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11-03-07, 11:34 AM

I moved to the gixer from the SV having re-joined the two wheel masses after a 16 year sabbatical. The SV made perfect sense for me, light, quick and good road manners. In 'part one' of my two wheel wanderings I've ridden machines from 125 to 1100cc settling later for the middleweight 600 - 750 mark for the handling and weight for 'spirited' riding.

I 'can' ride my gixer thou (K6) like the SV should I want, it's got loopy amounts of low end grunt, or I 'can' let the motor spin harder if I want my arms longer. The weight is about the same (wet) as the SV but it gives me much more choice on how I want to ride it. It's an easy bike to ride fast and equally easy to get into trouble, fortunately the spenders and stoppers ooze feel and are up to the job to help you out.

Note, I'm still learning.

11-03-07, 11:34 AM	#9
Beenz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is ignorance the path to true riding enlightenment?(limiting skills by bike choice?) I moved to the gixer from the SV having re-joined the two wheel masses after a 16 year sabbatical. The SV made perfect sense for me, light, quick and good road manners. In 'part one' of my two wheel wanderings I've ridden machines from 125 to 1100cc settling later for the middleweight 600 - 750 mark for the handling and weight for 'spirited' riding. I 'can' ride my gixer thou (K6) like the SV should I want, it's got loopy amounts of low end grunt, or I 'can' let the motor spin harder if I want my arms longer. The weight is about the same (wet) as the SV but it gives me much more choice on how I want to ride it. It's an easy bike to ride fast and equally easy to get into trouble, fortunately the spenders and stoppers ooze feel and are up to the job to help you out. Note, I'm still learning. Last edited by Beenz; 11-03-07 at 11:38 AM.