Which of these bikes would you choose and why?

[Ender EnZed]

I'd go for the Honda.

It looks tidier in the photos and has a better rep for quality as well as just being a damn good bike. Without having ridden either I suspect the CBR would get you down almost all NZ roads at least as fast as the GSXR and you'd be more comfortable when you got there. However, if a test ride proved the 'Zook to be more exciting in reality as well as image then I'd change my mind.

[MSTRS:Me]

Can you justifi that or...?

Yep.
The 600s go like cut cats IF you are prepared to wring their necks. What they don't do is cart the extra weight of a pillion all that well without a lot of extra effort. The SRAD version has about 93hp.
By the same token the SRAD 750 (like mine) has about 135hp, waaaay more torque and doesn't have to be boiled in oil to get a credible result. ie - with a pillion, 6th gear, 50kph...open the throttle. It's not a beast (yet) but it'll pull away and you'll out-accelerate the car doing the same thing beside you. On your own, it'll pull in top from about 30kph (1500rpm) and let you know it's alive at around 7000rpm before it takes you all the way to 14000 before the dreaded rev limiter kicks in. But, of course, you'll have backed off before that...cos redline in top is about 270kph.

Mine's stock standard, apart from the can (and the double bubble screen) and I was doing 12sec quarters on a chipseal road suffering from tarmelt. And at Manfield just this Saturday, taking pillions for a strop, I was coming out of the hairpin at 50kph and braking for Higgins at 175...try that on your 600.

If the cheaper rego bracket is more important - than go the 600.

[ducatilover]

Yep.
The 600s go like cut cats IF you are prepared to wring their necks. What they don't do is cart the extra weight of a pillion all that well without a lot of extra effort. The SRAD version has about 93hp.
By the same token the SRAD 750 (like mine) has about 135hp, waaaay more torque and doesn't have to be boiled in oil to get a credible result. ie - with a pillion, 6th gear, 50kph...open the throttle. It's not a beast (yet) but it'll pull away and you'll out-accelerate the car doing the same thing beside you. On your own, it'll pull in top from about 30kph (1500rpm) and let you know it's alive at around 7000rpm before it takes you all the way to 14000 before the dreaded rev limiter kicks in. But, of course, you'll have backed off before that...cos redline in top is about 270kph.

Mine's stock standard, apart from the can (and the double bubble screen) and I was doing 12sec quarters on a chipseal road suffering from tarmelt. And at Manfield just this Saturday, taking pillions for a strop, I was coming out of the hairpin at 50kph and braking for Higgins at 175...try that on your 600.

If the cheaper rego bracket is more important - than go the 600.

This is why the SRAD is on my bike list.
How much did you pay for yours?

[MSTRS:Me]

This is why the SRAD is on my bike list.
How much did you pay for yours?

Not enough, considering the fun we've had together for the last 5 years. And it's still worth more than half what I paid for it.
Ahhhh, the memories

[slofox]

Personally I like 600's. Why? Light weight and zippy, easy to flick around and what's more, light enough that I can pick it up when, inevitably, I arse off it...(Rule 1. Never buy a bike that you can't pick up.) The K8 GSX-R600 is not particularly peaky. There's plenty of torque from about 6000 on up to redline at 16,000. Real power is there around 10,000 to 14,000. But the spread is pretty good. Suzuki actually worked hard on this point for the K8 and subsequent 600's and got it pretty right. Oh and I quite like that high revving engine as well.

I've also ridden 750 and 1000 versions of the GSXR. 1000 was way more than I needed and the added mass was very noticeable on a familiar road. Didn't like that extra mass. And the power was crazy - I figured you could get into trouble in the blink of an eye if you fucked up. I can wring the 600's neck and feel quite comfortable thanks very much. Given the typical road conditions that I ride, I'd never use all that extra power anyway.

The 750 was lovely but then I didn't feel the extra was actually necessary for me anyway. And the rego is that much dearer as well.

I like lighter bikes - always have. So that's my $0.02 worth.

[ducatilover]

Not enough, considering the fun we've had together for the last 5 years. And it's still worth more than half what I paid for it.
Ahhhh, the memories

Nom nom.

That is all.

[tigertim20]

Not worried about the prices, both bikes are on TRademe and both are about 4 hours away.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=439191775

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=437504684

If i was more practical for every day stuff, the Honda, But Im not practical. Id buy the SRAD, put glass fairings on it, and id track that slut till it went bang.

[Sliver]

If i was more practical for every day stuff, the Honda, But Im not practical. Id buy the SRAD, put glass fairings on it, and id track that slut till it went bang.

i have been thinking about it

[Sliver]

Also Woot im a scooter boy!

[mashman]

just to throw summit different into the mix

Cheap as chips

[Sliver]

just to throw summit different into the mix

Cheap as chips

It is a nice bike, Although i like to ride before i buy, (saves me from buying a bent frame bike etc etc)

[SMOKEU]

just to throw summit different into the mix

Cheap as chips

Fuck that's a nice bike.

[Madness]

(saves me from buying a bent frame bike etc etc)

You won't have a problem getting a KBer to check a seriously prospective bike over. Especially so if it's an RSV

[DR650gary]

Fuck that's a nice bike.

+ 1

Wot he said

Heaps of guys lining up to look it over for ya

I have three sons who have owned heaps of bikes, as have I. Their 600's have never bought them or I as much joy as the 1000's or 750's. Current family bikes are a couple of FZ1's and a CBR1000rr, TDM900, SV650 and XJ6S Yamaha. The ZX6's were nice, but the CBR's are nicer

Buy the biggest you can handle and the best you can afford. You won't be sorry and if you do ride 2 up, a 600 can be a pain sometimes.

Cheers

[ducatilover]

just to throw summit different into the mix

Cheap as chips

Yerp, that wins