MR_T

my gixer with i\h\power commander kills liter bikes on the twistes, I get raped on the straight line though.. been riding for almost 3 years and ive found out the hard way that riding is more about skill than just power. any idiot can get in a car and go fast... worst case scenario you crash, get a couple of bruises... try that ---- on a bike without knowing wtf ur doing and you'll be dead before you hit the quarter mile

just curios how old r u?

arubanluder

A good buddy of mine died a few months ago, lost control with his 1st bike ,a 1000 gixxer. Just a week after I test drove it.I love bikes and have been biking since I was 16.(yeah really young).So all the advice I can give is just to take care of yourself. I've seen some biking schools were you can upgrade your skillz.

jspin

unless you've ridden a liter bike before, you really DONT have any idea how fast they are. without knowing you, i wouldn't even recommend a new 600 honestly. the 600's of today are just about as fast as liter bikes of 7-8 years ago, and are too much for MOST. of couse some people can go out and buy the fastest thing they can afford and be ok, but the statistics suggest otherwise.

buying an older bike first has ZERO downsides. you could go out and buy a sv650 or something for 3000 and you're not going to lose any money if you sell it a year later, and you wont have to spend 1500 bucks to fix it if you drop it in your driveway. ridding around on a brand new bike thats all fucked up makes you look like a lot bigger of a tool than ridding around on an older, slower, smaller bike. oh and unless you happen to be able to afford full coverage insurance on that new bike, you're pretty much fucked if you bag it.

seerex

Yea I still have it. When I got it the turbo had been taken off. The guy I got it from said it was faster with out it. He took off the turbo, add bigger pistons, bigger crabs, A nice 4-1 header, did some head work and sold it to me. The thing was fast!!! I pulled on a few newer bikes with it as if they where not moving .

A friend of mine has one of these. I think if I did get one I would die :P.

No kids or wife here.

I'm 20 but have been riding since I was 12 .Like I said the main reason I was thinking about a 1000 was the price, it is just a bit more then the 600's. The biggest bike I have tried was a 2001 hayabusa, I almost drop it .

It has been about a year since I rode anything big. I might go this weekend and test drive a 600 and see how I feel.

BigD

If I pay can you put me a beneficiary on your life insurance policy?

scottsi

after 2 months my 636 felt slow, i needed to gear it to feel like it was fast again. If i had to do it all over again i'd go for atleast a gsxr 750 or maybe a 1000.

seerex

See that is what I don't want to happend .

gen4acclude

just buy the biggest fastest bike you can afford i just rode my mom's 1300cc bike

d-man

Fixed.

No matter what you ride it will feel slow eventually. We are just trying to keep the statistic down here and save your life. Buying a liter bike if you are someone with less than atleast 5 years of experience on a real speed bike is just not a good idea. Sure, you MIGHT be ok but chances are you will die and we will have a death thread on here about it some time this summer. In reality, who cares if your 600 feels "a little slow" after a couple years as long as you are still alive to ride it. That is only the perception of the bike once you are used to it anyway. I'd rather be alive to ride my 600/750 after a year than buy a liter+ bike and not be around.

alx954

You can die just as easily on a 600, they are not much
slower than a 1000. If you take it to the track you will
never get bored. Also 1000's tend to be like 3k more than
a 600 wich is a nice chunk of change to get gear.