Ideas for a road bike??

**FROSTY:Me** · 14th March 2007, 17:45

Ok folks Ive totally had a gutsfull of having old shitty bikes.
SOOO Im on the hunt for something to suit my needs.
Can you lot come up with ideas for me
Budget is up to $5000
Sports/tourer type bike--ie not full on racer crouch
Tyre sizes NEED to be 160 rear and 120 fronts to use my ex race tyres
Im open size wise 600cc or bigger . I dont mind smaller bikes but prefer a bit of room

**skelstar** · 14th March 2007, 17:52

Thunderace/Thundercat?

Don't have any trademe links for ya.

**James Deuce** · 14th March 2007, 17:54

TRX 850

Easy.

**FROSTY:Me** · 14th March 2007, 17:55

trx--now theres a thought

**The Pastor** · 14th March 2007, 17:56

gsx1400. Oh wait you said 5000, I did see a yzf600 forsale for about that almost a year ago..... Why didnt I buy it? Who knows!

Totally agree with old shitty bikes, mine is really rubbing me the wrong way.

**kneescraper** · 14th March 2007, 18:02

Sorry to highjack the thread but what do those TRX's go like...in terms of power, repairs, handling etc?

What about buying a Honda CBR600 F3?

**James Deuce** · 14th March 2007, 18:07

They go fine. 12,000kms between valve adjustments. Dry sump parallel twin with a 270 degree firing order. Mid 70s HP but more torque than a CBR600. Brembo brakes. Front end is undersprung, but that's easily fixed for less than $200. Did 18,000kms on one in 12 months.

What do you mean by "repairs"?

**kneescraper** · 14th March 2007, 18:11

Haha come on now, its going to need repairs if I touch it. Excuse my "dumbness" but what is undersprung?

**paturoa** · 14th March 2007, 18:16

dr650 and put a set of rims on it to motard it

**Alltrax** · 14th March 2007, 18:36

fj1200 $4995 I heard you liked em lasses!!!

**James Deuce** · 14th March 2007, 19:14

Originally Posted by kneescraper

Excuse my "dumbness" but what is undersprung?

You're only "dumb" if you don't ask the question. The fork's spring rate is designed a 55-65kg Japanese test rider, not an 80-100kg Kiwi bloke, so the front end is really easy to bottom out under hard braking.

Replace the springs with heavier fork springs, and if you want to you can get Racetech Goldvalve cartridge emulators to match the damping to your requirements. It's still kind of on topic though, because I'm trying to get Frosty to buy one remember?

**raster** · 14th March 2007, 19:25

Try a ZZR, slightly more relaxed riding style many parts are interchangable between ZX 400 and 600 from 92-97 and most likely further, I now have a '92 400D engine with a 600 E5 gearbox, only difference is the flywheel size.

May be a little heavy but gives the appearance of a larger bike.

The 400 would be a bit underpowered but a 600 would be fine which use the same frame and engine base.

Front tyre 120/60 R17 Back 160/60 R17

Are you prepared to do some work on it?

I am currently lookin for a ZZR or ZXR frame to put my spare 400 engine into for track days.

**alexthekidd** · 14th March 2007, 19:46

maybe drop Grub a quick PM

**kneescraper** · 14th March 2007, 20:36

Originally Posted by Jim2

You're only "dumb" if you don't ask the question. The fork's spring rate is designed a 55-65kg Japanese test rider, not an 80-100kg Kiwi bloke, so the front end is really easy to bottom out under hard braking.

Replace the springs with heavier fork springs, and if you want to you can get Racetech Goldvalve cartridge emulators to match the damping to your requirements. It's still kind of on topic though, because I'm trying to get Frosty to buy one remember?

Thanks for explaining that, makes perfect sense to me. Ive always loved the TRX's but havent heard anything about them.....they are by no means as famous as CBR's or R1's etc. Maybe they are underated? If any one has any more usefull info on them (thats right, im looking into buying one) can ya send me a PM.