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+1

the binkmeister can ride :D.

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from my experience of my bike below and if i did it again i'd probably go for a 600. the blade is great fun and amazingly quick, but i reckon i'd have more fun on a 600. if you're really after a 1000 though i'd do you a deal on my blade. it's nearly fixed, just a couple more bits to get and it's good to go.

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Why do you think you'd have more fun on a 600? Just curious, i'm not set on getting a 1000.

To be honest before this thread, i was leaning at getting a 600, mainly because of financial constraints, but also to go up the ladder slowly and steadily.

I couldn't get a new bike just yet, still only looking for ideas in the future. Couple of years maybe, or if i'm lucky maybe start of 2011.

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If I'm on a trackday with you again at some point I'll let you have a run around on my ZXR if you fancy a go, obviously on account if you break it you pay for it.
Also are you talking in terms of just a trackday bike for the odd trackday or more than ten a season? are you contemplating getting into racing if the bug takes you?

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Major difference between being able to ride a 650 fast and being able to ride a 1000 fast.

The kind of things you'll get away with on the 650 will see you spat into the middle of next week on a 1000

Druid

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Well i'd most definately like to get into racing at some point in my life. Sooner rather than later.

But if i got a track bike, i'd try and get accustomed to it before hand.

I also have no idea of the rules/regs and i don't yet have an ACU license. Let alone no idea which series to join...

Surprising how many people are saying to ignore a 1000.

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A 1000 just encourages laziness, anyone and their dog can put in an okish laptime on a litre bike because they are *so* fast in a straight line. Still doesn't stop me catching and passing them. :)

For someone (ahem) overtaking a GSXR1000 on a RVF400R, see from 5m21s ish in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7a9Exx3o8s

Druid

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But it's simple enough to overtake a couple of slower litre bikes (there are plenty of them around) on the SV as it is. I'd like to get and do justice, to a litre bike, not just get a litre bike and fanny about.

Although saying that, getting and doing justice to a 600 would probably be the first step.

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It gets trickier in the fast group. ;)

Well if you can I take my hat off to you but I would start with the 600 or 750 first before you jump to the 1000.

If you're going to to want to push it then you *will* fall off and something cheap like a steelie CBR6 is far better than something nice but slightly faster like an R6/675[1].

Druid

[1] Not to mention that I tried both a '97 CBR6 and '99 R6 round cadwell and preferred the CBR6.

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Do you only ride at cadwell :confused: to be fair it is fairly easy to run rings around a big 1000 on a smaller bike at cadwell, for obvious reasons.