranty claims, I don't think I'd risk buying a new Honda, unless it was truly head and shoulders above the rest.

[The_Dover]

I don't think I'd risk buying a new Honda, unless it was truly head and shoulders above the rest.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Toast]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Yeah, I'm not expecting it either to be honest :p

Suzukis are cheaper anyway, so I'll prob go for one of them.

[Two Smoker]

I have no penis on my forehead........what are you trying to say about me?

No... but your hand is permanently attatched to your cock because your such a wanker... :tugger:

[Deano]

If it crapped out that badly so soon, why didnt you just take it back??
2 year unlimited K warranty??
Or is there more to this story?

Probably a wind up. :zzzz:



Could do Sparky, would probably work out costing me the same as just changing to another bike. Guess i just lost faith in it to be honest.
Tom

Why would it cost you money if it is sorted under warranty ?

I've had no problems with mine - or any Honda I've owned.

[cowpoos]

No... but your hand is permanently attatched to your cock because your such a wanker... :tugger:
I can't really argue my way outta that....Hmmm

[WINJA]

Time will tell if you've made the right decision Grasshopper! :bye:
HE BOUGHT A HONDA THATS THE WORST DECESION AND WE KNOW THAT NOW

[Brett]

After hearing all these Honda stories, me thinks i would not touch one. I will happily stick with my Kwaka's or a Gixxer...if they can stop the frames from snapping.

[tomthepohm]

Ok, I did it. Bought a Gixer thou.
Thanks everyone.

There is a choice between a all black one, or the classic GSXR blue and White.

What do ya recon??????
Tom

[Toast]

Ok, I did it. Bought a Gixer thou.
Thanks everyone.

There is a choice between a all black one, or the classic GSXR blue and White.

What do ya recon??????
Tom

bleck...loolks class

[cowpoos]

straight black??? or black and gray?

[boomer]

Blick...


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[WINJA]

Think Renegade Master smoke too much P, young Jedi.HE SMOKES A LOT OF COCK AS WELL , THE GIXXER IS A GOOD CHOICE , I HAD A WARRANTY CLAIM ON A BRAND NEW GSXR1000 IT WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND SUZUKI DEALT WITH IT PROMPTLY AND WENT BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS WITH THE WAY THEY HANDLED IT , THE PROBLEM WAS PARTLY THE FAULT OF THE MECHANIC AT THE STEALERSHIP BUT SUZUKI LEFT ME OUT OF IT AND JUST GOT IT SORTED, TOP MARKS , AAAAAAA+ WILL TRADE AGAIN

[Madness]

All Black Edition.

[sAsLEX]

All Black Edition.

nah with gix in his blood it would be wrong to move away from the original and only true color scheme

[Lazy7]

new new suzuki's all in black and stripped of all its hanging on bits like number plate holders etc look hot.

[Zapf]

Ok, I did it. Bought a Gixer thou.

Wow... it got that bad did it? Would part of the reason be that the previous owner rode it pretty hard / stuffed with it?

Also it doesn't help having Pilot Roads on that bike.

I had a really good time on my 954 blade today around the loop :scooter:

[kiwifruit]

Ok, I did it. Bought a Gixer thou.
Thanks everyone.

There is a choice between a all black one, or the classic GSXR blue and White.

What do ya recon??????
Tom

A brand new one?
Id say go the black

[saul]

A brand new one?
Id say go the black

Yep Blackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkk:yes: :yes: :first: :blip:

[Zed]

Contrary to popular thought the colour decision has been made...top stuff Tom maaaaate! :first:

[boomer]

go on my son! nice work Tom!!!

Enjoy!:scooter:

[Fishy]

Nice one Tom, that colour was my second choice.

[kiwifruit]

Awesome bike, congratulaions :first:

[tomthepohm]

Cheers guys, cant wait to pick it up later today, straight out of the box, what a buzz.

Bo ya.
:second: :yes: :yes: :yes:

[Fishy]

Cheers guys, cant wait to pick it up later today, straight out of the box, what a buzz.

Bo ya.
:second: :yes: :yes: :yes:

Come over this weekend so I can learn ya how to ride it :blip:

[tomthepohm]

Yea right Fish slayer, not with your crash record. May as well take it up on to the road and just run it over. hahaha

[sAsLEX]

Contrary to popular thought the colour decision has been made...top stuff Tom maaaaate! :first:

well i picked it!

[Fishy]

Yea right Fish slayer, not with your crash record. May as well take it up on to the road and just run it over. hahaha

What 2 accidents in the last 11 years of road riding and I average about 1000k's per week. Think thats a pretty good record myself.

[tomthepohm]

Nice one Lex.
PS I could watch that chick all day mate. hahaha

[boomer]

Yea right Fish slayer, not with your crash record. May as well take it up on to the road and just run it over. hahaha

hey..don't fight the innevitable.. it is after all a gixxer :nya:

[Zapf]

WHO bought the 06 Gixxer Thou at Colemans with WP suspension front and back? I LIKE!

[cowpoos]

WHO bought the 06 Gixxer Thou at Colemans with WP suspension front and back? I LIKE!
an ugly prick did...........time will reveil

[WINJA]

Yea right Fish slayer, not with your crash record. May as well take it up on to the road and just run it over. hahaha
YEAH GET WINJA TO GIVE YOU THAT RIDING LESSON INSTEAD ,I ALREADY GAVE A FEW K6 OWNERS THE LEARN.
NICE BIKE BTW , IM SURE YOU GONNA BE VERY HAPPY WITH IT , I BET ITS MORE COMFY THAN THE BLADE AS WELL

[Kornholio]

hehehehe.... its a nice comeback from whale comments init :doobey:

122hp at the crank, 100 ish at the rear wheel, and a nice solid 203kg dry.

iirc, its not just the blade that has a hollow crank, I think a gixxer did, this could have been kornholio, now he has a solid one...

Have you already made up your mind?? There is a gixxer in your profile :blip:

It was a shaft in the gearbox that had the gears on that was hollow... was only in the K1-K3 750s apparently... the rest is mint :doobey:

[sAsLEX]

Nice one Lex.
PS I could watch that chick all day mate. hahaha

got your new avatar in high res?

[roadandsport]

If the new GSXR1000K7 is anything like mine but with more HP it will be the one too wait for. :gob: :gob: :gob: :gob:

Traction control anyone???

We have a new matt black K6 1000 in the shop if i can tempt anyone :blip:

[tomthepohm]

Yea LEX but not too sure ma misses want the good pics on this site, if ya know what i meen. haha

[The_Dover]

Fuck Tom, you don't look too flash in a thong.

[boomer]

Fuck Tom, you don't look too flash in a thong.

Since when have you been picky??:confused:

[tomthepohm]

Thanks Dover. Got quite a selection. If your keen.

Mate you know how your name is Ben and your user cp is Dover are you trying to tell us something. (Ben Dover). hahahahaha:rofl: :rofl:

[The_Dover]

Brains and a nice arse? That's a rarity these days Tom.

[cowpoos]

Brains and a nice arse? That's a rarity these days Tom.
thats why you wish you were me!!!!

[The_Dover]

thats why you wish you were me!!!!

What? Spending my days up to my knees in cowshit with just 3 mangy dogs and "carl" for company????

You're kidding mate.

[Dafe]

Just get the Gixxer!