Sub 1 litre everyday bike?

[Zadkiel]

Haha, sure have. Will be buying a Street Triple next though I think. When I can afford it.

[banditrider]

DL650 - if you can find a second hand one with less than a zillion kms (I tried and failed). Great fun, awesome around town and they are damn economical (definitely better than their big bros).

[Indiana_Jones]

I see you already got a bike, but.....early 2000's Bonnie

-Indy

[Monty69]

I sold my cbr600f and got a '06 SV650s for $5000. Gota be 1 of the best all rounders for that money! Not quite as quick as the cbr in a strait line but far more agile, the engine is super responsive even from very low rpm making traffic riding easy (and sounds fucking awesome!). But plenty of stonk if you need it... My mate has an '05 buell xb12r and he thought the sv650 would be too slow... much to his suprise, drag race from the lights, over the motorway he couldnt pull away from me and the sv probly had a touch more topend speed too, 220+kmh. The big 1200cc aircooled harley motor almost lost to a quad cam vtwin half the size...

[BuzzardNZ]

I sold my cbr600f and got a '06 SV650s for $5000. Gota be 1 of the best all rounders for that money! Not quite as quick as the cbr in a strait line but far more agile, the engine is super responsive even from very low rpm making traffic riding easy (and sounds fucking awesome!). But plenty of stonk if you need it... My mate has an '05 buell xb12r and he thought the sv650 would be too slow... much to his suprise, drag race from the lights, over the motorway he couldnt pull away from me and the sv probly had a touch more topend speed too, 220+kmh. The big 1200cc aircooled harley motor almost lost to a quad cam vtwin half the size...

interesting to know, never raced an xb12r, but have spanked many a sv650

[ducatilover]

I sold my cbr600f and got a '06 SV650s for $5000. Gota be 1 of the best all rounders for that money! Not quite as quick as the cbr in a strait line but far more agile, the engine is super responsive even from very low rpm making traffic riding easy (and sounds fucking awesome!). But plenty of stonk if you need it... My mate has an '05 buell xb12r and he thought the sv650 would be too slow... much to his suprise, drag race from the lights, over the motorway he couldnt pull away from me and the sv probly had a touch more topend speed too, 220+kmh. The big 1200cc aircooled harley motor almost lost to a quad cam vtwin half the size...

Those XB12 Buells are not very fast at all my tricked up Bros650 I had a few years back would walk them easily and I have no doubts that the ZZR600 will destroy one in a straight line.
I'd rather be on a Buell though If you can stop them from making that god awful noise.

[Zadkiel]

What year CBR600F was it? So you'd say the Suzi is a better bike?

[Monty69]

What year CBR600F was it? So you'd say the Suzi is a better bike?

It was a '98. Im not saying the cbr600f was a bad bike at all, it was fast and bullet proof, great sports tourer but if you do a lot of commuting like me, the sv is much better at everything... below 200kmh.

[Monty69]

Altho the sv650s gets to 215kmh ish very quickly, its just youre getting near redline in 6th gear and the midrange engine power is dying off. So i reckn if you geared it out to 240kmh ish it could pull that easy enuf... but then you would lose some of its crawling traffic abilities...

[Ender EnZed]

My mate has an '05 buell xb12r and he thought the sv650 would be too slow... much to his suprise, drag race from the lights, over the motorway he couldnt pull away from me and the sv probly had a touch more topend speed too, 220+kmh. The big 1200cc aircooled harley motor almost lost to a quad cam vtwin half the size...

Those XB12 Buells are not very fast at all my tricked up Bros650 I had a few years back would walk them easily and I have no doubts that the ZZR600 will destroy one in a straight line.

XB12s seem to be good for low 11s in the 1/4 mile. That's much faster than any remotely stock 650.

[ducatilover]

XB12s seem to be good for low 11s in the 1/4 mile. That's much faster than any remotely stock 650.

Who said remotely stock I've never seen an XB12 do that well, but, it would make sense as they get off the line rather well.

[Ender EnZed]

Who said remotely stock

Well I needed to leave some room for outliers.

I've never seen an XB12 do that well, but, it would make sense as they get off the line rather well.

Link.

I can't see why they wouldn't. 100hp and not that much more weight than a 650.

[ducatilover]

Well I needed to leave some room for outliers.



Link.

I can't see why they wouldn't. 100hp and not that much more weight than a 650.

I've seen them run high 11s and low 12s, I think most people give them too many revs off the line and nearly loop the damn things. I'd say the MCN riders are a wee bit better than Joe Bloggs at getting a tricky bike out of the trap
I'd still rather be on an XB12R than my ZZR600 (If I could make one quiet and not making those disgusting noises....)

[Ender EnZed]

I'd still rather be on an XB12R than my ZZR600

Buells are quite awesome.

(If I could make one quiet and not making those disgusting noises....)

A quiet one? Now that's just crazy talk.

[ducatilover]

Buells are quite awesome.



A quiet one? Now that's just crazy talk.

I am a strange one, V-twins must be 52 degrees or more otherwise they sound heinous.