Unlike the OFOFs, I'm still able to move all my joints. This means you, Fizzy_Pies! :lol :lol :lol
I'd love to really thrash something like a CBR-RR or an R6 round a track. They look very sharp, and I'd like to try their hangling. Nice as it is, the Fazer 600 isn't really racebike material, is it?
Not too keen on Kawas (who could love that gruesome shade of green?), and the Suzukis leave me cold...
If the FZ1 went would love a Z1000SX but don't think the budget would stretch. Tested a B/bird and Triumph (Sprint and Tiger) but did nothing for me.
Actually looking for another XJR1300 as my 2nd bike (winter bike :rolleyes ). Had one several years ago and it was a great bike.
(15-09-13, 05:47 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: I'd love to really thrash something like a CBR-RR or an R6 round a track. They look very sharp, and I'd like to try their hangling. Nice as it is, the Fazer 600 isn't really racebike material, is it?
Interesting comparison between those two actually!
Can see that the fella riding definitely knows the track/takes better lines as he's much wider coming into corners, he really uses the full width of the track as well when exiting them which is good. You can also see where he's catching the other fella up entering the corers as well, looks like he's braking much later and harder than the chap on the R6. R6 does get better drive out of the corners though and then somewhat unsurpisingly obliterates him on the straights!
+1 for sumos. Full on racing sumo would be the perfect urban commuter if it wasn't for the frightening maintenance required. But now you can get electric ones that only need attention to tyres, brakes & chain. And the added bonus of costing pennies to 'fuel' up. Short range is not a problem if your journey is only 10 miles each way and you remember to plug it in every time you get home. The latest ones are alleged to have power to weight ratio of a DRZ400 but this will only get better. The future could well be electric. Just waiting for reliability/longevity reports to come in, and prices to come down a bit.
(15-09-13, 09:15 PM)Yamazer-92 link Wrote: [quote author=ChristoT link=topic=9868.msg101558#msg101558 date=1379263627]
I'd love to really thrash something like a CBR-RR or an R6 round a track. They look very sharp, and I'd like to try their hangling. Nice as it is, the Fazer 600 isn't really racebike material, is it?
Depends on the rider I guess, although they both seem decent enough!
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Nah, they're both knobbers.
:pokefun
Both of 'em are members on here, both of them far too quick for they're own good.
Twats.
:rollin
As my fazer is a longterm ongoing build project I went out and bought a crf250l for my backroad commute and weekend greenlaning. Bloody brilliant bike! Cheap to run (it uses the new cbr250 engine so low maintenance costs), looks the tits and is perfect for tearing about in the mud.
as standard though they wouldn't pull the skin off a cold rice pudding, but I have a stage 1 kit on mine, and it makes all the difference. Currently debating whether to get the 305cc bigbore kit
(15-09-13, 09:54 PM)JoeRock link Wrote: Interesting comparison between those two actually!
Can see that the fella riding definitely knows the track/takes better lines as he's much wider coming into corners, he really uses the full width of the track as well when exiting them which is good. You can also see where he's catching the other fella up entering the corers as well, looks like he's braking much later and harder than the chap on the R6. R6 does get better drive out of the corners though and then somewhat unsurpisingly obliterates him on the straights!
Damnit I need another sports bike in my life :lol
At your age I would definitely be riding sports bikes. But just try to remember you're not invincible, cos it'll f**k you up for the rest of your life if you get it wrong on the road. They're designed to do one thing well - go bloody fast, all the time, and that's what you try to do on them. If you could afford one bike for track and one for road, you should definitely go that way, get the aggression out on the track.
But I'm enjoying my biking much more now than when I had sports bikes, so just remember, there's plenty of time to indulge in two wheel fun yet. Still yet to do a track day tho, so it's on my list, along with a good European tour - boxes yet to be ticked!
My next bike? Well, I think it'd have to be a Fazer thou gen 1! :z :lol
(13-09-13, 09:01 PM)Punkstig link Wrote: After I kill this bike I shall probably go for another Thundercat, does anything and everything and is just as comfy for my weekly thousand miles, just has that tiny bit more power than the fzs600!
Have you tired Honda CBR600F (F4, or F4i)? How does it compare to Fazer/thundercat?
My favourites would be Kawasaky Versys, or the mentioned Honda.
Most things done in a hurry need to be done again - patiently.
18-09-13, 12:27 PM (This post was last modified: 18-09-13, 03:34 PM by nick crisp.)
(13-09-13, 02:59 PM)JoeRock link Wrote: Well we all know that the Fazers are good all around bikes, but I thought I'd go out and ask a properly damnable question - what, if anything, are you all planning on getting next, and why?
The next bike I'll be having will either be either another late model ZX9R (2000-2004), or an early GSX-R1000 (same years), funds allowing.
I miss the acceleration and handling of a proper liter sports bike, yet both of these bikes are more than comfy (for me at least, the 9 I imagine pretty much for anyone) and have enough luggage options and tank range that mean I'll still be able to do long distance riding. I think the only real downer will be the pillion provision won't be as good, but then in fairness that's not exactly that much of a surprise!
If I could go back to sports bikes, the GSXR thou K4 is definitely the one I'd be considering. Have you read the latest PB mag? Some good write ups on this one in there, and as they say, the last one before Euro 3 emissions put all the ugly, heavy power-strangling cans on.. I also remember it being said at the time that this was about the most capable sports bike going - the appeal to me was the acres of mid-range and best handling yet of any of the thous. Definitely a benchmark bike.
It has just occurred to me that this would have been a cracking engine for Suzuki to have based a Fazer-style all-rounder on - missed opportunity there! The Japs really need to take a leaf out of Aprillia's book and stop messing around with de/re-tuning their sports bike engines for such bikes, or at least don't overdo it, when they've got a good one like this. The Fazer thous seem to be the only ones that are really right, or am I missing something?
