I've got a K7 thou as per my avatar pic my second bike after a 2001 FZS600. It's not as comfy, I have no problem with my back or wrists but my knees don't like the higher footpegs. I ride it all the year round apart from in the ice (never touched the power mode switch). I find it fine even going to central London and back, approx 120 miles each way in London rush hour without any problem.
The engine and controls are really smooth easy to ride, even if it does encourage you to cane it. I've really enjoyed the bike but I'm attempting to save for an Aprilia RSV4 Factory as find sportsbikes easy to get on with.
The only way you will find if it is for you is to take it for a test ride.
Yes the ride was a great experience, very focused and nimble,
I have the wisdom to ride own one but not the body
some will fit it no doubt ( bloody contortionists) but after years of riding upright bikes, I could never be comfy on any sportsbikes. Plus I do question just where you can really use what they have , other than for an odd moment or two...?
oh yes , of course , the track !...
(23-09-12, 07:00 PM)Tiberius Onklevaart link Wrote: Not gonna help the neck I'd imagine. The wrist thing scares me cos mine are gubbed and really tighten up after a couple hours on the fazer
I don't get this. If you put weight on your wrists when riding, you're doing it all wrong. On crotch rockets, you should ride fast and let the back and stomack (and leg) muscles hold your body. If going fast enough, wind helps a lot too. But people who ride sport bikes and complain about "too much weight on the wrists" are riding wrong bike for their style of riding.... just like when I tried riding fazer off road. :rollin
Most things done in a hurry need to be done again - patiently.
Anyone care to comment on brakes as compared to the Fazer?
I crashed a gx750 on a track day because it couldn't haul me up as quickly as I was expecting, but then it was a hire bike and the previous gx600 I'd been given the brakes actually failed!! so it might have been just shit bikes.
(18-10-12, 10:26 AM)Slaninar link Wrote: If you put weight on your wrists when riding, you're doing it all wrong. On crotch rockets, you should ride fast and let the back and stomack (and leg) muscles hold your body.
If you have a problem with weight on your wrists, try gripping the tank with your thighs firmly. This pushes your feet down onto the pegs and supports the body allowing you to drop your shoulders and elbows taking the weight off the wrists and making steering easier too.
Slaninar, I totally agree, but the problem I have is dodgy wrists. Even on the fazer, mine tend to seize up after a while more due to being static over time and pain creeping in that way. It's pretty fuckin troublesome
Smell ones mother. Yaas!
(19-10-12, 12:49 AM)Tiberius Onklevaart link Wrote: Slaninar, I totally agree, but the problem I have is dodgy wrists. Even on the fazer, mine tend to seize up after a while more due to being static over time and pain creeping in that way. It's pretty fuckin troublesome
Uff, that's a problem. Sorry to hear that... and glad it doesn't stop you from riding! 
BTW, my back is so fucked up (from childhood) that muscles do 90% of the work and crotch rockets shoud be perfect for my back. I try to lay low on fazer too, just so my back isn't vertical and doesn't soak up all the road bumps directly. The only reason I didn't get a crotch rocket is they're too one use only. Too sensitive to bad roads (fazer has softer shocks), too lively on the throttle (they practically force you to ride them fast). Also too little room for luggage (fazer doesn't look too good with a top box - but on a RR it's out of the question).
Fazer does things on public roads almost as good as a R. replica bike. Only time I've ever wanted a harder suspension and more race oriented bike was on a track day.
Besides, GIXXER is nice, but R6 or CBR600RR are a bit nicer bikes. My first Japanese bike was a Suzuki, they are nice, but Yamaha and Honda are a class above I think. Price is also higher, though.
Most things done in a hurry need to be done again - patiently.
If you do get one I have an Abbastand and Abba front lift which I bought for my K3 (I think the adapters fit through the K range), you can get adapters for it from Abba to fit any Gixer model and its very useful when yuo're working on the bike.
It's in the for sale section if you're interested...
I had a GSXR750 K2.. Fantastic bike, awsome noise when reved out. Brilliant handling. Sold it as it kept encouraging me to go at insane speeds. I just couldnt overcome the "go fast go fast" messages the bike keeps shouting :evil
Its a great bike eveyone should try one.......
Now on a fazer 600 haha  and loving it.
I agree for the right person , Great bike, very exciting .Due to the huge difference in riding positions etc, It would take me ages to be able to go quicker on the GSXR,than I can on the Fazer .Shame, but not for me at nearly 60 and with a knackered neck.
As an after though some people get on with push bike drop position, but I never could, as my back played up! This was in my early 30,s , The Gixer would probable suit somebody with a cycle race back ground.
(20-10-12, 09:11 AM)bwizz link Wrote: I agree for the right person , Great bike, very exciting .Due to the huge difference in riding positions etc, It would take me ages to be able to go quicker on the GSXR,than I can on the Fazer .Shame, but not for me at nearly 60 and with a knackered neck.
As an after though some people get on with push bike drop position, but I never could, as my back played up! This was in my early 30,s , The Gixer would probable suit somebody with a cycle race back ground.
Tried mate's GIXEr yesterday. Took it for a short spin. He is a former cyclist racer. Still rides very strong (15 years older than me and leaves me waaaay behind on longer climbs). He has a SM 600 bike, one cylinder. It suits him for town and tight twisties. He says GIXEr is better for long, less tight twisties and for the motorway. For everything else it is too awkward handling (takes a lot more room to make a slow moving circle on it, can't bend the steering wheel enough), and makes you want to go fast.
For the 5 minute ride I took, it felt comfortable (my back likes that position). It feels and looks nice, but just not practical enough for 90% of the way I use a motorcycle. I'd use it as a 2nd, track use bike.
It's also a fact that, from my black Fazer, friend's red CBF600S, the yellow GIXEr was unanimously declared as "the prettiest!" bike by all the children present at the party yesterday. They all wanted to sit on the GIXXer!
Most things done in a hurry need to be done again - patiently.
The brakes should be better, specially paired with decent suspension, but my own experience of suzuki brakes is that if you dont maintain them they get crap pretty quickly
The one I had a go on ,(09) the brakes were brilliant, as was the gear shift ,handling , power delivery .
If I had youth on my side it would be a must have, Both bikes I looked at in the local dealers on have now been sold
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