New Track Bike

Originally Posted by G

not likely to happen with the binkmeister lol

+1

the binkmeister can ride .

[chris8886]

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.

[Binky]

Originally Posted by chris8886

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.

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.

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?

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by G

not likely to happen with the binkmeister lol

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

[Binky]

Originally Posted by Wester

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?

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.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by Binky

Surprising how many people are saying to ignore a 1000.

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

[Binky]

Originally Posted by fastdruid

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

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.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by Binky

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.

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.

[G]

Originally Posted by fastdruid

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

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