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    Cool 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 650R

    Here's the lowdown on the next evolution of another extremely competent mid-sized bike.

    http://www.motorcycledaily.com/23sep...i2009_650r.htm
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    Woah that looks shit hot
    Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot

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    It does look nice. Why do they go with the parallel twin though? They sound frumpy compared to a vee-twin.. That would be my only real grump.

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    Mmm..... yes... nice...

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    It just screams ER6n!

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    Maybe I'm missing something here - Isn't just an even softer version of this years bike? A couple of rubber mounts and Euro III compliance - what it needed was proper suspension and brakes, another 100cc & 15hp! (same as the sv).

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    Looks much nicer thats for sure

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    Been looking for a replacement for my Hyo250 and was looking at either the SV or ER650f. This 2009 has sold me on the Ninja, short of a test ride changing my mind anyways!

    On a side note anyone know why Canada get a full fairing SV and no one else seems to? I personally think it looks a million times better with full fairings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jekkyl View Post
    Been looking for a replacement for my Hyo250 and was looking at either the SV or ER650f. This 2009 has sold me on the Ninja, short of a test ride changing my mind anyways!
    The Suzuki GSX650F is well worth a look. Slightly pricier is the Triumph Street Triple.

    There is a delicious choice of highly competent mid-range bikes around at the moment, to a point where they are "ends in themselves" rather than "stepping stones"...
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    Quote Originally Posted by DangerousBastard View Post
    It does look nice. Why do they go with the parallel twin though? They sound frumpy compared to a vee-twin.. That would be my only real grump.

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    Guess I'm the minority then, I liked the current ER6F's, I was bitterly dissapointed to see it look like just another generic sports bike as I was hoping to trade in for the '09 model.

    If you ask me the looks veer a lot to the SV650s style now, or closer to Kawasaki's 'supersport' range, which it most definitely is not. It's a real world bike that is very, very competent in many aspects, not just sports .. kinda irks me that this is the direction they are going with it :/

    The ER6N, however, looks sextastic.. but the Versys is looking more and more tempting for me now!

    PS. I like ptwins :P litre bike vtwins are nice but I didn't get any feel for the SV650 twin power :P (don't hate me)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    The Suzuki GSX650F is well worth a look. Slightly pricier is the Triumph Street Triple.

    There is a delicious choice of highly competent mid-range bikes around at the moment, to a point where they are "ends in themselves" rather than "stepping stones"...
    Not really into naked's and I really was hoping to find a fully faired V-twin(haven't ridden a parallel) but all I can find is the GT650 Hyo. SV650S with lower fairings(Canada model) looks great but not available here and haven't looked into how easy/much to do the lower fairings. Unsure of what other options are out there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jekkyl View Post
    Not really into naked's and I really was hoping to find a fully faired V-twin(haven't ridden a parallel) but all I can find is the GT650 Hyo. SV650S with lower fairings(Canada model) looks great but not available here and haven't looked into how easy/much to do the lower fairings. Unsure of what other options are out there!

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    So they've dropped the ER6f model name completely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daffyd View Post
    So they've dropped the ER6f model name completely.
    Was it only ever a New Zealand market thing?
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