Brainstorming

[Renegade]

Yup. Similar power output, with much less torque and lots more rpm. Torque x rpm/5252 & all that math...

really? cool i like torque as a opposed to rpm, those quick starts from the lights without any effort is me, i was looking at a 675 (im so in love with it) and a few others like the new gsxr600 when someone said "but you like the sound of the v twins, and the thous only have the same power as those same 600's"

so the real question is, when people say "a thou WANTS to kill you"

are they referrring to multi thous?? not the v twins??

[Cajun]

Cheers, I'll probably read that tomorrow.

No doubt that the modern 600ccms are nice machines... Dunno how much difference there is between the CBR, YZF (R6), ZXR and GSX-R. Probably quite - but then again I have no way of knowing... for a while yet.

If you are comparing the 600 together they are all pretty simlar, just ride all 4 and buy which ever one turns you on and you enjoy riding, since they are all so simlar bikes.

[jrandom]

when people say "a thou WANTS to kill you"

are they referrring to multi thous??

Yes.

But it's very silly. Any bike will only do what you tell it to. They don't have minds of their own.

By all means buy a 150bhp motorcycle if that's what you want to ride.

[discotex]

Cheers, I'll probably read that tomorrow.

No doubt that the modern 600ccms are nice machines... Dunno how much difference there is between the CBR, YZF (R6), ZXR and GSX-R. Probably quite - but then again I have no way of knowing... for a while yet.

They're all very very similar. The major difference I noticed was ergonomcs. The power and handling is noticably different but only riding them back to back. If you had two weeks between riding each one you'd be hard pressed to clearly remember the differences.

I did find the motorcycle-usa.com 2007 shootout pretty much dead on so check that out for some advance reading. http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Articl...ArticleID=4514

Looking forward to see if the Honda slips back in the 08 one when it comes out as the gixxer 600 was top in 06 then last in 07.

so the real question is, when people say "a thou WANTS to kill you"

are they referrring to multi thous?? not the v twins??

In a nutshell yes. But as jrandom said it's up to the rider. What they really should say is "thous expect you to let them kill you". Don't be fooled into thinking a 600 is a slow bike though. They're just as capable of doing 100km/h in first and highsiding your arse if you gas it too hard lent over and close the throttle.

I put the vtwin thou in the supersport camp power wise but they're not even close to as sharp to ride. Think of an SV as a chef's knife but the 600's as a scalpel. The IL4 thous are scalpels the size of a chef's knife.

If you are comparing the 600 together they are all pretty simlar, just ride all 4 and buy which ever one turns you on and you enjoy riding, since they are all so simlar bikes.

Yep can't get better advice than that. The seat/pegs/bars/tank are all different and until you ride them you just don't know how you will fit on the bike.

[Mikkel]

Thanks a lot for the feedback... Although it has accomplished nothing but make me even more impatient having to wait those 6-9 months

I might still keep an eye out for an RVF400 - I'm sure it would be a lot of fun if in good nick.