Early 2000's GSXR or CBR 600?
01-18-2007, 05:34 PM
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Re: Early 2000's GSXR or CBR 600?
Originally Posted by shanerv
ok liter bike are not as heavy as you might think and combersome. I have road both. now days the weight difference is like what 5 or 10 lbs. you won't notice that. I took my brother inlaw's yzf r1000 and rode it a bit. thing handled simalar to mine and not as agile. but that was 200lbs heavier then mine due to it being a 97. after I think 2000 bikes started to be close to the same weight. but a 1000cc bike is deadly to a beginer especially mountians. tend to weelie out of a turn and get ya. 600's just pull thru,
If you are a flatlander, I cannot repeat enough, get the liter bike.
01-18-2007, 08:06 PM
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Re: Early 2000's GSXR or CBR 600?
The main thing, considering these model years, is the sort of thrashyness of the earlier gsxr motor compared with the always accomodating (but not so exhilarating) honda motors. If you go with the GSXR your best bet would be an '03 as to this is the year they made the switch to fuel injection, so you don't get the tempermental powerspikes high in the rev-range, in effect an easier yet still enthralling ride. The honda is always a good bet, especially for a learner bike, the question is how many years, or how well rather, have you ridden a bike? I've had a motorcycle since I was 8 and almost a decade later I still get butterflies everytime I get on it in a corner. I'm partial to the GSXR, and plan on getting either an 03 600 or the 750. The torque on the 750 is amazing, it is the smoothest most confidence inspiring ride for less than 3g's. As for the incumbancy on liter bikes, my buddy has a 2007 Yamaha R1 that dances around anything on the road with a flick of the wrist, there is no snap steer like old liter bikes. The chassis design in new liter bikes is really amazing I seriously doubt that there is much difference between them now-a-days, but I've only had the liberty of riding the R1.
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01-21-2007, 09:23 PM
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Re: Early 2000's GSXR or CBR 600?
I always hear that the R6 has issues in the top end, but the top end on that bike is like 17,500 rpm, that's what the problem was: people said the limiter was engaging way before redline. Idk that was like the newer ones though. Never ridden R6.
01-21-2007, 09:34 PM
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Re: Early 2000's GSXR or CBR 600?
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
If you live in the mountains, a liter bike is unwieldy and cumbersome in the twisties.
If you live in flatland, 600cc crotch rockets are slow and homosexual, and you will get mown down presuming that you are faster than some cars on the road.
Buy a real bike, that you can use in your real world environment.
If you live in flatland, 600cc crotch rockets are slow and homosexual, and you will get mown down presuming that you are faster than some cars on the road.
Buy a real bike, that you can use in your real world environment.
01-22-2007, 01:17 AM
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Re: Early 2000's GSXR or CBR 600?
Originally Posted by CSaddict
You are not riding the right bike. My GSXR1000 was extremely nimble. Just need to stay over the tank.
01-22-2007, 12:51 PM
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Re: Early 2000's GSXR or CBR 600?
i had two gixxers 01 600 sold that , i was looking around didnt like anything so i got the 03 im 6,2 200 pounds theres noway i would ride like a r6 too small and older 600cbrs are gayer than highroller and his wife
my 03
my polished 01
and my harley
all gone now though
my 03
my polished 01
and my harley
all gone now though
01-22-2007, 04:13 PM
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Re: Early 2000's GSXR or CBR 600?
I have rode a ninja and it was pretty quick and real torquie but handeling sucks major bike will fight you thru every turn. and yes yamaha is a good bike too. and jd do you even own a bike? I mean you talk at lot about the bad handeling of a liter bike but speak nothing of actually owning one whats up with that? or even riding one for that matter. for me the matter of liter of 600 was setteled by two things one price and two I would die on a liter bike. just not a good thing to get for a new guy in bikes
