Short test route around Halesowen

Yeh, you got a test ride booked for the Daytona/CBR yet?

[MisterTommyH]

Not yet. Off to Scotland on Thursday for the weekend so this is going to have to wait.....

Then I just have to make a decision and figure out how I'm going to pay for it.

For the Scotland trip, test ride or new gixxer? lol
Enjoy Scotland mate.

Originally Posted by MisterTommyH

Yup,

I really want to like the British bike, but I just have a feeling that the 750 is going to be the one I like.....

I found the 750 to be the best all rounder. It does not corner quite like the daytona 675 but it still does pretty damn well and when the engine is wound up the thing is like a ballistic missile however it still has enough torque that you don't have to be revving the crap out of it to make progress, also comfort is good for the bike type.

[MisterTommyH]

Just thinking..... Can you tour on a Gixer?

Looking for opinions from people who have or have tried?

I was thinking that I would want to keep the SV, but looking at money etc I think I'm going to have to chop it in to get payments on a gixer down to the area that I want......

Problem with this is that I like my touring a bit - I've done (and plan to do) a loop of Scotland most years, and I enjoyed Carnage - which RD did on a Gixer and Ralph did on a Daytona - so don't suppose it's completely out of the question......

How did you find it? Would longer days kill you? etc etc.

Well I fully intend to do 10 days in Europe in September on my Gixxer. As I've learned my lesson from my somewhat lacking luggage system in France I'm just buying a Kreiga US-30 and US-10 now for next week as I'm heading out for 5 days on the bike around England and Wales. As for the longer days question, I find it easier to spend long periods on the Gixxer than the SV, it is certainly much more comfortable to ride at higher speeds than the SV not to mention it feels a lot less frantic.

So I would say yes, you can.

Originally Posted by ravingdavis

Well I fully intend to do 10 days in Europe in September on my Gixxer. As I've learned my lesson from my somewhat lacking luggage system in France I'm just buying a Kreiga US-30 and US-10 now for next week as I'm heading out for 5 days on the bike around England and Wales. As for the longer days question, I find it easier to spend long periods on the Gixxer than the SV, it is certainly much more comfortable to ride at higher speeds than the SV not to mention it feels a lot less frantic.

So I would say yes, you can.

I find the comfort comparison between the GIXXER and SV interesting. I find my SV pretty comfortable (but then I have helibars and re-done seats). However, my old 750 SRAD was so huge it was pretty comfortable too (though I never toured on it). How does the 750 GIXXER compare (comfort wise) to the 600?

Originally Posted by F4LL3N

I find the comfort comparison between the GIXXER and SV interesting. I find my SV pretty comfortable (but then I have helibars and re-done seats). However, my old 750 SRAD was so huge it was pretty comfortable too (though I never toured on it). How does the 750 GIXXER compare (comfort wise) to the 600?

I guess comfort is in the eye of the beholder('s ar5e) somewhat but the seat on my old sv was standard and to be fair I did a week of pretty intense riding around scotland on the sv with no issues. There is no difference between the 600 and 750 with regards to comfort as they are the same bike.

Ah I see, unlike the old SRADs where there was a size difference at least between the 600 and 750.

[L3nny]

Originally Posted by ravingdavis

There is no difference between the 600 and 750 with regards to comfort as they are the same bike.

While that is true in a ergonomic sense the 600 will be more tiring to ride due to having to change gear more often, I find having a bike with more torque makes it more relaxing to ride.