SV650Sport to GSXR 750

I was going to buy a new Gixxer 750 earlier this year.

In the end I found by shopping around that you can get litre bikes for the same money.

That way you get more room/comfort (still SVS weight) and no concerns about bottom end power coming from a V-Twin.

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Although i think i have the experience to move upto a SS600/750 I think a litre bike is another big step up.

I know of at least 3 people who got rid of litre bikes for 600's as the 1000's they had although amazing were for them relatively unusable on the road, and i have heard a few people saying it.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

I did think that myself, you would think a member of staff would be given it for the weekend to run it in

I think that is unrealistically expensive IMO.
If a bike shop has about 6 different demonstraters at any one time or more that's 600 miles each on them all, plus first service before anyone uses them?

Originally Posted by Stu

I think that is unrealistically expensive IMO.
If a bike shop has about 6 different demonstraters at any one time or more that's 600 miles each on them all, plus first service before anyone uses them?

Yup, thats why ex-demonstrators can be bought cheaply. tbh, any bike I test ride I'm certainly not gentle, I'm there to test the bike to see if I want to buy one.

My 2ps worth is that if you made the step from an SV to a gixer 750 you wouldn't look back. My 600 is plenty good enough for me and you really can't compare the two bikes, they are in different leagues really. I know quite a few people who have got a gixer thou only to switch to a 750 as you just can't use all the power of a thou on the road and the 600/750 are much more fun.

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

Although i think i have the experience to move upto a SS600/750 I think a litre bike is another big step up.

I know of at least 3 people who got rid of litre bikes for 600's as the 1000's they had although amazing were for them relatively unusable on the road, and i have heard a few people saying it.

giving my thou a thrashing(which is how i ride) has nearly put me thought a hedge a few times and ive had back end step out on my twice, i'm seriously considering going back to a 650s they are what i call fun! you can ride hard everywhere and throw them where you like.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Kate

Yup, thats why ex-demonstrators can be bought cheaply. .

Don't understand.
They are cheap because everyone thrashes them before they were properly run in - so you shouldn't touch them with a barge pole?
OR some guy in the shop puts 600 miiles on them in a weekend so they appear to have a high mileage.
(I suspect you mean the former)

Originally Posted by Kate

My 2ps worth is that if you made the step from an SV to a gixer 750 you wouldn't look back.

Not in my case. Just far too small. Didn't you say a while back that you couldn't touch the floor on your SV but you could with the Gixxer.

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

Although i think i have the experience to move upto a SS600/750 I think a litre bike is another big step up.

I know of at least 3 people who got rid of litre bikes for 600's as the 1000's they had although amazing were for them relatively unusable on the road, and i have heard a few people saying it.

Personally I found the step from an SV650S to an SS600 was the most massive by a long way!

However there wasn't really any gap from an SS600 to a 1000. I learned a lot going to the SS600 but very little moving from that to the 1000.

The reason being that the 600 is more than capable of looping itself so you have to learn to control the throttle properly. The 1000 is exactly the same as the 600 but it can do the bad stuff at higher speeds and lower revs. If you can handle the 600 then the 1000 just uses the same skills albeit you have to use those skills at 120mph as opposed to 70mph.

I don't know where the 750 fits in but again I'd imagine it was the same deal.

Originally Posted by Toypop

Personally I found the step from an SV650S to an SS600 was the most massive by a long way!

However there wasn't really any gap from an SS600 to a 1000. I learned a lot going to the SS600 but very little moving from that to the 1000.

The reason being that the 600 is more than capable of looping itself so you have to learn to control the throttle properly. The 1000 is exactly the same as the 600 but it can do the bad stuff at higher speeds and lower revs. If you can handle the 600 then the 1000 just uses the same skills albeit you have to use those skills at 120mph as opposed to 70mph.

I don't know where the 750 fits in but again I'd imagine it was the same deal.

If you think there's little difference between the 600 and the 1000 then you ride your 10R like a sissy.

No I don't ride like a shandy drinking poof who sells his 1000 and buys a 600 due to a short fall in the cajones department! These people always make out that the bikes are "too hardcore" to try and save a bit of self-respect. This annoys me because their BS puts off people like the original poster who would be far better off with one.

The whole "sissy" attitude thing is typical of the problem here. You don't have to ride it like a goon to get your moneys worth. The bike is not uncontrollable; far from it. It has a throttle and very manageable power and doesn't have to be red lined everywhere. If it is nearly putting you in the hedge then the problem is with the rider and they probably stand just as much chance of eating the scenery on a 125.

The point of the 1000 is that you want the power of the 600/750 but with it delivered at lower revs similar to your V-Twin. Ride it sensibly and that's what you have. Everyone says the 750 is a screamer like the 600 rather than a grunty bike like the 1000 so you have to ask yourself what you want. Just ignore the scaremongers, test ride a thou and find out for yourself.