CBR900RR/919RR vs SV1000S

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I rode a K7 GSXR600 at a dealer with a stock pipe (so probably the way Mr Suzuki intended) a couple of years ago and really wasn't too impressed with the midrange power. From 100km/h in 6th it felt like a real slug compared to my '86 VFR750 (with stock pipe, gearing and jetting). It wasn't until 10k rpm that it felt like it matched my ancient Honda 750 at 7.5k rpm, consequently I can't imagine a SRAD 600 being much fun on the road without feeling like a criminal. ('Course it sounded better than sex at 16k rpm, but that wasn't til 170km/h in 2nd) If I had a bit more money than $4k to play with then I wouldn't buy a SRAD 600 without riding at least a SRAD 750 and a CBR600 F4 as well.

Unfortunately with not much mid range, it can be either ridden slowly or pretty damn fast, just like my 2 stroke. I'm going -1 on the front sprocket soon anyway, so that should help it slightly. In saying that, it is a very fun bike to thrash, but thrash it and this happens: Not that I've ever tried that on a public road. It gets up to "lose your license on the spot for 28 days and walk home" speed pretty quickly.

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That seems to be the way with 600s. The CBR900 has impressive low and mid range pull, but you can thank an extra 300ccs.