Gixxer owners, different from "normal" people?

[madbikeboy]

Did you honestly think the 08 thou was dull ?

It seems to have the power (was the best in a few magazine shoot outs) but the biggest difference I found was that the front end felt planted and not airy fairy and vague like the Gixxer.

Oh - heres one hot accountant too.

Christ, I thought that was my evil ex, almost spitting image, except the lady in the picture is missing horns and a pitch fork.

The 07 was dull, haven't ridden an 08 yet. The 07 felt like a CBR600 to me, flat delivery, but handled well with a planted front end that was confidence inspiring. The Gixer was more animal, required more faith, but felt a heap faster and more involved. The K5 1000 is the best one, aside from the k2, the K2 still has the most torque (when it's worked like mine... )

[madbikeboy]

Likewise, turbine smooth, 'sniky' gear-shift and scads of plastic covering the 'mechanical gubbins don't do it for me....

Each to their own but I don't knock another mans choice of scoot.

(Hell, if we all had H-Ds and tassles how would I look cool??)

ScumDog, you're the coolest Harley owner on KiddieBiker. You could wear a pink shirt and still be cool. And I'm not knocking choice, difference is good, if we all saw the world my way we'd declare war on Britney Spears instead of picking on oil rich Muslim nations...

[madbikeboy]

[QUOTE=DMNTD;1658877]

Ducati? Slow. Expensive. A fashion statement. This will be parked up next to the wife's SUV, next to the BMW/Porsche midlife crisis. It's not as good as you think it would be, it'd be like Cameron Diaz, only to discover she didn't like sex. But still expected the attention and pressies.QUOTE]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Slow you say eh?? Ok...well mine isn't yet it isn't as good as I thought it would've been. It has been better.

Slow. SLOW. Sllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww wwww. It needed 1000cc of Ducati to beat 750cc's on IL4.

[Deano]

The 07 was dull, haven't ridden an 08 yet.

Try the 08 CBR thou. You might be pleasantly surprised. The engine has that 'raw' growl like the Gixxer and heaps of power on tap - it was sooooo much more responsive than my 05 CBR.

[Drew]

Mines on the market, check out my profile for a picture. PM me if you're interested.

You bastard, that's the identical paint scheem to mine an' all! Man I wish I had money.

[DMNTD:Me]

Slow. SLOW. Sllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww wwww. It needed 1000cc of Ducati to beat 750cc's on IL4.

Hard case as I've owned a Gixxer thou,my last 2 ZX10's were 176rwhp,have a 180 rwhp ZX14 atm...and I assure you that my 1098S is not slow.
Oh...unless you're only talking about straightline squidness

[mstriumph]

Yeah, Gixxer riders have huge wangers, superhuman skills (especially stunting skills), and are all exceptionally good looking.

girls also ride gixxers
my third bike was a gixxer
and it was a little one [little - or rather non-existent - also goes for the rest of the above ..... except for the 'exceptionally good looking' bit, of course - ]

so if gixxer riders are strange, does that make me only slightly strange, passing strange or strange-but-she-grew-out-of-it?

[madbikeboy]

Try the 08 CBR thou. You might be pleasantly surprised. The engine has that 'raw' growl like the Gixxer and heaps of power on tap - it was sooooo much more responsive than my 05 CBR.

I just couldn't get enthusiastic about riding the new one, it looks better in the flesh than in mags, but still wasn't fussed. The new RC8 on the other hand; what a fine looking piece... Interesting that all the bike mags rate the 08 CBR as "the bike". Big leap as opposed to gentle evolution on the gixers.

[avgas]

gixxer owners no - colgate tubes yes