Reasons we ride liter bikes-add yours or ones you've heard - Page 5

Trip · 11-10-2009, 09:35 AM

Because our roads are flat and straight

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Originally Posted by No Worries

11. Torque.
12. Lot of uphill around here.

You don't count, it's old and heavy and a collectors item. More than acceptable use of liter.

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Originally Posted by Tmall

I don't know if I count.

- because I want to.

You can count cause your in Canada, Buells in America don't count because the AMA said so.

Dave · 11-10-2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Tmall

Power wheelies are possible on every 600 I've ridden.

Guess you don't NEED a 750 either.

after reading a very good primer on power wheelieing way underpowered bikes i managed to get my 450 to lift a few inches with a couple good bounces and a whole lotta throttle

Tmall · 11-10-2009, 10:06 AM

Take any 600 to 8000 rpm and whack the throttle wfo, the front will shoot up so fast that you'll likely shit your pants.

Take the same 600 and tug on the bars at 5000 while opening it wfo and it will likely still come up.

My 2000 R6 wheelied easier in first than my buell.

Mikey · 11-10-2009, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave

i love that thing. any chance you can bring it back with you?

Probably not, although I haven't tried very hard yet. The body, frame, lights, etc are all the same as the ZX6E, which is road-legal, but the engine is from the ZX4R, which was never legally imported to the US and so was never certified for road use. We can make money on it selling it in Japan, so we'll probably just sell it and get her something different in Texas. Besides, si
superslab on that thing would fucking suck.

Mikey · 11-10-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Nice. Looks better than the ZZR600.
Cool Zuk sitting next to it too. I love oldskool twin round lights.

That's my GSXR 1100 next to it. The wife bought me that for my birthday about two years ago. It's a blast too, but in a totally different way.

Dave · 11-10-2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikey

Probably not, although I haven't tried very hard yet. The body, frame, lights, etc are all the same as the ZX6E, which is road-legal, but the engine is from the ZX4R, which was never legally imported to the US and so was never certified for road use. We can make money on it selling it in Japan, so we'll probably just sell it and get her something different in Texas. Besides, si
superslab on that thing would fucking suck.

even if you got it over as a track bike you could make money money.

Homeslice · 11-10-2009, 11:29 AM

Although I would rather have an old ZX4R if you could find it.

Mikey · 11-10-2009, 01:17 PM

Yeah, the ZX would make a much better trackbike- the ZZR runs out of ground clearance a little soon for decent track work. I've damn near ground the centerstand off of it on the street.

Unfortunately, the ZX4R is a pretty difficult bike to find, even in Japan. FZR400s and GSXR400s are far more plentiful and just as capable. If I was looking for a cheap small-displacement bike, I'd go that direction.

Still, we'll probably sell the ZZR for something like $3K when we leave, which will work out nicely being as we've probably got about half that into it. The way we look at it, the wife learned to work on a motorcycle, learned to ride it, put a bunch of miles on it, crashed it once and then fixed it, and gained a ton of great experience. The fact that we'll make a few bucks on the deal is just icing on the cake.

Amber Lamps · 11-10-2009, 03:47 PM

Because they haven't produced a GSXR2000 yet!

Cutty72 · 11-10-2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeSP1

Because two (really) big jugs are better than 4 little ones.

Or maybe it's just because...

I agree!

11-10-2009, 11:29 AM	#47
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	Although I would rather have an old ZX4R if you could find it. Last edited by Homeslice; 11-10-2009 at 11:34 AM..

11-10-2009, 01:17 PM	#48
Mikey Raving Lunatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Antonio, Texas Moto: Concours 14 ABS, ZX6E Posts: 902	Yeah, the ZX would make a much better trackbike- the ZZR runs out of ground clearance a little soon for decent track work. I've damn near ground the centerstand off of it on the street. Unfortunately, the ZX4R is a pretty difficult bike to find, even in Japan. FZR400s and GSXR400s are far more plentiful and just as capable. If I was looking for a cheap small-displacement bike, I'd go that direction. Still, we'll probably sell the ZZR for something like $3K when we leave, which will work out nicely being as we've probably got about half that into it. The way we look at it, the wife learned to work on a motorcycle, learned to ride it, put a bunch of miles on it, crashed it once and then fixed it, and gained a ton of great experience. The fact that we'll make a few bucks on the deal is just icing on the cake. __________________ Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

11-10-2009, 10:06 AM	#43
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	Take any 600 to 8000 rpm and whack the throttle wfo, the front will shoot up so fast that you'll likely shit your pants. Take the same 600 and tug on the bars at 5000 while opening it wfo and it will likely still come up. My 2000 R6 wheelied easier in first than my buell.

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Amber Lamps Moto GP Star Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,556	Because they haven't produced a GSXR2000 yet!