ZX7R......damn quick.

Damn it! On my way back from the GM rideout I had a drag race with a rather gorgeous looking red ZX7R. I have to say this thing moved. While he didn't totally leave me for dust he pulled away and got some distance on me and I was really giving it some (although not pinned back). I'm a little dissapointed that my bike being a new 600cc machine cannot keep up with a 12 year old design but then I guess 150cc extra does help with the midrange and my bike is mainly top end power and speed . It's funny though, I've had two ZX7R's and I don't remeber them being that quick. It also sounded lot fruitier than my ZX7R which had a full Akrapovic race system. Methinks it may have been tweaked a little? I guess the only consolation comes from me overtaking him on a long left hander, that almost made up for it.

Hmm...........ZX10R........................:rolley es:

Modern 600s have sh*t midrange unfortunately.

Originally Posted by jonboy99

Modern 600s have sh*t midrange unfortunately.

Balderdash and piffle.

My old ZX-6R 636 B2 wouldn't have a problem keeping up with one of them.

It could keep up with ZX-9R's and older blades if you rode it properly.

I suspect the other guy was maybe better at launching? Then again the 07 model is supposed to be flatter in the mid range than the old 636.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by HooliganDan

a rather gorgeous looking red ZX7R.

Had it been Green , you would have had no chance.

We were already moving when he shot off. I guess it could have been a 9R, some of them had the same rear as the ZX7R. damn quick either way, I was impressed.

Yeah could have been a 9R and he caught you with your pants down bogged in the mid range. I've seen shed loads of them in red.

Originally Posted by Toypop

Yeah could have been a 9R and he caught you with your pants down bogged in the mid range. I've seen shed loads of them in red.

I remember getting ready to blast off after the roundabout and he had so much more torque it was mad. Ah well. I still owned him in the twisties.

Originally Posted by Scoobs

Balderdash and piffle.

Feel free to disprove my statement using as an example a supersport bike of 600cc or less from the last 5 years.

Originally Posted by jonboy99

Feel free to disprove my statement using as an example a supersport bike of 600cc or less from the last 5 years.

Less midrange than what? An SV650? Don't think so. CBR600RR03 would **** over an SV650 midrange (no offense people). It's just that an SV's midrange starts at 5ish thousand rpm and the midrange on the CBR600RR doesn't start until 8,000 rpm.