Which muscle bike? CB or GSX

[MD]

How long before Sparky Bills finds this thread?
You're in Chch so there's a chance the local shops have both in stock, if not an actual demo - as opposed to being in say, Ruatoria or Te Anau where bikes shops are thin on the ground.

[paturoa]

... still remember following someone through southisland tunnels on an SV and the noise was very impressive.
but those fours are nothing to be laughed at.

dude - how you been?

Your cafe was in another thread - http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...683#post912683

Are you thinking of getting back to a big 4 too, or replacing the aprillia?

[T.I.E]

the aprilia and i parted ways, have been bikeless for a little while now. i like the twins thought i had made a definate, but now seeing the info in this thread its tempting looking at the big 4's again.
gotta say miss that old cbr of mine.
hows ya sv doing?

[Blackbird]

Get something with some real go. Buy my X11

Having ridden with Jimmy B who recently bought an X11, I must say that the performance will put pretty much any other naked bike to shame. Fantastic value for money too.

[Hitcher]

Neither. Well, not until you've ridden a ZRX1200R.

[RiderInBlack]

Neither. Well, not until you've ridden a ZRX1200R.

Well not too keen it's look.

RRP * $15,990.00

[avgas]

Just read the new rapid and tell me you dont want a GSX!!! go on

[The Stranger:Me]

Neither. Well, not until you've ridden a ZRX1200R.

Bloody dinosaur - still carbureted and both HP and torque figures are down on the X11

[cowpoos]

Just read the new rapid and tell me you dont want a GSX!!! go on

its still a personal prefference thing thou bro....I stopped reading magixine opinions a while back because I thought they were full of shit...especially when you have majorly under qualified testers testing sportsbikes....how can you take someones opinions seriously when they are nothing but a lil better than average...I'll make an exception for rapid mag when wayne gardener is testing and a couple of UK mags that use racers too...
But what it really comes down too is personal prefference...for example...everyone says the gsxr1000k5-6 is the king of sports bikes...I reckon it handles weird...I don't like the feel of it...ridin a 04-05 R1 thought it handled brillently not so sure bout its motor thou...when I was shopping for a new bike just over a year ago all the mags were saying how the gsxr750k4-k5 was the power of a litre bike and handling of a 600...I brought one...and its not...its the power of a 750 and handles like a errrrrr....750!!! and IMHO it didn't hav one of the best front ends in the bussiness either...not till it was re-sprung and re-valved with a ohlins chucked on the back...now I love the thing...hmmmm....just my $1.50

[Hitcher]

Fuel injection may be more "modern", but a decent set of carburettors, like the four Keihin CVK36s with K-TRIC on the Kawasaki, are absolutely fabulous. Fuel injection can be very snatchy and hard to hold steady, like when cornering. The PGM-FI system that Honda has on the ST1300 is an absolute arse of a system. I hated it but learned to live with it. However the Yamaha injection system on the FJR is streets better than Honda's, and almost as good as the Kawasaki's carbs.

Put your prejudices to one side and ride a ZRex. I've ridden all of the big naked muscle bikes in this class -- the Bandit, the GSX1400, the CB1300 and the XJR1300, and believe there is only one winner: it's candy-apple green and is more fun to ride than probably anything else I've ridden to date, and I'll bet, published torque and HP figures aside, it will handle the arse of an X11 with its poxy PGM-FI and face-only-a-mother-could-love styling. A naked Blackbird? What was Honda thinking!

[The Stranger:Me]

Fuel injection may be more "modern", but a decent set of carburettors, like the four Keihin CVK36s with K-TRIC on the Kawasaki, are absolutely fabulous. Fuel injection can be very snatchy and hard to hold steady, like when cornering. The PGM-FI system that Honda has on the ST1300 is an absolute arse of a system. I hated it but learned to live with it. However the Yamaha injection system on the FJR is streets better than Honda's, and almost as good as the Kawasaki's carbs.

Put your prejudices to one side and ride a ZRex. I've ridden all of the big naked muscle bikes in this class -- the Bandit, the GSX1400, the CB1300 and the XJR1300, and believe there is only one winner: it's candy-apple green and is more fun to ride than probably anything else I've ridden to date, and I'll bet, published torque and HP figures aside, it will handle the arse of an X11 with its poxy PGM-FI and face-only-a-mother-could-love styling. A naked Blackbird? What was Honda thinking!

Great to see you keeping up the fine KB tradition of talking shit when you know nothing of the subject.

A web link to all the complaints about the general performance of Blackbird FI would be good. Wouldn't waste too much time looking if I were you though the Blackbird has been produced for 10yrs now and still sells well. Sounds more to me like your ham fisted approach to riding than bad FI.

[Hitcher]

Great to see you keeping up the fine KB tradition of talking shit when you know nothing of the subject.

Pot. Kettle. Fucking black.

[The Stranger:Me]

Pot. Kettle. Fucking black.

That's it, don't address the issue, quickly find another to divert attention.

[Hitcher]

That's it, don't address the issue, quickly find another to divert attention.

Ditto.

1. You haven't ridden a ZRX1200R, yet condemn it out-of-hand as a "dinosaur" because it has carburettors.
2. You base your assessments of bikes based on manufacturer's published horsepower and torque figures.
3. I may be a "hamfisted" rider (nice attempt at diversion, BTW), but I am equally hamfisted riding an ST1300 with PGM-FI as I am riding a ZRX1200R with carburettors. I preferred the carburettors.
4. I offered my opinions and assessments based on first-hand experience, not from what I had read in brochures or on-line reviews. They were exactly that, opinions. I apologise for any damage I may have done to your manhood or self-esteem.

[terbang]

I have ridden a ZRX12.. Now back to the original question, I reckon if you want muscle get the GSX14 (rode one of them too). The price is really good at the moment, getting you a lot of bang for your buck.