Which 650cc twin to choose for ProTwin or F3?

[codgyoleracer]

After seeeing the results of the 650 twins class at Isle of man, top 16 are kawaski ER6's, how come more are not at the pointy end or being built in NZ?

All the development for 650 capacity twins seems mostly targeted at the Suzuki, which i know for sure is getting pretty long in the tooth now............Thoughts

[Biggles08]

After seeeing the results of the 650 twins class at Isle of man, top 16 are kawaski ER6's, how come more are not at the pointy end or being built in NZ?

All the development for 650 capacity twins seems mostly targeted at the Suzuki, which i know for sure is getting pretty long in the tooth now............Thoughts

I would say its possibly something to do with $$$ support from the local manufacturers over there vs over here.

[CHOPPA]

I would say its possibly something to do with $$$ support from the local manufacturers over there vs over here.

I dont think suzuki will be putting much into many of the 650s

[quickbuck]

After seeeing the results of the 650 twins class at Isle of man, top 16 are kawaski ER6's, how come more are not at the pointy end or being built in NZ?

All the development for 650 capacity twins seems mostly targeted at the Suzuki, which i know for sure is getting pretty long in the tooth now............Thoughts

Ummm, watch this space.... eh Chappy

[Tony.OK]

After seeeing the results of the 650 twins class at Isle of man, top 16 are kawaski ER6's, how come more are not at the pointy end or being built in NZ?

All the development for 650 capacity twins seems mostly targeted at the Suzuki, which i know for sure is getting pretty long in the tooth now............Thoughts

All of a sudden this bike seems more appealing eh?

[Mental Trousers]

The ER's are much better than the SV at the top end once they're worked a little bit but the SV's suit our relatively tight, point and squirt tracks.

[Crasherfromwayback]

All of a sudden this bike seems more appealing eh?

Would seem like a fucking good buy!

[HenryDorsetCase]

All of a sudden this bike seems more appealing eh?

If I had $9k I would own that its a bloody bargain!

[Biggles08]

I dont think suzuki will be putting much into many of the 650s

If at all...but they certainly support the road race scene here aggressively and things have a way of filtering through to other classes.

[Grumph]

The Kawa is an absolute honey of a motor - when i looked inside one I said at the time it was everything we had wanted Kawasaki to do to the 500 twin.

The buckets are the same OD as toyota 4AGE...so the literally hundreds of grinds for 4AGE cams all come into play.
4AGE competition springs will fit too - on ZX7 retainers - and they're cheap.
If I did one from scratch I think I'd use 4AGE race valves too - .5mm bigger stems but stronger around the collet area so less likely to pull through.

[slowpoke]

After seeeing the results of the 650 twins class at Isle of man, top 16 are kawaski ER6's, how come more are not at the pointy end or being built in NZ?

All the development for 650 capacity twins seems mostly targeted at the Suzuki, which i know for sure is getting pretty long in the tooth now............Thoughts

Because you and Terry keep flying the Superzooki flag at the pointy end. You guys have been a great advert for the SV's.

[Drew]

My ideal F3 bike would be an RGV framed ER6.

I've given both the SV and ER a thrashing, and the kawasaki is the better motor off the shelf, but the rest of the bike is well fuckin average.

And I don't think it's as easy to swap front ends on the ER as it is the SV, but could be wrong there. Haven't done a bunch looking into it.

[lostinflyz]

cause farqhar and his ER6 dominate so you have to have one, and here glen and terry own on theirs so you have to have one.

was interesting to watch the race from their and here the commentators talk about 12-13k pounds as a cheap race bike. imagine telling that to most people here!!

[Tony.OK]

My ideal F3 bike would be an RGV framed ER6.

I've given both the SV and ER a thrashing, and the kawasaki is the better motor off the shelf, but the rest of the bike is well fuckin average.

And I don't think it's as easy to swap front ends on the ER as it is the SV, but could be wrong there. Haven't done a bunch looking into it.

Much the same as swapping the SV front by the looks of it.

http://www.kawiforums.com/ninja-650r...fork-swap.html

[gixerracer]

My ideal F3 bike would be an RGV framed ER6.

I've given both the SV and ER a thrashing, and the kawasaki is the better motor off the shelf, but the rest of the bike is well fuckin average.

And I don't think it's as easy to swap front ends on the ER as it is the SV, but could be wrong there. Haven't done a bunch looking into it.

Your level of stupidness never stops amazing me Drew. Of all the frames you could chose why the hell would you chose a near 20 year old ill handling shitbox like that when you could use an RS250 or tz etc