Panigale vs. S1000RR vs. RSV4

Which bike do you like most?

  • Panegale

    Votes: 34 38.2%

  • S1000RR

    Votes: 29 32.6%

  • RSV4

    Votes: 26 29.2%
  • Total voters
    89
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I dunno... I love how the RSV4 looks.

But then, I have a Mille... without fairings.

For me, the Mille with the lion's head fairings is one of the sexiest bikes ever made.
 
I picked Aprillia because the V4 sounds sick, performance is a relative non-issue since they all perform well and the Aprillia is my favourite looking of the 3 by far. Really don't like the Panegale front fairing.
 
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I like all 3 but would probably stick to the S1000RR as I could ride it longer on the streets. I just read yesterday the Panigale gets really hot in city traffic.
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The Pani rooooasts the back of my thighs. Kinda got used to the ever present Swiss Chalet aroma ;)

Seriously though it can get slightly stinging hot. I got used to it now, but I was a little worried at first, also when I saw climb up to 105 F in traffic. But on those hot 34C days it never once went about 105F. Highway cruising it runs about 80F on a day like yesterday.

So I am no longer bothered, just runs a tad hot.
 
awyala said:
The Pani rooooasts the back of my thighs. Kinda got used to the ever present Swiss Chalet aroma ;)

Seriously though it can get slightly stinging hot. I got used to it now, but I was a little worried at first, also when I saw climb up to 105 F in traffic. But on those hot 34C days it never once went about 105F. Highway cruising it runs about 80F on a day like yesterday.

So I am no longer bothered, just runs a tad hot.
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It's not unusual for the CBR to hit 105-108 at a stop light on a hot day.
 
awyala said:
The Pani rooooasts the back of my thighs. Kinda got used to the ever present Swiss Chalet aroma ;)

Seriously though it can get slightly stinging hot. I got used to it now, but I was a little worried at first, also when I saw climb up to 105 F in traffic. But on those hot 34C days it never once went about 105F. Highway cruising it runs about 80F on a day like yesterday.

So I am no longer bothered, just runs a tad hot.
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Do you wear leather riding pants?
 
arsenalrocks...Shaman's point is this:
To date, there has not been one litrebike produced that has more area under the curve than an 05/06 GSXR1000. Every litrebike since makes alittle more peak hp at 13K rpm, but way less hp and torque than the 05/06 GSXR did from 5-10K rpm. BThe 05/06 GSXR is the exact bike that BMW openly admitted they used as a design base for the BMW S1000R. The 05/06 GSXR1000 was the last of the brutal litrebikes that had no rider aids. When Suzuki redesigned it in 07, they gained a few hp up top, and lost 25 at some spots in the midrange. Ridden well, one could compete with brand new machinery in top level racing on one. Other than electronics, there haven't been any jumps in motorcycle technology since the 05/06 GSXR1000. That bike's only real downfall was crappy brakes. The 08+ CBR1000 is probably the closest to midrange drive that's available today.
 
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Braided brake lines, a Brembo master, some CP 211s and I'm good to go for brakes. Although I did fade them outbraking a RS250 thursday night. Was real impressed with myself until I got to Allens' and the lever bumped into my other two fingers (I brake with two). Good thing for adjustment. Suzuki moved the rotors out slightly for the 2007/8 model for better cooling and this supposedly helped a bit. If I was racing, I'd probably swap out for some Nissins off a Honda... Brembo calipers can get expensive.
 
Wow. I'm impressed once again by German engineering. BMW has a self starting mod now. All you have to do is get it wet..... From the s1000rr forum.

I got caught in a thunderstorm and the bike got wet.
After 24 hours of drying the bike now starts itself, all I have to do is turn the key. It's as if the starter switch is stuck on 'ignition'.
Once the bike starts up, the headlights still aren't powered. Also the highbeam switch doesn't work (I don't get a blue light on the dash when its pressed).

Can someone check if the highbeam switch makes a blue light appear when the bike is on, but not running?

If it doesn't appear when the bike is on, but not running, this means the computer is really confused about the state of the bike, and thinks its 'off' even though its running... but its only running because of some shorted start.
 
Shaman said:
Interesting conclusions..... count how many people picked the BMW.... :D

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/9/134...-Superbike-Smackdown-IX-Track-Conclusion.aspx

Might as well use arsenalrocks' own articles on him. :lmao:
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The American reviews have been all over the map! And with an extremely heavy GSXR bias, it's unbelievable. Either all the bikes are so damn close or 90% of these reviewers can't actually ride these bikes to their potential. European reviews tend to be more acurate.

However across the board te BMW is consistently 1st or 2nd. The alternating first when the beamer is not, range from the Honda, Kawi, Aprilia, Pani, or the damn GSXR!!!

More often than not the Aprilia and the Pani are in the top 3 but have also been placed as low as 6th or 7th out of 10 in a few American tests so far. How the likes of the R1 or the RC8 factored as high as they did in this review is absurd.

But it was interesting to see how more average folk rate these bikes, from women, to fat dudes, to "little guys".

But for out and out performance, the BMW, Aprilia and Pani (when set up properly) are coming in tops in European reviews.

The only one they managed to get dead on, and is turning out to be the universal consensus is the Agusta.
 
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Well, the GSX-R in this case had a pipe, Bazzaz fuelling and a quickshifter. And that makes for a very damned fast bike, with everyday GSXR ergos.
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