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According to Suzuki's website, there is a 36LB difference between the 2013 GSX600 and the 1000. Am I going to notice? I don't believe so.
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Upgrading from SS 600cc to litre bike
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According to Suzuki's website, there is a 36LB difference between the 2013 GSX600 and the 1000. Am I going to notice? I don't believe so.
Zx14
Yea the Concours is another great bike that rivals the Busa. It's actually more comfortable and has better luggage options, just doesn't look as sporty IMO.
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RedDogDarren
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Even the GSXR750 feels anemic unless it is revved nice and high. Motorcycling isn't about what you 'need', it's about want. Otherwise since nobody needs a motorcycle of any kind, none would be on the road at all.
Before all the kids with 600's and 750's try to tell me I'm crazy and the 750 has great power consider that I rode it back to back with the GSXR1000 and a TL1000. Absolutely no comparison for street riding. They'll all generate speed and the 750 generates a lot of it really well but this isn't the racetrack is it?
I used to be able to just ask if you preferred a 125 or 250 MX (2 stroke of course). If it's the 250 you like accessible power like a 1000 gives. If it's the 125 you like to work for it. Pretty much comparable speed potential (within limits of course) but the bigger engine is for someone who like eyeball flattening thrust with 1/4 of 1 mm of throttle application throughout 4000 rpm to redline.
It's addidictive and not for everyone. When ridden hard you have to be more mindful of throttle control especially in corners, slippery conditions, and launching. The smaller engine is more forgiving since you can just wind down the revs a bit for a milder application of power than the 1000 will allow.
Get what feels best.
Before all the kids with 600's and 750's try to tell me I'm crazy and the 750 has great power consider that I rode it back to back with the GSXR1000 and a TL1000. Absolutely no comparison for street riding. They'll all generate speed and the 750 generates a lot of it really well but this isn't the racetrack is it?
I used to be able to just ask if you preferred a 125 or 250 MX (2 stroke of course). If it's the 250 you like accessible power like a 1000 gives. If it's the 125 you like to work for it. Pretty much comparable speed potential (within limits of course) but the bigger engine is for someone who like eyeball flattening thrust with 1/4 of 1 mm of throttle application throughout 4000 rpm to redline.
It's addidictive and not for everyone. When ridden hard you have to be more mindful of throttle control especially in corners, slippery conditions, and launching. The smaller engine is more forgiving since you can just wind down the revs a bit for a milder application of power than the 1000 will allow.
Get what feels best.
That could explain why so many people get killed on those bikes.
I ride a 750 on the street and a 1000 on the track, the 1000 is wayyyy more powerful than the 750 and feels a lot different.
LOL, can't throw a stone without hitting a crashed busa or zx14.
RR929
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I think OP wants some reassurance that a slight twist of the throttle will not sent him through orbit. I am guessing you are concern whether you can handle a litre bike. Judging from what you are saying, I think you should be relatively safe..despite you say you go a little above traffic flow, I think you ride your 600 like a granny anyway LOL
A litre bike and even a busa which I tried is really not that hard to ride it in a civilized way. Pushing it to the limit is a different matter altogether. Thank about it, even if you ride a busa, you still have to go slow sometime, traffic, parking lot whatever. It might be rare to see a litre bike on the hwy going 100km/hr but to each their own, besides every should obey traffic laws all the time.
You should get the litre bike. It's a lot better to have a granny ride it safely than a young kid with a few years down his belt, maxing out on a 600 on the street and move up to litre bikes to test his or her luck on the street longer.
A litre bike and even a busa which I tried is really not that hard to ride it in a civilized way. Pushing it to the limit is a different matter altogether. Thank about it, even if you ride a busa, you still have to go slow sometime, traffic, parking lot whatever. It might be rare to see a litre bike on the hwy going 100km/hr but to each their own, besides every should obey traffic laws all the time.
You should get the litre bike. It's a lot better to have a granny ride it safely than a young kid with a few years down his belt, maxing out on a 600 on the street and move up to litre bikes to test his or her luck on the street longer.
I'm not gonna read this whole thread, but here's my comment after reading the first few replies.
With all due respect, I will have to disagree with this statement. I've tried 600, 750 and 1000, and I'd describe the 750 as a 600 on steroids. 1000 is a whole different dimension.
I've had a 600, which was not even a "proper" 600 SS (Yamaha FZ6), and moved to a litre having the same worries as the OP regarding the power. While it's definitely there, it's nothing scary and nothing you can't handle. I found out the wrist "gets used" to the newly found power (or any different bike for that matter) as soon as your first trip out. You can die on a 600 just as easily as on a 1000, it's all in the nut sitting on the bike.
As for turning---again---all in the throttle control. 1000's are very comparable to 600's in the handling department for many years now.
^^ My opinion anyway..
With all due respect, I will have to disagree with this statement. I've tried 600, 750 and 1000, and I'd describe the 750 as a 600 on steroids. 1000 is a whole different dimension.
I've had a 600, which was not even a "proper" 600 SS (Yamaha FZ6), and moved to a litre having the same worries as the OP regarding the power. While it's definitely there, it's nothing scary and nothing you can't handle. I found out the wrist "gets used" to the newly found power (or any different bike for that matter) as soon as your first trip out. You can die on a 600 just as easily as on a 1000, it's all in the nut sitting on the bike.
As for turning---again---all in the throttle control. 1000's are very comparable to 600's in the handling department for many years now.
^^ My opinion anyway..
Here's what happens to someone without experience on a 919 hornet:
[video=youtube;L0NaqpW-9LA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0NaqpW-9LA[/video]
Wow, really kicked that back end out!
Roomie
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^^ because that's never happened on any bike to any other inexperienced rider. I know nothing should be street legal above 250 cc's
but using examples of people crashing is ridiculous. That can happen to any noob on any size of bike. Period.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zNUPDmnz4^^ because that's never happened on any bike to any other inexperienced rider. I know nothing should be street legal above 250 cc's
I'm sorry, but that duche is a morron!
Reasons:
He is driving out of the shop, god knows what got on tires.
Tires are not worm.
He revd it pretty hard for a parking lot.
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