2006 Yamaha R6 vs 2006 Suzuki GSXR600K6?

[Fat Tony]

neither, unless you bulit like a 5 foot 4 inch race monkey

Eh? I'm 5'10 and built like a racing snake... I find the k6 more comfortable than my k4

[Karma]

I'm 5'10

[Fat Tony]

OK, but the 'racing snake' bits right! Gentlemen, remove your guns from their holsters.

[limbimtimwim]

Shit, i'm surprised by that. Every other comparo was the other way around. Superbike had r6 fastest gixxer 4th i think. only ahead of the 05 cbr. It also cleaned up in world supersport, ama, british supersport and auzzie supersport. nuff said

PB's test track isn't a race track, it's a 'test track'. At least that is way they explain it.

[limbimtimwim]

neither, unless you bulit like a 5 foot 4 inch race monkey

Eh? K6600/750s (And now K7, there is a nice black GSXR600K7 at Dave Anderson's in Masterton) GSXRs are very very comfortable. I can ride mine all day, and I'm not 5 foot 4.

[limbimtimwim]

i happen to know where there is a k6 750 going cheap...

Cheap?

You are asking more than I paid for mine from a dealer.

But then, yours is black..

[Leong]

Gixxer, cos I'm short, has more bottom end power, and gives a more comfortable ride on the road. In that order!! Both look great IMO.

[MVnut]

Yamaha is my biased opinion

[Fat Tony]

PB's test track isn't a race track, it's a 'test track'. At least that is way they explain it.

It's a very real-world test track, sited at an old RAF base at Bruntingthorpe. I had the pleasure (hmmmmmm, maybe not... it was about 4 degrees and windy as hell on a typical British winter day) of joining the PB team for a comparison test between the 600k1-3 and the 600k4 just before they were released.

The track's a real mix of smooth and bumpy tarmac, concrete, patches of wax, on and off cambers, cracks in the surface, and I seem to remember there were even some manhole covers. It boasts one of (if not *the*) longest straights in the UK

www.bruntingthorpe.com

and some vids here if you're that interested

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...bruntingthorpe

[The_Dover]

Cheap?

You are asking more than I paid for mine from a dealer.

But then, yours is black..

Are you fucking retarded?

yours is an ex press demo bike (nicely run in from new) that the dealer picked up for about 12 grand. what did you pay?

a new one costs the dealer about 16.

and the only reason they were not flogged in aussie and shipped over here is that they could not be complianced over there.

[SimJen]

It's a very real test track, sited at an old RAF base at Bruntingthorpe. I had the pleasure (hmmmmmm, maybe not... it was about 4 degrees and windy as hell on a typical British winter day) of joining the PB team for a comparison test between the 600k1-3 and the 600k4 just before they were released.

The track's a real mix of smooth and bumpy tarmac, on and off cambers, cracks in the surface, and I seem to remember there were even some manhole covers. It boasts one of (if not *the*) longest straights in the UK

www.bruntingthorpe.com

and some vids here if you're that interested

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...bruntingthorpe

Brunters is an old Air Force runway. Its now used by heaps of magazines including PB and Superbike as well as topgear and fifthgear tv shows.
A bike thats fast around it is more likely going to be road biased with more stable handling and greater midrange power.
The Yamaha isn't as quick as the Gixxer 6 for this very reason on Brunters. Some other mags show it as creaming the Gixxer on real tracks.
I prefer neither but the R6 looks cooler to me, although lack of any decent torque would piss me off on the road.

[justsomeguy]

The R6 as it has the tricker bits and looks the bizz. Also it's won many comparisons over the gixxer. It's got a decent seat height too.

The Suzuki feels too small as though I'm on a 250 and the seat height is too low and I'm no fan of the styling - prefer the K4/K5. However it is a lot more comfortable compared to the R6 which has hardly any wind protection, even when crouched. - Which is an issue on high speed Coro Loops - or a whole day at Puke.

[Mokoro]

i've noticed many people mentioning the new gsxr's are more comfortable, limbimtimwim even said he could ride it all day..

Thats sold me on the gsxr600. If i can ride for 200km stretches at least (and not start getting sore), id be happy.

bring on the full licence! (and horribly expensive insurance )