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pencil shavings
02-09-08, 11:43 AM
For destroying twisties what would be best....

all with uprated or completly new front ends and rear suspension units...

GSXR 1100
bandit 1200
hornet

or any other bike with a straight top to the frame or flat lying tank.....

random, but thank you .org!
Alpinestarhero
02-09-08, 11:45 AM
Gixxer is a bus

as is the bandit. They'd be great with new suspendies, but still fundamentaly heavy.

So go with the hornet :D
rsredline
02-09-08, 10:51 PM
I have to say the Gixxer as I have one:cool:
I lowered the front, set the suspension up and am running a 180 on the rear, it rocks:twisted:
Stu
02-09-08, 11:06 PM
DanAbnormal seems to get by on his std 'ornet.
Why do you ask?
yorkie_chris
03-09-08, 12:39 AM
ASH have you ridden a gixxer11?
pencil shavings
04-09-08, 10:54 AM
DanAbnormal seems to get by on his std 'ornet.
Why do you ask?

Im lookinh to make a modern cafe-racer-fighter (hence the straight top part of the frame) and was planning on useing a bandit, as it would probably be the easiest option for modding/chopping. But then I thought, I dont want a bike that dosent handle better than my (standard) SV after throwing lots of time and money at it as this will be a long term project, so i was checking out other options as well.

the plan is to completly strip the bike, nut and blot rebuild - mostly to learn more about bikes in general, so it can be tatty/crashed, and then make a lightened version with better suspendies and custom rear subframe and body work and other trick bits.

thats the plan :takeabow:
yorkie_chris
04-09-08, 01:24 PM
Bandits and the gixxers are both fightered a hell of a lot, so there's lots of knowledge there to do it. Hornet isn't so common but isn't such a good platform either, harder to modify and less tuning bits out there.
DanAbnormal
04-09-08, 04:00 PM
Bandits and the gixxers are both fightered a hell of a lot, so there's lots of knowledge there to do it. Hornet isn't so common but isn't such a good platform either, harder to modify and less tuning bits out there.

Not true. Visit Hornets nest and you will see so many mods out there. Besides, the Hornet is a great bike out of the crate so needs less doing. I will admit that there are more bandits fightered but in general those fighter riders can't do corners all they want to do is wheelie.
yorkie_chris
05-09-08, 10:40 AM
I'm going on streetfighters here... there's probably 1 hornet for every 20 or so oil boiling gixer derived engine.
pencil shavings
05-09-08, 05:21 PM
Not true. Visit Hornets nest and you will see so many mods out there. Besides, the Hornet is a great bike out of the crate so needs less doing. I will admit that there are more bandits fightered but in general those fighter riders can't do corners all they want to do is wheelie.

And I defo want to be able to go around corners! I was shocked to read online that the SVK3S is about 170kg and the bandit N is about 200kg! Thats a massive difference.

Id love a 100hp 150kg street-cafe-fighter!! [-o<