I am this close to buying a 600RR. last bit of advice.
12-24-2003, 06:50 PM
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- I was so close on getting a 600rr, but for $500 more I thought: fucck it, I can have a gixxer 750 which is a more powerful, crazy bike and can hang with r1's (so i've heard)
12-24-2003, 07:08 PM
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Originally posted by dut
- I was so close on getting a 600rr, but for $500 more I thought: fucck it, I can have a gixxer 750 which is a more powerful, crazy bike and can hang with r1's (so i've heard)
- I was so close on getting a 600rr, but for $500 more I thought: fucck it, I can have a gixxer 750 which is a more powerful, crazy bike and can hang with r1's (so i've heard)
You won't be able to hang with any bike if you don't know how to ride.
12-30-2003, 06:44 PM
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Hey kuni,
I was lucky to get the keys to a brand new 600RR and take off on my own for about an hour last summer. I was actually surprised when I rode it. I thought it made a pretty bad street bike to ride in stop and go city traffic. The only reason I think this is the power band of the motor. It is not set up for the street at all; the bike has really no usable power below 8000 RPM.
I've got a 600F2 and an RC51. The F2 is pretty heavily modified and set up for racing. I'd been spending a lot of time at the local track and was curious what a modern 600 was like. That's when I went hunting around a local dealership to see if I could score one for a while. After my hour, I think the 600RR would be heaven on earth on a track. That thing cornered like it was on rails, was rock solid leaned far over, and a seriously confident and fun bike to toss around. The only caviet is that you have to keep the revs up, and I mean way up (nothing really happens until you reach 8000 RPM). I'm not too sure if that's so practical for street riding. My old F2, even before the mods, has a way more usable powerband for the street than the new 600RR. And my RC51? That thing has got the ultimate power band for the street. Lots of grunt right off idle.
From looking at the gear ratios and dyno powerbands of the big four's modern 600s, I'm not too sure if they make good street bikes anymore (though Kawi's 636 is an interesting bike, just enough extra displacement to put the grunt back into the bottom; hmmm... I may need to make another trip to the dealership for more hours of unsupervised fun). They make killer race bikes, but I would look elsewhere for a new streetbike.
My advice to you is find a dealer that will let you try one before you buy it. See if the modern 600 powerband is to your liking. If your a competent rider, I think 1000cc bikes are the choice ride for the street, simply because they have great, smooth power off idle, which I think is important. I hope all this rambing helps.
Chris.
I was lucky to get the keys to a brand new 600RR and take off on my own for about an hour last summer. I was actually surprised when I rode it. I thought it made a pretty bad street bike to ride in stop and go city traffic. The only reason I think this is the power band of the motor. It is not set up for the street at all; the bike has really no usable power below 8000 RPM.
I've got a 600F2 and an RC51. The F2 is pretty heavily modified and set up for racing. I'd been spending a lot of time at the local track and was curious what a modern 600 was like. That's when I went hunting around a local dealership to see if I could score one for a while. After my hour, I think the 600RR would be heaven on earth on a track. That thing cornered like it was on rails, was rock solid leaned far over, and a seriously confident and fun bike to toss around. The only caviet is that you have to keep the revs up, and I mean way up (nothing really happens until you reach 8000 RPM). I'm not too sure if that's so practical for street riding. My old F2, even before the mods, has a way more usable powerband for the street than the new 600RR. And my RC51? That thing has got the ultimate power band for the street. Lots of grunt right off idle.
From looking at the gear ratios and dyno powerbands of the big four's modern 600s, I'm not too sure if they make good street bikes anymore (though Kawi's 636 is an interesting bike, just enough extra displacement to put the grunt back into the bottom; hmmm... I may need to make another trip to the dealership for more hours of unsupervised fun). They make killer race bikes, but I would look elsewhere for a new streetbike.
My advice to you is find a dealer that will let you try one before you buy it. See if the modern 600 powerband is to your liking. If your a competent rider, I think 1000cc bikes are the choice ride for the street, simply because they have great, smooth power off idle, which I think is important. I hope all this rambing helps.
Chris.