26-11-15, 04:47 PM
So just been out for a 50 mile tootle, first real ride on it....just been up and down the road the past week as its been so bad weather wise.
First impressions, love the position for now, been out for 45 minutes and my back is fine ( i have a bad back, all sorts cracked and slipped ), did not have an issue with excess weight on my wrists, and no numbness in my hands, legs did a lot of the gripping on the massive tank etc...accessing the controls is easy enough and its really nice to be able to see whats behind me in the mirrors, they are very well positioned once adjusted.
Generally its so much easier than the FZS600 to ride. Throttle is easy to control, the power it has is lovely, its not flipping the front up all the time but am sure it will if you want it to, i over took some cars on a stretch of road i use a lot and it was so much more re-assured than the FZS 600, simply roll it on and its pulling...
took a few corners for me to learn how it wants to tip in and how different it feels from the FZS600 but after that its very easy to control and feel more stable on it than the FZS600, but then they are 2 totally different bikes, did open it up on one stretch that is basically a long left and then long right hander and i found myself naturally lying on the tank and in a more racey position, took no effort to get it to flick from side to side, before i knew it, i was through the bends.
It has an ohlins steering damper and ohlins read shock as well as uprated springs so its not stock for reference, i need to see how they are set but for now they seem to suit me fine.
But at least if anyone else is wondering so far, the FZS600 was my first bike after passing my tests ( i did it at 20 and never got a bike till this last Jan, i.e. 10 years since passing ) and the GSXR750 so far is by no means too much to handle, i had the concern any sports bike would be a handful, but for now its done as i asked and behaved nicely in town etc...
More to follow when i get on some proper roads, i suspect that will be an eye opener!
First impressions, love the position for now, been out for 45 minutes and my back is fine ( i have a bad back, all sorts cracked and slipped ), did not have an issue with excess weight on my wrists, and no numbness in my hands, legs did a lot of the gripping on the massive tank etc...accessing the controls is easy enough and its really nice to be able to see whats behind me in the mirrors, they are very well positioned once adjusted.
Generally its so much easier than the FZS600 to ride. Throttle is easy to control, the power it has is lovely, its not flipping the front up all the time but am sure it will if you want it to, i over took some cars on a stretch of road i use a lot and it was so much more re-assured than the FZS 600, simply roll it on and its pulling...
took a few corners for me to learn how it wants to tip in and how different it feels from the FZS600 but after that its very easy to control and feel more stable on it than the FZS600, but then they are 2 totally different bikes, did open it up on one stretch that is basically a long left and then long right hander and i found myself naturally lying on the tank and in a more racey position, took no effort to get it to flick from side to side, before i knew it, i was through the bends.
It has an ohlins steering damper and ohlins read shock as well as uprated springs so its not stock for reference, i need to see how they are set but for now they seem to suit me fine.
But at least if anyone else is wondering so far, the FZS600 was my first bike after passing my tests ( i did it at 20 and never got a bike till this last Jan, i.e. 10 years since passing ) and the GSXR750 so far is by no means too much to handle, i had the concern any sports bike would be a handful, but for now its done as i asked and behaved nicely in town etc...
More to follow when i get on some proper roads, i suspect that will be an eye opener!