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yep...Both I reckon.Originally Posted by Deano
I still reckon Gixxers will be the best off road.
Yamaha will still get voted prettiest.
and err...yeah...ummm....honda...will still have some staunch supporters I suppose??? lol
whats your professional take on it dean??
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Well at least Honda have made it look a look different unlike Suzuki with the Gixxers which by and large look the same since K5. You cannot say that the Honda looks like the previous model. In fact you would not know it was a Honda....
Easy Biker
You reckon we'll see a few on the Capital Coast Adventure Ride in April then with some knobbly tyres on? Sounds like the next challenge for Big Dave if someone will lend him an off road Gixxer.
Cheers
Merv
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Will have to see it in the flesh 1st.
Video of the article in the 1st post : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9hqPYVGNbc
A good walk around the bike.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0YqHPLzvZcg&feature=related
Agree with Cowshit the 10R is the new king - almost 200hp, pity about the looks though. There are heaps of road test vids of all these bikes on youtube.
I'll still take a K5/K6 gixxer thou anyday.
A question: Does the new post 07 R1 handle differently to the 04-06 R1? I felt the 04-06 R1 handled like a whale compared to the 04/05 10R, 954 and K3-K6 GSXR1000's.
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Eh what? The K3 was nice looked like a big bike and felt like one.
The K5 was so bloody low to the ground and the current one feels the same...
They all look quite diff though - with the K5/K6 being the best of the lot.
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thats a interesting opinion re the R1...I don't openly like R1's tobehonest...but I have to say stock R1's have to be the best handling jap bikes I have ever ridden..very nice and very easy to carve through corners..easy direction changes..chassis gave plenty of good feed back.
e mare libertas
Were you smoking crack at the time?
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- mikey
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Hey mate,
Rode an 04 R1 and a 06 R1. I distinctly felt as though the R1 had the heaviest front end and required more physical effort to move compared to the 04/05 ZX10R and the gixxers, K3,4,6.
Nothing wrong with it at all. I just felt that the R1 had in relation the "laziest" handling and the K3-4 and 04-05 ZX10R the most naturally flickable handling.
Have you ridden the new R1? Does it "feel" different to the 04-06?
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I don't need to smoke crack, I'm naturally an idiot.
Were you smoking crack at the time?
e mare libertas
Could have been a setup, tyre choice or tyre pressure thing, maybe?
The 07 R1 is definitely a step up, though. You should look for a ride on one sometime. A very easy bike to ride very fast.
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hey Ujwal, no argument from me on that,
happy new year mate
you still over the ditch ?
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The only reason I only ride in the Iron man Class is I have no friends left to enter the two man events,
my own fault really.
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I'm not riding a bike, cos then I'd end up buying the damn thing. Besides I don't have any gear. Leathers cut up by ambos, helmet is a joke, boots toe tips and gloves wore through the leather, damn ambos even cut my back protector straps (good on them though).
On a self imposed 1 year curfew, hoping I grow up in the mean time, will probably start off on a 600 then trade up to a thou once I can lap Eastern Creek under 2 mins.
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You're one eyed and will take any opportunity to diss Hondas.
All round road bike ? Hard to beat the CBR IMO.
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Aha - and can we take your opinion as unbiased? How many Honda's have you owned?
The 06+ 1000RR is the best looking bike though, especially in bleck
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Shuddup you...the gixxers have always looked a bit odd, espec around the nose.
Most of the Jap bikes look like the designers had nightmares as kids and are getting their own back, anyway, although a '98 R1 in the Red/White colour scheme still looks good.
I'm lusting after an 848 Duc, in Pearl White....the first ones are on the roads over here.........mmmmmmmmmmmm
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