17-09-13, 10:44 PM
(17-09-13, 07:48 AM)pitternator link Wrote: no bikes I have had have been " bad"...my least favourite was the zx9 c1 model. A bike which for me excelled at nothing. It was a sportsbike which was slower than the rest , it didnt handle that well, wasnt comfy, and didnt inspire me at all. I kept it for 3 months, which is a sad endictment for any bike I have had.The airbox howl was nice, but other than that I really regretted buying it. I had read a lot of reports about how good it was, but it was sluggish up to 6k, and did not have a big top end. My gen1 fazer feels like twice the bike tbh.
You must've had a bloody bad one mate - they top out quicker than all the other bikes of their years (both the R1 and the Blade - the GSX-R1000 was the first bike that beat it top speed wise), they do need the rears lifted to handle properly as they are rather flat as standard. They are a tad sluggish below 6k revs (compared to other big bore bikes), but use the revs properly and they bloody scream - flat out mine would pull away from my dad's FZ1 at any speeds over about 90mph, up to that point it was a dead heat but to be honest it came on tap properly in second at about 100!