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    Quote Originally Posted by carver View Post
    thats the thing about 600's
    they have so little torque compared to a litre bike
    its all good tho.. if i was worried about torque i'd by a vtwin..

    its new, shiney, and as koz said, is more managable for a noob like me
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Rock View Post
    its all good tho.. if i was worried about torque i'd by a vtwin..

    its new, shiney, and as koz said, is more managable for a noob like me
    more torque makes a bike easier to ride.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Murray View Post
    Hi squidly, I searched for the picture with you and your toga in it but couldn't find it. I'm sure someone said you were there!!!!
    Nah not quite my scene sorry to dissapoint ya Murray.

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    Finally found you guys, hey thanks for the invite to your patch today, Snake and I (Caseye) enjoyed the hospitality and of course the run and the toy giving.
    We are going to try and get the Blast From The Past Riders group to organise a ride that goes South and arrange a meeting somewhere with you guys and girls.
    Cheers again everyone, look forward to meeting up again soon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by caseye View Post
    Finally found you guys, hey thanks for the invite to your patch today, Snake and I (Caseye) enjoyed the hospitality and of course the run and the toy giving.
    We are going to try and get the Blast From The Past Riders group to organise a ride that goes South and arrange a meeting somewhere with you guys and girls.
    Cheers again everyone, look forward to meeting up again soon.
    Great to meet up with you guys. We ride all Sundays (weather permitting) and have headed north a number of times. Done Port waikato, Manakau Heads, Whangamata etc. Keep an eye out on the calander, it generally goes up on the thursday. Usually have anywhere between 12-18 bikes and would be more than happy to meet up with you guys whenever it fits in.


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    Quote Originally Posted by carver View Post
    more torque makes a bike easier to ride.
    but.. if i got a 4banger 1000 i would have more downlow and way more up top which would prob = crash or
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Rock View Post
    but.. if i got a 4banger 1000 i would have more downlow and way more up top which would prob = crash or
    You made a good decision dude. Going from a 250 to a 600 is a safe jump and you have probably already found that the 600 has plenty of push for you.

    Quite a few people have told me i will probably never reach the end of my 600 on the road, it still gives me the willies on occasion
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Rock View Post
    but.. if i got a 4banger 1000 i would have more downlow and way more up top which would prob = crash or
    only if you do not have the maturity to ride it gently-like me.
    you do not have to watch the rev's as much, the old gixxer motors had heaps down low, so you just cruise on the torque

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    Quote Originally Posted by carver View Post
    only if you do not have the maturity to ride it gently-like me.
    you do not have to watch the rev's as much, the old gixxer motors had heaps down low, so you just cruise on the torque
    But seriously, you have got a point, i guess we gotta have a go to know.

    I for one don't have the experience to handle a litre bike, will be waiting till the 6 doesn't give me the
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    Quote Originally Posted by carver View Post
    only if you do not have the maturity to ride it gently-like me.
    you do not have to watch the rev's as much, the old gixxer motors had heaps down low, so you just cruise on the torque
    mmmm torque is good...but of course, I have the best of both worlds.

    An R1 doesn't have torque anyway so Sir Rock, you would have had to look at a different marquee for a pull monster. Not a trumpet because they suck

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    the r6 is more than fast enough for me.. i was suprised to find that the r6 is about 5nm of torque off the trump so has a little bit of torque
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    The thous are easy to ride slow, i can take off at just over an idle.
    You need to look at where the bikes are making the torque, not just compare the numbers. Id be guessing the trumpy makes the torque lower in the rev range than the R6.

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    oh yea.. i always forget the other half.. not just numbers but where they are too..

    anyone going to pukekoe this weekend to watch the bikes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ckai View Post
    Not a trumpet because they suck
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2 wheel madness View Post
    easy tiger
    hahah I forgot you haven't been on a ride for a while. We're having to talk people out of getting them otherwise it won't be fair on the snot brigade. They're starting to take over...slowly

    Although it was quite funny that the ride two weeks ago had two R6's the same year and two daytona's the same year (which were smart enough to be different colours haha). Pity the Kwaka's were different otherwise we could have got into team tactics.

    (PS The "something else" for my bikes is one of the "sewing machine" variety )

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