600 GSXR slower? not by much..

[puddytat]

Comes down to the size of your nads not the motor me thinks.
Id put my money on the 6hundy...

[Odakyu-sen]

rocketman1 did say "on most NZ roads" ...

The big difference between a 600 and a 1,000 on open roads is that when you come around a sweeper on your litre bike in top at say 120 and then hit the straight, you simply wind open the throttle and watch the speedo jump up to 200+ real quick without the bike even breaking a sweat. (A totally effortless jump). Meanwhile, your mate behind you on his 600 will be forced to drop down and wring the little bike's neck to keep up.
Mind you, good rider on a 600 will be all over a 1,000 in the hills 'cause a 600 handles like a fly and just loves the tight, nasty shit.

[dipshit]

the days of a 1000cc bike being a big heavy lump are long gone. The only things that make much difference between the classes is the power and how it's delivered.

The guy that built the P3 GSX-R600 hangs out in the Gixxer forums and has said that if he built a 1000 to the same level it would need seriously expensive traction control and that the traction control will be active most of the time anyhow so it kind of defeats the purpose of having all that horsepower in the first place. Basically he couldn't build a 1000 to go any quicker around Nurburgring unless it was practically a WSB machine.

[sosman]

My guess is well ridden 600 will stick with a 1000 on most NZ roads. (not State Highways)
Ham to Rags I would put money on the 600.

You could be right!...But the thou will start its wheelies at over 160kph

[sosman]

Nope

I heard it was the sudden stop that kills ya

haha nice!

[The Pastor]

my 250cc dosent have any trouble keeping to 100km/hr.

[Cr1MiNaL]

My 1000 is a lot quicker around the Coromandel than my 600 was... I too thought 600'ds were faster than 1000's but that is relative I suppose. New 1000cc bikes these days weigh a few kg more than a 600 and have double the power so go figure.

[EJT]

Take a look at what is the quickest bike around Nurburgring's 19.1 km course.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nürburg...es#Motorcycles

Interesting to see how close the stock bikes were to the Enzo Ferrari - pretty exotic cage.

I think the 600s would rule on a twistie road (riders being equal) regardless of similarities in weight until 1000s start coming with traction control as standard so you can wind it on without the fear of a high side.

[Chrislost]

My guess is well ridden 600 will stick with a 1000 on most NZ roads. (not State Highways)
Ham to Rags I would put money on the 600.

What does it matter? a GSXR 750 will own both at being a road bike!

[Chrislost]

Interesting to see how close the stock bikes were to the Enzo Ferrari - pretty exotic cage.

I think the 600s would rule on a twistie road (riders being equal) regardless of similarities in weight until 1000s start coming with traction control as standard so you can wind it on without the fear of a high side.

fuck man, Have you ever wound it on hard with sticky tyres? Only a moron would not use decent tyres on their 1000! You need to be pretty near knee down or pretty near full gas to get any slide happening? (test bike was a 05 CBR1000 on pilot powers)

[breakaway]

Stop pretending 1000 cc bikes have "too much power" and "need traction control", cut the rear loose etc. While this may have a small element of truth to it, all you have to do on a 1000 cc bike is not act like a fuckwit and you can ride it fast around corners. Fast enough to touch the pegs on the ground. Good Tyres also inpoetand. And don't do stupid shit like pin the throttle mid corner and you'll be fine.

[Cr1MiNaL]

. Good Tyres also inpoetand. And don't do stupid shit like pin the throttle mid corner and you'll be fine.

I'm not a nazi for spelling by far but that's some funny shit right there

[breakaway]

Yep, was typing it out on my mobile device. Point still stands though.

[BoristheBiter]

What does it matter? a GSXR 750 will own both at being a road bike!

like what has been said, comes down to the rider.

like at manfeild last weekend i was getting lapped by a sv1000. in the corners is where i'm slow and it has nothing to do with the bike i'm on.

[HDTboy]

With a skilled rider on both bikes, the 1000 will always be faster.

There is a limit to how fast you can ride on the road before you wind up dead though, and either bike is more than capable of exceeding the sensible limit.