1000cc sports bikes?

**GR81** · 20th July 2006, 09:36

i bought a 600cc as a stepping stone towards a thou one day

**The_Dover** · 20th July 2006, 09:38

I prefer my GSXR1000.

It's the king.

**R1** · 20th July 2006, 10:05

Originally Posted by frogfeaturesFZR

Hey R1 hows that motor of yours ?

havnt looked at it, I'll sort it this weekend...not that I'm missing much with the weather the way it is

**Lou Girardin** · 20th July 2006, 10:24

Originally Posted by **R1**

R1's, all rock the rest are gay....

Dontcha mean KNOCK?

**limbimtimwim** · 20th July 2006, 21:14

Originally Posted by carver

I had a GSXR once, liked the power, but found it to be a pain around town, so I took it down the streetfighter route. Any thoughts? For power I’d prefer a Honda hornet 900.

More power than you can use 'today' is great. Finding how to use the 400s engine effectively was a great adventure. Then I rode the 750. New adventure!! I think this one will be a little tougher than the last one though. I'm a bit apprehensive about pushing it. Anyway the 750 is wonderful around town, just forget about gears; any old one will do. My old 250 v-twin was similar, excellent for puttering around. Not so good on the attack though. The 400 farts around below 7000rpm and requires a nervous left foot.

We all get different things out of motorcycles. Me, I like the challenge of.. Well, not quite mastering, that is too strong a word. But getting a lot of of the vehicle. And the soundtrack.

**carver** · 20th July 2006, 21:19

yeah, i like..well..every part of motorcycling, but particularly clowning around on a underpowered dirt bike, but i still love lining up a apex!
balance is a biggie for me, so no clip ons for me!

**"D" FZ1** · 20th July 2006, 22:21

As the old saying goes " THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CUBIC INCHES"

**MattRSK** · 20th July 2006, 22:23

I love those honda hornets!!!

**MattRSK** · 20th July 2006, 22:24

Such as Mr and Mrs KD

**SuperDave** · 20th July 2006, 22:35

I quite like my newish 600 and find it a hell of a lot more practical than my old ZXR250 shitter for a number of reasons:

1. It's realiable compared to the ZXR
2. It's got heaps more storage space under the seat.
3. Brakes are suited to the power it produces giving awesome stopping power.
4. Handling is very good and way more responsive than the ZXR.
5. The seat actually has cushioning, unlike the ZXR which was a leather covered wooden plank.

I guess there are heaps of newer 250s and sports tourers which would better the ZXR so yeah the comparison could be said to be bias. But in all honestly the 600 sports bike is all good comfort wise and find that it's really not hard to keep to the speed limit if you want to. Though I do think a 1000's power would be pretty overkill, then again I'm only 60kgs.

**kawaman** · 21st July 2006, 13:19

The 1000's horsepower is probably overkill but the torque isn't. I just got sick of wringing the crap out of my 600 and I still wanted a full on sportsbike so it was a natural progression.

Now I can ride around and not be carrying loads of rpm's all the time. The 600 was good for shorter blasts but gets a bit tiring after 700km in a day (I loved my 600 to death on long trips until I had a demo 1000 and then swapped back to mine).

In saying that, I have done the step up thing from 250.....600.....1000 and can't say enough about how beneficial it is to learn how to thrash those little ones first

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Enough being serious.......1000's are just plain addictive, they just never stop accelerating

**madboy** · 21st July 2006, 13:47

I have a small dick, a stressful job and a problem with authority. A sportsbike was cheaper than the psychiatrist in the long term.

**onearmedbandit** · 21st July 2006, 14:02

Yup, done the 750-250-400-750-accident-250-750-1000 thing myself. Really enjoyed learning to ride hard on the smaller bikes (the first 750 was a GSX750) but luuurrve the way my thou accelerates from anywhere in the rev range.