The End is Nigh!

**Zed** · 9th March 2005, 20:42

Well all, after about six months of *absolute bikeless agony* I am nearly in a position to buy another bike. Within the next few weeks I should be "on the road again"!

My priority checklist of requirements:
Sportsbike (may go Sports/tourer)
600+cc (600 preferred)
Heaps of grunt
Comfort (especially for pillion and on 6+ hour rides)

Bikes currently under consideration:
01 ZZR600
02 CBR600RR (lol)
98 RF900
97 T595 Trumpy (x 2, 1 black & 1 gold)
97 Fireblade (been there done that - time for another go?)
97 YZF1000 Thunderace

I'd be keen to get some feedback from you owners (past or present) of any of the above machines. How did they score on your checklist, would they score high on mine? :spudwhat:

Life is so good!

Zed

**Two Smoker** · 9th March 2005, 20:49

Knew it wouldnt be too long until you got back on the road mate

Glad to see you getting back into it

**Skunk** · 9th March 2005, 21:12

Ditch the ZZR600 and replace with ZX6R (636). Reason: more sport, more grunt.

**Zed** · 9th March 2005, 21:20

Originally Posted by Skunk

Ditch the ZZR600

Have you ever owned or ridden long term on a late model ZZR600 (ZX6)?

Originally Posted by Skunk

and replace with ZX6R (636). Reason: more sport, more grunt.

Fails my checklist for pillion comfort unfortunately. I've owned a 96 ZX6R and know several owners of the 636 model.

**Skunk** · 9th March 2005, 21:27

Originally Posted by Zed

Have you ever owned or ridden long term on a late model ZZR600 (ZX6)?

Fails my checklist for pillion comfort unfortunately. I've owned a 96 ZX6R and know several owners of the 636 model.

No, and point taken.

I have had a 97 ZX6R and a 99 ZX6R and have a friend with an 01? ZX6R (636) who had a ZZR600. That was the basis of the statement. The ZZR looked a little out of place among the others.
I now shall leave...

**Da Bird** · 9th March 2005, 21:32

I had a 1994 RF900 for a couple of years... plenty of grunt but pretty severe vibration in handlebars and even on a trip from Auckland to Pauanui, my hands were just about numb from the vibration. Apart from that, it was a good bike. Later models may have had that problem fixed but I would suggest a decent test ride before you bought one.

B.C.

**R1** · 9th March 2005, 21:32

Not in2 the "tourer" bike thing but i have taken a quite lenghty ride on a rf900, it went way beter than i thought it would, it was hell comfy, but made short work of a long trip, not my sort of bike but fully an underated bike, i can only compare to the 1200 bandit, and a FZ1, the bandit

. and the FZ1 was F@$KN awesome, but ya didnt have that one in ya list....or perhaps ya need to put it there.

**gav** · 9th March 2005, 21:51

Originally Posted by Zed

Have you ever owned or ridden long term on a late model ZZR600 (ZX6)?

Fails my checklist for pillion comfort unfortunately. I've owned a 96 ZX6R and know several owners of the 636 model.

So how does it the CBR600RR make the grade?

**Jackrat** · 9th March 2005, 21:51

Your just gonn'a have to ride em' all to find out man.
Now won't that be a mission

**inlinefour** · 10th March 2005, 03:13

My list is much shorter than that. Don't know why it need the laugh (lol), but I'll be going for the CBR600RR asap.

**crazylittleshit** · 10th March 2005, 03:25

Originally Posted by Zed

Well all, after about six months of *absolute bikeless agony* I am nearly in a position to buy another bike. Within the next few weeks I should be "on the road again"!

My priority checklist of requirements:
Sportsbike (may go Sports/tourer)
600+cc (600 preferred)
Heaps of grunt
Comfort (especially for pillion and on 6+ hour rides)

Bikes currently under consideration:
01 ZZR600
02 CBR600RR (lol)
98 RF900
97 T595 Trumpy (x 2, 1 black & 1 gold)
97 Fireblade (been there done that - time for another go?)
97 YZF1000 Thunderace

I'd be keen to get some feedback from you owners (past or present) of any of the above machines. How did they score on your checklist, would they score high on mine? :spudwhat:

Life is so good!

Zed

currently riding a 98 YZF600 Thundercat
and what can I say when you want to tour it's great and when you want to go fast Its very fun.
Down fall not a race bike and will not keep up with the big boys. Yet the best bike I've ever owned.
There's something about a bike that can do anything.

**bluninja** · 10th March 2005, 04:42

I had a 96 ZZR600 (E4 I think) for 2 years from new. Really comfy ride, and took the missus on quite a few long trips with soft panniers and all was good, even good fuel economy cruising. It will scratch, but after a year or so the rear shock goes a bit soggy, and rapid progress over bumpy roads had the the centre stand digging in. I part ex'd for a blue ZX9R (C1) which was also comfy and fast, though my wife preferred pillion on the ZZR600.

HTH

**Joni** · 10th March 2005, 06:40

Matt let me be predicatable and say the CBR.... lol, although a Fireblade never hurt anyone either....

Im really happy to hear you close to being back on the road.

Take care!