£1500 sports bikes?

[Dave20046]

loads,
Someone mentioned the hornet, seen those in action impressively. 8 year old or so r6, ninja. old cbr. infact I have a short ninja buying guide I could send you if you fancy one. Anyhow whatever the deal/bike that arises or you choose goodluck..

Originally Posted by captainsmelly

I took this zx7r out this afternoon,

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Because of the location of the dealer I couldn't really open it up, and I didn't want to take their bike out for long cos I felt funny about it lol
First thing I saw was the tyres, looked like they came straight off a track day. Second thing I saw was the performance bike mag sticker, asking the sales lady I found out that pb had borrowed the bike last week for a feature. And if it's good enough for them...
Felt fantastic, much higher up then the sv and although you could really feel the weight at low speed above 15 ish it was easy. Brakes were shocking though, mine were better BEFORE I rebuilt them. I was surprised how little torque there was low down, I reckon the sv would be much faster and easier to ride around town. Sounded nice, didn't get over second gear sadly and I really wanted to! Going to have to find one out of town next, its really not build for busy slow roads but I cant wait to take one up the a272!
Mostly this one was double my budget, I'll find one though. Definitely getting a kwak now, just as soon as my sv goes

I'd be a little worried if it feels gutless at low speed. Could just be the carbs are out of balance, or the plugs/leads need doing. The 750 motor's otherwise very reliable if serviced properly. It should have plenty of grunt from about 2.5K upwards.

Mine was much easier to ride around town than the SV, and much quicker, although the ZX7's a bit more work when filtering. I rode my ZX7 around with Richie on his SV loads of times, and the ZX was certainly not lacking in ability to keep up in high-gear roll ons.


The rear shock is mounted with an adjustable height top fixing, so you can speed the steering up easily if you find it feels heavy and slow.

Don't worry about any signs of track use - the ZX7 has been widely praised over the years for having one of the best front ends ever made - so you'll be hard pushed to find one that HASN'T been tracked!

ZX7 brakes need plenty of regular attention. They're bloody good if looked after - but the six pot Tokicos are expensive to refurbish if you need a full set of seals or even worse pistons. Make sure you check them out before you buy.

Get a stubbied race can and the ZX sounds extremely rude.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by captainsmelly

Couldn't have a CBR, I'd always be wishing it said rr and I would feel like a pauper. How much of a step up is the cat then? It's a fair bit more powerful then an sv obviously but whats it like to ride?

OK, on a trackday last year I rode the following bikes

'00 SV650S (much modified with USD frontend and Ohlins shock).
'97 CBR600 (stock)
'97 Thundercat (stock)
R6 (stock)
NC30 (Slick tuned)
NC35 (Stock)
NC35 (track only but stock)
NC29 (Slick tuned)

I'm going to leave the SV out of this comparison as overall I prefer it to all of them but mine is very non standard.

Out of all of them the NC35 was the best handling but you need to scream them. Bit of a PITA on the road. Then the NC30 and NC29. The next best was the CBR6, creamy smooth power, ace handling, bloody quick and easy to ride fast. Then the R6, much more top-endy meant that you had to be more careful feeding the power in. Finally the Thundercat, top heavy, very top endy, again had to be careful when feeding the power on as it comes on with a bang at 10k.

All the 600's were hitting an indicated 140 down park give or take a few mph.

Personally if I didn't have the NC's or SV I'd get a CBR6. Forget about it not being the RR, there is a *damn* good reason they sold so many.

On the road the CBR6 suffers from the same as all 600's, a lack of torque low down (in comparison to the SV) but it's not as bad as say the Hornet6 (which I had as a hire bike after I wrote off the SV and throught gutless unless riden at illigal speeds).

Druid

[yorkie_chris]

What about an older 750 or 11? Won't be as sweet handling as any of the new stuff but very different. Every man and his sister has a modern 600.

[Stu]

Hold out for a ZX7R, You know you want one

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

What about an older 750 or 11? Won't be as sweet handling as any of the new stuff but very different. Every man and his sister has a modern 600.

I wouldn't go for an old GSXR11 unless you know what you're doing on a bike, there are far faster easier handling bikes and the 11 is a very fast barge that can get you in trouble very quickly.

Druid

Originally Posted by fastdruid

lots!

Hey thanks for that, was a really interesting comparison. I like reading posts like that as it gives you a better idea about each bike. You cant give a useful impression of one bike on its own, but comparing it with others is very helpful. Cheers

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

What about an older 750 or 11? Won't be as sweet handling as any of the new stuff but very different. Every man and his sister has a modern 600.

I did some insurance quotes on these, wouldn't bother with the 750 because the 1100 is the same cost for more..

But like the dude says..

Originally Posted by fastdruid

I wouldn't go for an old GSXR11 unless you know what you're doing on a bike, there are far faster easier handling bikes and the 11 is a very fast barge that can get you in trouble very quickly.

Druid

Well thats the main reason I'm not having one just yet! Would love one in a couple of years though

Originally Posted by Stu

Hold out for a ZX7R, You know you want one

lol yeah I frigging love 'em! Not the best bike by any means, not the fastest, most comfortable, best handling, blah blah I want one anyway!

just thought id throw another suggestion in here, for your sort of budget you could get an mint yzf750r/sp they came with usd's as standard all the 95 on ones have fully adjustable suspension a claimed 125bhp quite heavy though, had mine 18months now and love it, cheap to insure to im 21 with 3 yrs ncb and it was £200 tpft

Originally Posted by captainsmelly

lol yeah I frigging love 'em! Not the best bike by any means, not the fastest, most comfortable, best handling, blah blah I want one anyway!

The man speaks sense.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Dan

The man speaks sense.

They are the best bike by any means, the fastest, most comfortable, best handling...


seriously, live the dream and get what you want