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Re: Well farewell to the SV, hello to the Gixer :)
Drooling over my keyboard right now!!!
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Re: Well farewell to the SV, hello to the Gixer :)
Looks fab mate, safe riding..............if we get the weather!!!!
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Re: Well farewell to the SV, hello to the Gixer :)
makes my heart skip a few beats when I see one of those, would look even better with an Arrow GP pipe :)
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Re: Well farewell to the SV, hello to the Gixer :)
That looks amazing! :smt060 I've been toying with getting a GSXR 750 but keep trying to telling myself I don't need one! I saw that colour on the Suzuki website and didn't like it but it looks soooo much better in your photo's.
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"Bloody fast and that is only up to 7500 revs, god only knows how you hang on above 10k :mrgreen: " Perhaps when I have managed to take it out and get some miles under my belt I will post a few words on how it rides but seriously the biggest things I have noticed is the steering is soooooo much lighter than the SV, the bike feels a lot lighter on the road (although I believe it is about 2kg different?) going into corners, even gently as the tyres arent worn in at all yet, is a different ball game too, it feels so much more controllable and as mentioned above even in low revs it feels like it wants to take off with a slight twist of the throttle One comment though is I read so much about how 'crazy' a GSXR 600/750/1k is but I would say that is tosh, at the end of the day you can ride it like a fool or you can ride it sensibly, a bike is only as dangerous as you choose to make it, I can still ride at 5-10mph and if anything can stop quicker on this than a 125cc so which is safer :rolleyes: |
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Re: Well farewell to the SV, hello to the Gixer :)
I took a GSXR 600 for a test ride and found it loads easier to ride than the SV, and it has about the same power until you get to 9k revs.
If you can ride an SV you can ride a 600 and probably also a 750 or thou. They are only as fast as you want them to be. My blade it a bit of a beast but it's not like it tries to kill you at every opportunity, keep it below 6000 revs and it's a pussycat, it's only when you push it it gets a bit hairy, and by then you are going way past the speed limit anyway. |
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I certainly wouldn't fear a change up in performance and engine configuration. I've found the bigger the bike, the easier it is to ride but I've always changed up when I've felt I've outgrown the performance of the bike I've had. Just be sensible and take a little while to get to know it. I went from 125 single to 400 IL4 after 18 months, and up to 850 a year later no bother at all. |
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Engine braking is different on the 750 from the SV, the slipper clutch should keep you reasonably stable though if you do drop the gears too fast but again anticipate and dont be lulled into thinking you can go faster than you can control when you dive into a bend and you should be ok. At the end of the day only you can decide, take a few out for a test ride (I didnt :rolleyes:) but I alwasy knew I wanted either a 750/1000 as my next bike but from what I have experienced so far I think I made the right decision, it really is a great bike to ride and on Thursday I rode it further in one stint than I ever did on the SV and enjoyed every minute of it :-D |
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The engine braking is there especially at higher RPM. But use the front brake its what its for and it is a much more effective stopping tool than engine braking is IMHO. Its just part of the difference in character between the V-twin and IL4 engine configurations. |
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