A sportsbike for daily use, commuting, etc.?

[Chickenlegs]

Thanks for all the useful input. The thing that worries me most is the uncomfortable riding position and wrist strain. Do any of you sportsbike riders have raised clip ons to alleviate this? Is there any reason not to get raised clip ons to make riding the bike more comortable?

I have no issues with the Street Magic and I've even lowered the bars...

[cowboyz]

Thanks for all the useful input. The thing that worries me most is the uncomfortable riding position and wrist strain. Do any of you sportsbike riders have raised clip ons to alleviate this? Is there any reason not to get raised clip ons to make riding the bike more comortable?

Raised clipons are for those who want a tourer but want to look like they have a sportsbike.

[WarlockNZ]

Warlock, you dont happen to ride a silver SV with aftermarket pipes on it by any chance? If so it was you who convinced me that I needed an SV when you came booming by me on my old GN along brigams creek rd, I swear I thought a helicopter was buzzing me!

LOL... yep ... that would be me .. HA HA .. Nice to see you joined the SV club, which would explain why i havn't seen a GN for a while.

Mate if your out my way, look me up.

[Cr1MiNaL]

I commute on the R6 everyday, storm or high water. Shes sweet as and saves me heaps of time and $$

[Manxman]

Good question and good background. I love the sportsbike feel on the open road but I still won't upgrade to the RR. The '00/'01 CBR's were the last of the comfortable allround Hondas as they had the bars on top of the triple clamp rather than under it. I rode an R6 - once. It was total crap for anything under 120kph adn the open road. A bike like that would be a waste of money

I take mine on looong rides of 600-1000km in a day and I never get tired. Those riding with us usually do - so what I have is a good all rounder as well as a bike that you can really hoon on.

A number of people here have the luxury of two bikes by keeping their learners 150 or 250 for communiting and buying a "real" bike for weekends.

ooo, err. I beg to differ young man (he says, polishing his big red R6 thingy).

It's horses for course really, ay? Those who do longer trips may well find that the CBR is the go, but those of us who do shorter commutes and like a more sporty ride will have a different opinion...

Perhaps you're talking about the later R6 models, which (like the later CBR models) were built more with racing in mind than comfort...???

[Maki]

Raised clipons are for those who want a tourer but want to look like they have a sportsbike.

A tourer weighs something like 50kg more than the 600RR. The RR is not going to become a totally different beast if you install raised clipons. Is there some kind of taboo against making a sportsbike more comfortable?

[Grub]

Perhaps you're talking about the later R6 models, which (like the later CBR models) were built more with racing in mind than comfort...???

Indeed I am. It was an 07 R6 that had been set up for racing. The suspension was so hard and the seat so forward sloped (and hard) that I bounced my balls off the tank all the way over Haywards Hill and back again. If I shoved myself back a bit they bounced off the board they call a seat instead.

And they're so short! Your arms go straight down and you're looking almost over the front screen in the normal riding position. I know guys just love them and I accept that attraction. It's just that I personally have never and I mean never, ridden such an awful bike.

[Chickenlegs]

A tourer weighs something like 50kg more than the 600RR. The RR is not going to become a totally different beast if you install raised clipons. Is there some kind of taboo against making a sportsbike more comfortable?

There's always HELIBARS.

A company in Canada....

[crash harry]

I've commuted on every bike I've owned, pretty much exclusively whatever the weather. Now doing it on an R1, have done on a ZX-636, ZX-9R, and a Hayabusa. I wouldn't worry about the riding position, especially if your commute is only 12 minutes. And the engine won't get "gummed up" as some have suggested as long as you take it out and give it a fang every now and then.

Still, if most of what you're doing is commuting in a 50k area, a 600 supersprot is probably not the best choice - not when there are motards...

[Manxman]

The suspension was so hard and the seat so forward sloped (and hard) that I bounced my balls off the tank all the way over Haywards Hill and back again. If I shoved myself back a bit they bounced off the board they call a seat instead.

But Grubster, dontcha geddit...that's half the fun.

[Maki]

There's always HELIBARS.

A company in Canada....

Thanks man, those look choice.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Indeed I am. It was an 07 R6 that had been set up for racing. The suspension was so hard and the seat so forward sloped (and hard) that I bounced my balls off the tank all the way over Haywards Hill and back again. If I shoved myself back a bit they bounced off the board they call a seat instead.

And they're so short! Your arms go straight down and you're looking almost over the front screen in the normal riding position. I know guys just love them and I accept that attraction. It's just that I personally have never and I mean never, ridden such an awful bike.

Dunno what ur ranting about mate! Theres nothing wrong with the R6 its cumfy as a sports bike is going to get, just take the twisty way everywhere ull be fine. ps: race bike suspension is best left for the track anyway.

ooo, err. I beg to differ young man (he says, polishing his big red R6 thingy).

It's horses for course really, ay? Those who do longer trips may well find that the CBR is the go, but those of us who do shorter commutes and like a more sporty ride will have a different opinion...

Perhaps you're talking about the later R6 models, which (like the later CBR models) were built more with racing in mind than comfort...???

true racing more than comfort, but I must say they make an awesome commute too

[twotyred]

if'n you love your 'real' bike then buy a small shitter to torture with commuting...