Its your lifes getting a tad boring, give this a go:

[beanz]

1) Lock your big bike in the garage and purchase a Suzuki RG150.
2) Try to forget anything you already know about riding a motorcycle.
3) Learn to ride again on the RG, choosing a route to work with the busiest traffic and steepest hills.
4) Do this for 8 months, until you've forgotten how it felt to ride the big bike.
5) THEN, forget an appointment on the other side of town until 5min before it starts, and ask to borrow your workmates Kawasaki Ninja ZX9R!

HOLY SHIT! And I thought I was living before! What a god damn rush! You will instantly let out an involuntary WHOO-HOO, leave a brown turd-trail down the street, and be grinning from ear to ear for a week!!

Man, that bike goes! 0-100 in 2.3 sec! (apparently)

[Storm]

Nice work mate!! Hands stopped trembling yet and your big grin dropped off yet?

[beanz]

Not really! And the hard-on hasn't died either!

[Storm]

Quick ! To the batcycle ! Find a woman and make it two quick rides in one day !!!!!

[jrandom]

0-100 in 2.3 sec! (apparently)

This is entirely off the top of my head, right, so it's probably entirely wrong, but I seem to recall Burgess, or Rossi, or someone, or possibly someone else that talked to them, or maybe it was Colin Edwards, saying that the GP bikes are doing 0-100 in around 2.4, 2.5 seconds these days. This was in relation to the question of whether or not they were faster than the F1 cars by the same metric; I have a vague feeling they were, but, once again, don't quote me on that.

Now, I have the utmost respect for 9Rs, of course, but they're a bit of a tub compared to, say, RCV211s. Or is it RC211Vs?

And, of course, that nice man Hugh Laurie, in his book The Gun Seller, had a ZZR1100 doing nought to sixty in 2.3 at night on a wet road. But, then, he managed to include a factual error about a firearm in a book with 'gun' in the title, so I wouldn't put too much weight on his fictional protagonist's ZZR-launching abilities.

So, most likely, the real 0-100 time on a 9R with road tyres, ridden by a mere mortal, is upwards of 3 or 4 seconds.

Which, when you consider that it'd probably still beat a McLaren F1 or a Ferrari Enzo, is good enough for me.

[Jackrat]

Was a bit like that when I got off my old CB550 an got on a mates new GSX750.
YeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaa,I want,so I went an bought

[beanz]

Hell yeah! I had no idea bikes were that fast. Thats around 127HP ATW with 200kgs + rider. Insane.

And apparently a Triumph Daytona is the same weight with 167HP! With the risk of sounding like my dad, I'm amazed more people don't die on bikes!

(Excuse my ramblings... but the step from a RG150 to that beast is too much to keep quiet about!)

[Midnight 82]

Lucky im not bored then ay

[Teflon]

Take a ZX-7 over the 9R any day.

I found the ZX9 to big physically, hated the handling, top end was really flat compared to a blade i rode couple of days earlier. Duing winter expect the carbs to ice. Only postive was the torque of the motor, quite torquey for inline 4.

[Two Smoker]

But take any big bike on a long ride, then jump back on the RG, and you will have a huge blast too......

The RG i have fun on whenever i get on it, its the dogs bollocks, sure the GSX-R600 i rode had razor sharp handling and nice power, sure the CBR1100XX did 0-100 in 3 seconds and would hit 240kmh in 4th gear, but i still get on the RG and have a fun time hehehe..... And its not just me, MR took my RG for a spin and came back with a smile on his face lol........

But its an awesome buzz to ride your first big bike aye Beanz Im glad you had a blast

[Antallica]

This is why I don't ride anyone elses cycle. Don't want to lose the enjoyment of mine, done it before and the FXR felt horrible!

[Kendog]

(Excuse my ramblings... but the step from a RG150 to that beast is too much to keep quiet about!)

I had a similar experience.

Been riding a FXR 150 for 3 years (only bike experience)
One weekend decided to try some bigger bikes, so went to 3 different shops.

Shop 1: Rode a Yamaha FZR 250 Loved the extra power and better handeling

Shop 2: Rode a Suzuki RF 400 Now we are talking

Shop 3: Rode a Kawasaki ZX6R, oh my god, this blew me away and a few weeks later I had my CBR (liked the riding position and throttle control better than the ZX)

[Timetogo]

Take a ZX-7 over the 9R any day.

I found the ZX9 to big physically, hated the handling, top end was really flat compared to a blade i rode couple of days earlier. Duing winter expect the carbs to ice. Only postive was the torque of the motor, quite torquey for inline 4.

The 9R probalby just needed some decent maintainence cause it'll stomp on a blade in a straight line and the carbs only ice if the coolant filter is blocked. Though i must admit in factory form the 9R doesn't handle as well as a blade but its easy to fix.
The daytona has 147 hp at the crank and less at the wheel.

The 0-100 kph time for a 9R is supposed to be 2.7 seconds and from 0-160 kph is 6.5
Weighs less than a VTR and a Daytona to

Not that i'm biased or anything

[Teflon]

A freind is selling his ZX9 for $7000 @ Bikes n Bits here in Hamilton if anyones interested.

98 ZX9R
Green
27,000

Has a aftermarket exhaust so might need to be tuned, because top end seem a bit flat. Mechanically motor is mint, Cosmetically bike is in good condition.
He's just brought a VTR, so the ZX9 has to go.

If interested just message me with email address, will get back to you after long weekend.

[mattt]

Carbs ice my ass
....250cliks without trying is a neat trick though.