16-01-13, 03:38 PM
I have found this track test: 2003 GSXR 1000 vs. 1992 1100 vs. 2003 ZXR636 vs. 1986 GPZ 600R. It doesn't seem too bad after all:
http://hem.bredband.net/b375786/1100_vs_1000.zip
note:there is a typo error. they have mismatched the 600 and 1000 graphs, page 54
Yes, my answers look like that but I am not really sure yet, sorry :o . But sometimes I just listen to all of you who say it handles like a cow and change my mind. I think the Katana has to be worse. I just hope the GSXR is not half as bad as the 1984 Yamaha FJ 1100 I have ridden a couple times -brakes? what is that? :eek That would be terrible. As I said, I have ridden a "heavy" Thunderace and I think it is a great bike. According with another track test the GSXR rode faster than the Ace- thanks mainly to its ground clearance. So it cannot be that bad, can it?
One positive thing is the fact that, as long as I own another modern bike, it falls into "classic vehicle" insurance (+20 years old: 50€) and on its 25th birthday it stops paying any taxes, just MOT every two years. I could even make money of it if I get bored and sell it.
http://hem.bredband.net/b375786/1100_vs_1000.zip
note:there is a typo error. they have mismatched the 600 and 1000 graphs, page 54
(16-01-13, 01:02 PM)sadlonelygit link Wrote: i think the thread should be titled:
i'm going to buy a gixxer, convince me otherwise
Yes, my answers look like that but I am not really sure yet, sorry :o . But sometimes I just listen to all of you who say it handles like a cow and change my mind. I think the Katana has to be worse. I just hope the GSXR is not half as bad as the 1984 Yamaha FJ 1100 I have ridden a couple times -brakes? what is that? :eek That would be terrible. As I said, I have ridden a "heavy" Thunderace and I think it is a great bike. According with another track test the GSXR rode faster than the Ace- thanks mainly to its ground clearance. So it cannot be that bad, can it?
One positive thing is the fact that, as long as I own another modern bike, it falls into "classic vehicle" insurance (+20 years old: 50€) and on its 25th birthday it stops paying any taxes, just MOT every two years. I could even make money of it if I get bored and sell it.