i moan about this gen one v gen 2 business more than anyone, its one off them eternal arguments that nobody can win. ive owned both, they are both blinding bikes. when i first got my gen 2 i bitched about it being expensive to tune. but you know what? i was wrong..
its cheaper.
therefore, better.
my thinking is this. you get a gen one, you wanna make it handle, you gotta fork out (ho ho)for an r1 front end an a r6 rear shock. pay extra to do thefront properly or you will upset the geometry. then you want it to go, so you get a can and get it ivanised. how much is that, done properly? £250ish? if your lucky your heavy old bike is now making 135 brake. and if you wanna sell you gotta leave your now expensive carbs onnit and either sell it with the suspendy bits on when most people are too daft to reralise how good a bike it is, or take the bits off with all the pissing about that involves.so you end up keeping it and spend your weekends fettling rusty old exup valves or dodgy camchain tensioners etc..
ho bloody hum..
or, you buy a gen 2. it already has an r1 front end, factory fitted. it already has a decent shock. nothing to spend on handling. how much has that saved? you wanna tune it?airbox mod is free. as is whipping the secondaries out, disabling the o2 sensor and drilling out the cat. you buy a secondhand carbon can and pc3, plentily available, (mine was £102 and £130 repectively), and suddenly your lightweight beastie is knocking on for 150 bhp and more fun than any bike youve had for years. no buggering about with exhaust valves, that went with the ugly oe can. and if you do decide to sell it(youd havta be mad, mines going nowhere), you sell the pc3 and can for what you paid for it and bike is back to stock in..ooooh..seconds..
so thats it. no discussion or argument to be had, the gen two rules supreme. now that thats out of the way, did you all have a good weekend?
i had a belter, this weather is peachy for late summer/early autumn biking innit
its cheaper.
therefore, better.
my thinking is this. you get a gen one, you wanna make it handle, you gotta fork out (ho ho)for an r1 front end an a r6 rear shock. pay extra to do thefront properly or you will upset the geometry. then you want it to go, so you get a can and get it ivanised. how much is that, done properly? £250ish? if your lucky your heavy old bike is now making 135 brake. and if you wanna sell you gotta leave your now expensive carbs onnit and either sell it with the suspendy bits on when most people are too daft to reralise how good a bike it is, or take the bits off with all the pissing about that involves.so you end up keeping it and spend your weekends fettling rusty old exup valves or dodgy camchain tensioners etc..
ho bloody hum..
or, you buy a gen 2. it already has an r1 front end, factory fitted. it already has a decent shock. nothing to spend on handling. how much has that saved? you wanna tune it?airbox mod is free. as is whipping the secondaries out, disabling the o2 sensor and drilling out the cat. you buy a secondhand carbon can and pc3, plentily available, (mine was £102 and £130 repectively), and suddenly your lightweight beastie is knocking on for 150 bhp and more fun than any bike youve had for years. no buggering about with exhaust valves, that went with the ugly oe can. and if you do decide to sell it(youd havta be mad, mines going nowhere), you sell the pc3 and can for what you paid for it and bike is back to stock in..ooooh..seconds..
so thats it. no discussion or argument to be had, the gen two rules supreme. now that thats out of the way, did you all have a good weekend?
i had a belter, this weather is peachy for late summer/early autumn biking innit