Happy with what you’ve got?

[jtzzr]

Can`t complain , 150HP+ , handles well , doesn`t talk back , doesn`t want me to do household chores , never has a F@#KIN headache when I want a ride , Hell yes I`m happy

[MidnightMike]

Not really, good in some aspects, some body give me an inline four!

[robertydog]

Oh man i luv my bike.

[LXS]

Bytor, maybe you should take a litre bike out for the weekend or borrow a friends one?
Take it through the Coro Loop, would be a good test.

I'm not happy with my Primera, sitting at the back of the traffic queue, paying $20 every 5 minutes for gas,having to find car parks,the sticky hot leather seats,lack of power, the looks I don't get A plus is I get to listen to music.
Can't wait to get my RS250

[McJim]

I've got a huge grin on my face at the petrol pumps 27 km per litre

I get a huge kick out of seriously tight hairpins.

As soon as it gets merely windy the 600s and thou's disappear over the horizon

So I just go out on my own now.

[LXS]

I've got a huge grin on my face at the petrol pumps 27 km per litre

I get a huge kick out of seriously tight hairpins.

As soon as it gets merely windy the 600s and thou's disappear over the horizon

So I just go out on my own now.

Mileage is awesome ay, shit imagine if we could (prob can anyway) convert bikes to LPG, we'd fill them up & never fill them up again!
Yeah hehe love scraping the pegs, its funny how your pushing yourself & your bike to the limits & then you get people like Motoracer who just sail on past effortlessly Guess he does have an extra 350cc and a racing pedigree though!

[98tls]

Me i dont actually want another bike but cant stop mucking around with the one i have....read as spending money........really enjoy the difference it has made to a bike that always had an awsome motor just needed suspenders/brakes etc upgraded.....be a lot more practical to buy a new bike but for me anyway not 1/2 as much fun.............and thats what motorcycles are to me....fun.

[slowpoke]

A 600 will often beat a thou in tight twisty stuff then lose out on the straights.

I'm tending to think this is an idea from a bygone age, when there was a reasonable weight/handling difference between say a Yamaha Thundercat (600) and a Thunderace (1000), you know, back when 600's actually made some useable power under 10,000rpm rather than being compressed into a rev band that only dogs can hear.
Not that anyone should be racing on the road, but nowadays there is sweet FA difference in weight and handling between the two. I think it was in 2001 when the Fireblade 954 was actually lighter than the 2001 cbr600F4.
Realistically speaking unless you are REALLY pushing it along in the twisties, which shouldn't happen on the road, the average experienced rider on a 'thou will just leave it in a gear too high and surf along on the torque, concentrating on braking points and corner lines with the minimum of gear changes.
An experienced 600 rider will only have an advantage of say 5-10 less kg's to carry but will be flapping their left foot like a fan, concentrating more on keeping the fires stoked, and generally working harder than than their mate on the 'thou.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with 600's, they are great bikes in their own right (can you buy a bad NEW bike nowadays?) but in a lot of ways they are harder to ride than their bigger brothers.
My missus is a case in point: she'd potter around on the R1 riding it like a big V8, with instant grunt at virtually any rev's. She'd hate a modern 600, having to rev the shit out of it, having to pre-plan every move to make sure she's in the right gear etc. It's a massive trade-off just to gain 5-10kg's.

[slowpoke]

Can`t complain , 150HP+ , handles well , doesn`t talk back , doesn`t want me to do household chores , never has a F@#KIN headache when I want a ride , Hell yes I`m happy

Aaaaarggh! That's what I thought until the R1 finally got the shits with me embarrassing it, and it pulled it's head in....literally. Major cylinder head (valve recession) problems have seen it off the road for the last two months...so unforunately, they do have (cylinder) head-aches. The worst part is I'm gonna have to pay for an expensive "head job" and I won't even be the recipient.....

[Lucy]

I am really happy with my Chinese made GN 250. Ok, I am a sad bastard. Yer but no but yer but no but don't listen to all the knockers (ha ha I said knockers) oops getting my crap tv mixed up.....

Ok. I finally got my licence so I could get a vehicle with two wheels that had more guts than a 49cc scooter. My trip to current work place is 110km round trip. Diesel was $1.27 a litre....

Got my car licence and started driving years and years before Jap imports came about.

So, basically, got a bike for financial and fun reasons (always loved riding them, would have a go when anyone would let me, rented scooters and motorbikes overseas etc etc)

Which brings me back to my mighty GN.

1: It starts EVERY time. ( I went through a winter in Wellington where every morning was allowing time to remove the falcons air filter so I could spray CRC in to get it started, that's if it didnt start when I crash started it in reverse as it rolled out of the garage)

2: I like the retro look of it.

3: It's a motorbike.

4: It's mine

[Fat Tony]

I'm absolutely loving my current bike. I just can't see how they'll improve on them to be honest - though I thought that about the 600k4 I had too, and I was proved wrong there when I got the 750k6

[Deviant Esq]

Mine's been a great bike for a learner. Linear powerband, no sudden hiccups or rushes of power, handles great, very chuckable and holds its line well, good on gas, fairly easy to work on and maintain, light and narrow so it's good for lanesplitting and commuting, and enough grunt (as long as you're doing less than 110km/h) to keep you interested.

Having said all that I'm beginning to think about upgrading. Not sure that I'll be buying another bike before I get my full licence as some have done, but I'm starting to keep half an eye on the classifieds and reading up a little on the various options. Bought a copy of Superbike magazine when I was in York on the weekend, and it had a great guide on buying a bike, new or second hand, and not a just a general guide. It went over a whole lot of models and said the ones they hadn't listed were guided as "you could do better." That'll be a handy reference for me when I get more serious about buying another machine.

[justsomeguy]

Been riding my 636 for 3-4 months now and I'm sick of it, the whole 600cc class is too overhyped. You need to thrash them like a 250 to get any sort of buzz.......

Now I ain't saying I'm a great rider who is past the limits of a 600 or anything like that, far from it infact - but I want a bike that scares me - not one I have to scare into performing by redlining the bastard everywhere.

Spent the whole of Saturday with a gixxer thou demo model - (thanks Holeshot) and loved it. Among other roads I took it to my favourite road in the whole world - Cheenic Dwive , in second gear giving it a good twist - it was like bungee jumping from corner to corner - can't believe how sweet the stock exhaust sounds over 6,000 rpm

Anyone intending test riding one should do so - it's perfectly happy to cruise at 55kmph in 6th gear too if you want it and the power is so predictable you can easily tailor your riding around it.

Now - hopefully I can sort my career out to let me have one asap.

[bluninja]

Been with my RSRV now for 5 years 1month and 2 days. I took it all the way to New Zealand with my wife, kids, dog and cat, and took it back when I returned.

I'm now racking up 1000kms per week commuting through an English winter and enjoying the ride. It was my dream bike and I still prefer it's shape and style to the newer RSVRs.

[justsomeguy]

Been with my RSRV now for 5 years 1month and 2 days. I took it all the way to New Zealand with my wife, kids, dog and cat, and took it back when I returned.

I'm now racking up 1000kms per week commuting through an English winter and enjoying the ride. It was my dream bike and I still prefer it's shape and style to the newer RSVRs.

hey Bluninja - you want a Blue Ninja?? - Mine's for sale.......http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...d.php?p=907202

(yeah, yeah shameless plug -all those taking offence can go f'k themselves)

Never ridden a VTwin before... must try one someday.

5 years?? Sounds like some bike you got there