Well fucking cunt flaps this is the second time i've waffled this post due to a bastard internal server error

I decided on wed that i fancied a new bike. I've had my gsxr 750 for 5.5 years now and it's 10 years old. I thought i wanted a new 750 as 1000 cc was too nuts for the road. I'd only ridden a pals gixxer thou k1 and another k4 and always had it in my head that i was better on the 750. I'm also suzuki/gsxr daft so it made sense.

Went to the showroom and organised a test ride for yesterday. Guy asked if i wanted to try anything else. I sort of fancied the gixxer thou but i really dislike the exhaust at either side so he said try the Kawasaki zx10R. Now this was known as a nutter when it first came out and has progressed to be the most powerful thou on the market at 186 bhp. Wet weight is 208Kg or so which is nuts. I said i'd try it.

Hauled my leathers out yesterday morning to find they had shrunk over winter Anyway squeezed in and off i went. I took the 750 out for a good 1.5 hrs. It was everything i expected a newer version to be. Comfortable, smaller, faster, good brakes etc. I loved it.

Got back and was apprahensive about the 10 but thought i'd give it a go. Out i went and found some open road to crack thr throttle open. FUCK ME IT'S AN ANIMAL. I thought my bike was reasonably fast having geared it down but this is a whole other world
I cant describe how straight line fast it is and it has the brakes to match. I felt so at home and actually fit really well at 6ft 4. I was worried it was track orientated and i'd be cramped. Quite the opposite. Gixxer was comfy but more arse up, leaning on wrists. Kwak is slightly less on wrists! SO i was hooked basically!

Who else has had the privelege of experiencing the 1000 cc power? It's hard to explain to non riders.
I know there are cars that can sometimes match bike acceleration stats and fair fucking play if anything gets near this bike

Anyway you can guess what i bought...

 

A knackered computer that posts everything twice?

 

It told me there was a cunting server error and i was raging and retyped the post and now i find it's already there

 

looks that way!

 

I'm surprised you bothered to be brutally honest.

It wasn't that interesting a story the first time round. The second time just made me realise how I'm still only interested in you squeezed into some leathers.

 

I'll post a pic for you tomorrow Paddy when i collect my bike.

You'll have the wank of your life.

 

id love to go on the back of one of them (not getting my bike licence till ive got my car one sorted and have got a niceish car) but i know itd scare the shit outta me, i think im going to come off the back of my dads and thats only got about 60hp

hows the handeling compared of the thou to the 750?

 

What colour is this beast then ?

Steve

 

Brilliant. I felt even better on the zx than then 750 and it's already very good! I think the 750 is maybe too small a frame for me. It's the same as the 600 i think. The 10 gave me a little more room and felt great in the corners. There's one particular long left hander that i did 100 round EASY and it felt great. Love it.

 

As I said, not interested in bikes but watched this extremely informative review [] and it does look pretty! Are you getting the bogey green colour and will you be getting an open faced helmet like they had on CHIPS?

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne...?&R=EPI-121894

 

better all round then

 

It's posts like this as a non-rider that make me want a bike or at least a go on a bike as a passenger

Can't really comprehend what the acceleration will be like over say a 400 brake Saff?

 

Iv had a couple lol.

There so much more lazy to ride its ace! Will you being doing any track days? as the zx10r has a gearbox that can some times spit the dummy lol.

Im going to wait until the new BMW comes down a bit possibly next year.

Gaz

 

By what you were saying on the blower it sounds like a really really cool bike.

Just wish i could be ready to tag along when you come out

 

its fucking insane.
lol!

 

Snap. I've only just started looking into getting onto two wheels after ten years of driving. There's a 750 VFR tucked away in our garage which has got me curiously interested.

The notion of riding at full chat on a litre sportsbike is mindblowing.

 

welcome to the world of litre bikes,unless you've ridden one you carnt describe the rush of speed,the ease of overtaking,i prefer litre bikes because you can potter about on them if you want,they are so easy to ride,i had a r1 and it was the dogs,i have ridden all the 04 bikes on test and i must admit the blade was evan easer to ride,felt like a six...........

 

Pick up my new Gixxer 1000 tomorrow morning. Cant wait .................

 

Not green no It's that exact white bike in the vid. Got a cracking deal with loads of extras

Si, it'd absolutely mince a 400bhp saff into next week. Totally utterly flatten it, even up over a ton where cars get better etc. It's honestly that fast. Remember i have a 400 bhp cossie!

i can see the lazy higher geared riding

not tracking yet as im a pussy and no danger i'd track a brand new bike


Fingers crossed you make progress tonight and get a run before i head off.

 

Bout time you bought a Man's bike Chop

Litre's are awesome, you can lazily trundle along with the engine barely idleing or go to the other extreme and give it some welly and feel a rush you will never ever feel in a car.

 

I have had a good few 1000cc just sold my K3 gsxr thou before that had a zx10-r and a couple of R1s
as you say the power and acceleration is unreal BUT they are so much easier to potter around on in top gear overtaking etc is so easy its frightening

 

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Bah! Sportsbikes aren't the logical choice in today's traffic congested, pot-holed shitty roads. You should get yourself one of these

 

189bhp, 208kg thats over 900BHP per ton that would be shit your pants scarey, a 400bhp escort cossy would have around 310bhp per ton. Thats a seriously quick piece of machinery

 

i love my R1, had a R6 before it and felt i was sat in the bike if that makes sense, with the R1 yr sat on it and the power is unreal!!

used to do loads of track days on the R6, cbr600 and zx9 but the R1 is a animal on track and road!!

welcome to the 1 litre club!!!

 

My Ducati 996 is near enough 1000cc, but only makes 115bhp at the back wheel, can't imagine how fucking ridiculous a modern 1000 is! Non bikers, basically as long as you can keep the front wheel somewhere near the road, a good sportsbike will do 100mph as fast as you can wind the throttle on!

 

Yeah av had a go of a 07 ZX10 .. Day 'n' Night over a 600 ..

ZX10 does 84mph in second Give it a try Chop

 

Chop, i have a tuned gsxr1000 and its mental fast, used it on the track and on the road, going to sell it when i get back from the north west 200, you know what i am going to buy??..........





gsxr 750 !!!!
going to stick a power commander etc on it but i want to experiendce the decent handling. Had 600`s, 1000`s and now this tuned 1000 but have never had the 750 which is meant to be the best of both worlds....gotta try it.

 

I love my 130bhp 916 tbh the r1 was too fast for me at 150bhp fuck trying these new gen bikes!

 

I had a k6 tho and loved it the only bike I wish I never sold. It was a great road bike and an animal on track. I could do sub 8 min laps of the ring it was ace

 

Good choice Chop, there is a lad down road from me who has a 09 ZX10R in white. He wheelies it everywhere!

Iv got it in my head and heart that ill have a bike before the end of June.

Already been out getting prices on a R6 (first bike). Hope to eventually go up to the litre class once I have a bit more experience.

 

Nice purchase chop,mind the pics tomorrow please.

 

Yep, ridden a few
Sounds like a summer full of fun for you
Painted one a while ago and just had to road test it to make sure the paint was ok

 

Looks stunnin chop be careful tho mate!!

I cant begin to imagine how fast these bikes must be, my 400 odd bhp 200sx scares the shite out of me as it is

on that vid, the bike got to something like 184 at the end of the runway, thats roundabout what begbie done in his sapph? whats the deal there...?


P.s. Frankie the biker bird would get sausaged Know many biker chicks chop?

 

I've owned and ridden quite a few litre bikes, 1st r1 many years ago blew me away but riding the first generation zx10r was as amazing all over again (over an old r1).

 

600 and 750s are a waest of time lol yeah new ones with 130 140 bhp are fast till u get to about 100 then there not that fast thats were a 1000 comes into its own my r1 was so much faster than my 600 gsxr it was unreal people who say 600s and 750s arnt much slower are jokers lol id say get one and will never look back! i have always liked zx10s but for me it would have to be the new r1 or maybe the gsxr but them exhausts look horrid but they do look good when u have binned them! but then the new bmw dose seem to be kicking jap arse lol will be good to see how rutter gets on with one on the tt!. Must say though as much as i loved my bike on the move my cossie was faster lol

 

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My mate just sold his k4 1000.

He's doing the same, said the things fookin awsome!!!!!

Gaz

 

Did you not fancy a blade or anything Chop? Always said if i ever get a bigger bike id love a blade!

 

You really do not want to ride the new blade ...... It will have you beating up old grannies to get £10k double quick, I have ridden an 09 and its the worst thing I have ever done, Ive wanted 1 ever since.