mordern litre bike debate...everyones opinions wanted!

[cowpoos]

No no no, your confused with cars

Don't know how they're supposed to extend it though, maybe its got something to do with making the exhaust pipe bigger...

Nope....with everything alot of people buy the biggest and best...and most of them can't use it...

I have a mate...owned a 749 duc....bloody nice bike....my other mate...owned a tzr250...rode rings around him...

he now owns a GSXR 1000...coz his ex...accidently backed over the duc in their 4x4....eck!!!!!!!!!!

tzr still runs rings around him...

on the twisties that is...

[SPman]

600's are gutless - fast, yes, but I'd take a new gixxer 750 over any 600 currently made.
After donkeys years on 750's and seriously considering a gixxer 750 I went to the thou.- Fuck me - what a difference - I suppose I'll use over 8000 some time, but, at the moment, why should I! Effortless power is what it's all about and, once I've got it set up for me,the turn in and handling should be near on a par with a 750.
Bruce, Jimmy and Sudeep have said it all but, - the 1000's arent really good at tight twisties - better suited to more open, free flowing roads

in fact a litre bike is a penis SUBSTITUTE. An old fat ugly feeble near-impotent geezer with no hair and no girlfriend such as myself is empowered by one, made nearly superhuman..and BETTER LOOKING too, and the more powerful the bike the better....and I get to wear cool gear that makes me look much younger and more virile...at least until I take my helmet off .....

THATS the real reason!

[cowpoos]

Wat choo talkin bout willis??? Tls handle razor sharp they just need abit of muscling around...

Not like they could.

[Quasievil]

136hp 636 - 142hp K3 1000, fuck off Brett whos fucken leg you trying to pull, the day i see 136hp from the rear wheel of a 600 i'll buy it, try 114.7hp at the rear wheel on your 636 and the K5 is up over the K3 and has 158.1

Sheesh burn a pizaa or two today ya ugly prick I read that info, I will write to the offending magazine immediately with a complaint.

And mate you are a machine on your 1000 love the show, always will

[Korumba]

The Second to last Ouote covers the Penis thing!


Some quotes regarding the ZZ-R / ZX


"If you've had the demented pleasure of twisting the ZX-11's throttle, you've experienced the hardest accelerating production vehicle sold in America."
Sport Rider, October 1995

"I feel like Chewbacca when I ride the ZX-11, or Han. One fullbore yank on the Eleven's throttle and it's as if I'm in the Millenium Falcon's cockpit, slamming the hyperspace lever home and the Empire's goons weren't able to disarm the hyperdrive."
Mitch Boehm, Motorcyclist, October 1995

"It's shatteringly vivid power is simply astonishing. But it's just as astonishing that Kawasaki has refined it to the point where that power is harnessed so well and so effectively. You never fail to walk away without wearing a broad, beaming, utterly impressed and addicted smile. Practical it is. Bonkers it is too. A bike apart.
Love it."
Bike, October 1995

"So if your prime directive involves getting from point A to B quicker than any production vehicle without retractable landing gear, look no further. "
Motorcyclist, May 1993

"The ZZR-1100 remains the big, fast, versatile bike for the rider with a regular pillion passenger or the desire to humiliate just about every other road user who attempted to match its straight line acceleration. "
Revs

" This reminds me of a guy I know who, when his girlfriend referred to his ZZ-R 1100 as "just a dick thing", corrected her by pointing out that it was, in fact, "a big, black, fast dick thing" "
Letter to the editor published in AMCN (Feb 21)
Posted by Mike Winslade

" Die Bissige: Die ZZ-R 1100 ist die Verkoerperung von schierer Gewalt. Kein Motor reisst so brutal vorwaerts."
PS, June 1997

[Sensei]

The Only reason I have a GSXR1000 is it's the BEST bike on the ROAD & the only bike that matches my riding ability . Nothing to do with WANGER size etc . Just LOVE riding Flat out . END OF STORY !!

[SixPackBack]

Sorry folk's was'nt about the penis.....more like a good effortless commuter, wraped up in a nice sportsbike.
Get on it everyday, sometimes at 5 in the morning....half a sleep...fudge gear does'nt matter twist the wrist and away you go.
I'm a slow rider....but 9 years since a spill gives me some skill however conservative.....and i really think i would prolly be faster on a 600.

[Two Smoker]

I'm a slow rider....but 9 years since a spill gives me some skill however conservative.....

i havent crashed in 9 months (which is unuasual for me) so does that make me unskilled hehehe....

[Big Dave]

The Only reason I have a GSXR1000 is it's the BEST bike on the ROAD & the only bike that matches my riding ability . Nothing to do with WANGER size etc . Just LOVE riding Flat out . END OF STORY !!

[Qkchk:Me]

I'm a slow rider....but 9 years since a spill gives me some skill however conservative.....and i really think i would prolly be faster on a 600.

Too right, I think I would be the same. You tend to hoon more on the smaller, revver bikes.
Maybe another reason for buying big bore is 'tourability'. Yeah, yeah I can hear some of ya saying "Why tour on a Sportsbike, why not buy a Tourer?" but we both (hubby and me) thought seriously about what we would be using the bikes for. More for the weekend rap and maybe a South Island / long distance tour once a year. Why buy a samll cc for long distance riding? I probably would of if I was planning on buzzin around the streets but I'm looking forward to the longer rides or the 'weekend away' trips.

[Sensei]

Cheers Dave You'll have to wait in line tho with the others

[slob]

Why I'd buy a 1000cc multi:

***TORQUE*** (I hate having to strain my right wrist to get the engine over 10,000rpm). Big V-twins are too much hard work in the twisties. On public roads, I reckon the "point and squirt" technique of cornering is probably safer than carrying huge corner speeds (like on a 600 or 400) anyway!


Why I wouldn't buy a 1000cc multi:

(fear of) ***HIGHSIDES*** (esp on wet roads w/ cold tyres). My old TL1000S has scarred me for life!


At the end of the day, I'd probably get used to the power of the 1000cc multi after a certain amount of riding, so the reason to not have it would diminish.

[Two Smoker]

OK another view point of mine... I love my RG150, and when i go for a ride on it i have a blast and a huge grin on my face... Ask loosebruce about his trip, he was on a ZXR250 and i on my RG150... HUGE AMOUNTS OF FUN... or when MR rides the XR600 on the road and i am on my RG150 HUGE... AMOUNTS OF FUN!!! Yes they are underpowered and are limited to 160-180kmh, but fuck they are fun... also in the right hands, they can scare any average rider on a big bike...

[soundbeltfarm]

if you seen me piss , you'd want me to buy a bloody 2 litre bike,
poor excuse for e dick really.

[nsrpaul]

i'm gunna go with the idea that 1000s are penis extentions , I'm only slightly below average so I got a 750
the 750 is much faster than my 250 in EVERY situation but still love the nsr the most