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So here it is - don't say you weren't warned -
the Mid-Bike-Crisis.....
Decisions decisions..... to swap the SV or Not swap the SV.... I'm stuck in a loop looking at 600s.... but what do I really want one?
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and Carbs or Fuel injection?
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and Suzuki or Yamaha? (or Honda or Kawasaki)??
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Criteria:
1) Not noticeably more lardy/tall than the SV
2) Not one of the Track orientated seat like a plank variety
4) Different colour to Jester's CBR (Just because)
5) There is no number 3
So far... so pointless...
and then there's the poll....
Warthog
05-03-09, 06:29 PM
Is anything you are suggesting going to be wildly different to an SV? When I upgrade, it will be different at least!
Yeah Nick, when you upgrade it will be servicable....................:rolleyes:
Is anything you are suggesting going to be wildly different to an SV? When I upgrade, it will be different at least!
IL4/ V twin
IL4/ V twin
IL4/ V twin
IL4/ V twin
Yeah Nick, when you upgrade it will be servicable....................:rolleyes:
Harsh man.....harsh....
ZX6R G1
Resistance is futile :D
IL4/ V twin
IL4/ V twin
IL4/ V twin
IL4/ V twin
Don't forget V4 and triples!
Edit: listen to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_wnLd3GU4&feature=related)!
ZX6R G1
Then again half of Soho has one.....
So spares might be a bit frugal.....
philbut
06-03-09, 10:41 AM
ZX7R - I'm not biased at all of course :p
No, I reckon a ZX6 would be a really good bike, with a bit more character than a CBR. I'd go for a 99 model or something of that vintage, but then I like carbs. I think the later ones look at bit wierd with that massive intake.
plowsie
06-03-09, 10:42 AM
CB Argghhhhhh
Then again half of Soho has one.....
So spares might be a bit frugal.....
But think of the knowledge base :D
and anyway, you could equally say the opposite was true :???:
Someone say something bad about carbed R6s
Something like.... overpriced/ gear boxes spontaneously combust/ no midrange.... that'd do.
Wouldn't mind hearing bad things about K1/2 Gsxrs either. (Shell suit/ owned by morons etc)
Ruling out triples on the Triumph factor....
Ruling out V4s on been there done that and if I haven't then it's expensive grounds.
Why ruling out Triumphs? Street triple looks fun.
I'd say try before you buy. Some people used to riding twins or singles are used to that sort of engine ad find 4's quite different to what they're used to. The same can be said vice versa. Personally I'd keep the SV and buy a second bike because I'm afraid that if I'd sell I'd regret.
Why ruling out Triumphs? Street triple looks fun...
Too new......and I think it's the 2nd bike that's contributing...
In unrelated news -
More GSXR owners...
FOR SALE MY BEAUTIFUL BABY
ONLY REASON FOR SALE IS MY GIRLFRIEND DECIDED TO HAVE A REAL BABY
CANT AFFORD BOTH APPARENTLY!!!
SHE IS IN GREAT MECHANICAL AND VISUAL ORDER
(the bike obviously not the girlfriend having the baby)
:smt051
plowsie
06-03-09, 03:19 PM
Don't get a gixxer, i'll only get jealous :(
Someone say something bad about carbed R6s
Something like.... overpriced/ gear boxes spontaneously combust/ no midrange.... that'd do.
Wouldn't mind hearing bad things about K1/2 Gsxrs either. (Shell suit/ owned by morons etc)
Ruling out triples on the Triumph factor....
Ruling out V4s on been there done that and if I haven't then it's expensive grounds.
R6: It's a 600. I know you're a girl, but really.
GSXR600: It's a 600. I know you're a girl, but really.
aadeyc73
06-03-09, 08:18 PM
The only thing I found wrong with my 2000 R6 was the rear tyres only lasted a couple of months about 3000 miles and I was always riding far too fast. I did love every mile of the 24,000 I covered in the 2 years I had it before someone decided to pull out of their drive in front of me, if it wasn't for that I'd still have it if it would still be running.
_Stretchie_
06-03-09, 08:26 PM
Where's the KeithD option?
Where's the KeithD option?
I think you could quite safely assume the last option is. But then seeing as this is a poll in the TVSF area and Keithy boy is not a member of it, I'd also assume that option was not a requirement in this poll. :wink:
R6: It's a 600. I know you're a girl, but really.
GSXR600: It's a 600. I know you're a girl, but really.
Who said the GSXR would be a 600? ;)
R6: It's a 600. I know you're a girl, but really.
GSXR600: It's a 600. I know you're a girl, but really.
Cheers...
The only thing I found wrong with my 2000 R6 was the rear tyres only lasted a couple of months about 3000 miles and I was always riding far too fast. I did love every mile of the 24,000 I covered in the 2 years I had it before someone decided to pull out of their drive in front of me, if it wasn't for that I'd still have it if it would still be running.
Hmmmm that's not helping to put me off at all..... suppose it I could read it as - R6 -previous owners will have ragged it relentlessly - get an R1 instead. :cool:
In other news rejected a GSXR this weekend & got 96 miles to the light on my SV.
Am I getting bored of this bike hunting Malarky?
Is a cure on the horizon?
Tune in for the next unexciting installment of....
philbut
09-03-09, 12:26 PM
R6's are well overpriced, but on the plus side it doesn mean they will sell when you get bored of it. they don't seem to depreciate much past 2 grand if they are well looked after.
Coming to the conclusion that anything shiney and 600cc (with possible exception of the ZX) stays pretty inflated in comparison to the litre/ 750 versions of the same.
Then I suppose you could say that about the SV.
"First bike syndrome"
Don't hold with shiney though...
philbut
09-03-09, 01:07 PM
Solution - get a 750. More power, more torque, better susspension and brakes (normally), marginal increase in consumables cost. If only Yamaha did a full scale production R7, that would have been awsome. Despite the tracksuit wearing mornon bregade being partial to the SRAD, I would be tempted. Nearly went for GSXR 750 before I found this ZX7.
Coming to the conclusion that anything shiney and 600cc (with possible exception of the ZX) stays pretty inflated in comparison to the litre/ 750 versions of the same.
Cheaper insurance = more people able to afford to ride them = better residuals.
And every so often a manufacturer offers one year's free insurance on something from their range. When it's a top-end sports bike, loads of people buy them then, when they see the renewal quote, flog them. So you end up with a glut of a certain model, usually litrebikes.
I can strongly recommend a GSXR750 K3/K4.
Just data checked the "Suspect" V5 less (With the insurance company mate) R6.....
Right Year, Plate matches Vin, Wrong colour, Not Recorded as anything either.
There's 3.95 I won't see again.
Budget now 1996.05.....
Next......
Just data checked the "Suspect" V5 less (With the insurance company mate) R6.....
Right Year, Plate matches Vin, Wrong colour, Not Recorded as anything either.
There's 3.95 I won't see again.
Budget now 1996.05.....
Next......
Keep going and then you will only have enough money to buy one of my bikes. It would take an aweful lot of data checks though.
Keep going and then you will only have enough money to buy one of my bikes. It would take an aweful lot of data checks though.
Sorry - did you say buy?
Sorry - did you say buy?
Ouch!
"I am selling this bike for a friend who 20 years ago rode LC350's and thought they were fast ( which I suppose they were in their day) He then left biking for a while to rear kids and things,like you do, until he recently stumbled upon the mid life crisis, and thinking of the good heady old days of clear roads without cash cow cameras in operation everywhere, and bloody 40 mph speed limits on roads capable of at least double this,
he went out and purchased this 1999 machine with 20000 miles on it.
Now, you may or you may not know but , ISLAND ROADS ARE DIFFERENT !! It even says so at the ferry port , so,
Needless to say, after a short time, he has scared himself to a point where this awesome machine is available for sale again.
It is a boy scarer and old man breaker of a motorcycle, so if you fancy buying this, please dont mess about
because time wasters will not be tolerated, nor will people requiring girlfriends permission, or Scammers, or anyone
not prepared to put hard cash in my hand at the close of business.
I am prepared to pick you up from the ferry and ensure you make it back to it, unscathed by our fabulous road surfaces
and If I like you, may even offer you a cup of tea."
Quality....resisting urge to ask if it'll be Yorshire tea....
Edit2: Failed to resist....
...
Ruling out triples on the Triumph factor.....
:smt062
I know someone with a tasty tranny. £900 shall we call it?
Street triple all the way baby. Oh yeah you know you want it.
That was Bike buying not tractor ...
Edit: Actually did you say you know a tasty Tranny? Sounds altogether more exciting...
injury_ian
11-03-09, 08:04 PM
0% finance on all GSXR's available now.....
Job possibly jobbed. Damn this intranet thing....and lead me not unto temptation etc
0% finance on all GSXR's available now.....
Couldn't. Couldn't bring myself to buy something brand spanking and expensively new. Hard enough buying something that hasn't been thrown down the road at least once.
Therapy?
oh and:smt026
Warthog
12-03-09, 04:51 PM
What is it?! Is it definite?
Tell, tell! Has the banana gone?
Nope - still got the banana.... won't say more til it's certain - except to say it screws the pooch on the "Buy something shabby" Plan A.
Is the 675 triple still an oil gobbler or is it sorted now?
Mine's used about 3/4 of a litre in 6000 miles. If that's a gobbler then yes. I think they got a bad press tbh because of muppets letting them get low.
You gonna tell us what you might have then Sosha?
It's red/ white & lives in Colchester. Where it's staying til I can get around to picking it up..... ;)
Edit: (Yeeeha)
Next.......
You and Bender haven't both put a deposit down on the same bike have you?
It's red/ white & lives in Colchester. Where it's staying til I can get around to picking it up..... ;)
Edit: (Yeeeha)
Next.......
I know what it is.
I can make an educated guess.
Strewth that was a cliquey (sp?) answer. Boredom of the A12 must have fried my thinking ability. It's an 04 R6 - Sally's 04 R6.
Tada.
ETC
rictus01
16-03-09, 11:00 AM
No you don't say, and never mentioned a word friday evening............;)
Cheers Mark.
DanAbnormal
16-03-09, 11:56 AM
I saw a Street Triple R yesterday. So tiny. I want one. NOW!
I need a job, I'll do almost anything (except with eels). ;)
I'm trying to get as many of my old bikes into TVSF as possible. Even the GSXR went to someone in Oxford!
Enjoy Sosh!
philbut
18-03-09, 04:39 PM
Picture picture!!!!
Picture picture!!!!
You've never seen an R6? Now this surprises me seeing as there are like zillions out there. :wink:
A bit to tease...
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s148/messiemille/ther6004.jpg
It's got a wet bottom.
The bike looks wet as well.
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