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Screen looks good.

Tch.

Keep that horizon level.

Dodgy knees wrote: Sat Nov 20, 2021 1:18 pm Screen looks good.

Yes it was worth trawling Google and eBay to find it

Screen looks really good

As does the bike, not jealous at all

I've now done 650 miles on it, I think I've had it 3 weekends, maybe 4, it took me 3 years to do 3000 miles on my FZ.

Been out for an hours ride on it today, really enjoyed it, roads were a bit muddy and slippery in places but you can ride it like a big supermoto and it's fine.

It really is a hooligan bike, I found myself doing silly speeds.

Saw a black and white one today with a yellow belly pan, looked really nice, possibly would prefer a white belly pan but still nice. Headlight is nicer on the 750 than the 1000 imo.

It's an expensive headlight, nearly £300.

Potter wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:55 am I think this one looks ace...
https://shifting-gears.com/suzuki-gsx-s ... in-france/

Looks nice enough yeah, but still is an IL4 engine which puts it pretty much instantly to a NO in my book. Despite being an efficient and simple engine configuration when it comes to riding, i do struggle to get excited by IL4s

Back in the late 90's, early 00's I had a R6. I rode all the other 600's and it was head and shoulders above everything else in the exciting engine stakes.

If you thought the R6 was dull you should have tried an SRAD 600.

Potter wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:12 am

weeksy wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:59 am
Looks nice enough yeah, but still is an IL4 engine which puts it pretty much instantly to a NO in my book. Despite being an efficient and simple engine configuration when it comes to riding, i do struggle to get excited by IL4s

I think it depends on the overall package, my old R6 was utter dogshit because the package wasn't brilliant and the engine was dull as ditch water unless you revved the knackers off it, but that same engine in a naked might have been brilliant as a hooligan type bike.

The CB1000R was absolutely glorious a package, but the engine was just waaaaaaaaaah, waaaaaaaaah, without any redeeming features in it, it was fast of course, it's a 150+bhp naked.... but i didn't get off it thinking WOW in an engine context.... Handling though i did.

Potter wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:55 am I think this one looks ace...
https://shifting-gears.com/suzuki-gsx-s ... in-france/

I'd love a pair of those pipes

In 2003 I test rode a 2003 R6, I liked the engine but I also test rode a 2002 GSXR 750, which was just a much better bike, so I bought the GSXR.

I don't like 4 stroke twins, other people don't like inline 4s, so what, all it proves is that people are different, not that one engine is better than another.

I've just been reading a period 600 group test (it's your fault) and they rave about the original R6, it was a truly epic machine for it's time. The first proper 600 sports bike with the emphasis on 'sport'.

I can't believe you didn't like it.

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:36 am I've just been reading a period 600 group test (it's your fault) and they rave about the original R6, it was a truly epic machine for it's time. The first proper 600 sports bike with the emphasis on 'sport'.

I can't believe you didn't like it.

I can clearly remember when one of the monthlies (either Bike or Ride) did a "10 greatest bikes ever" feature and put the R6 in second place. There argument was something along the lines of "it's the best bike you can buy today, therefore it must be great".

I should imagine the GSXS is similar to the 06 Z750 I had. Whilst the motor loved to be trashed and made most of it's power up top it also had a nice usable midrange. Compared to the ZX6 my brother had at the time you'd have to often be changing gear twice as much as on the 750 for the same progress. Around town the 750 was fine just pootling around at 4-6k without needing to knock it down for overtakes like on my older Fazer but comparatively you still needed to rev it to get it really hauling.

I loved the Z and it's why I still fancy the GSXS now as it's a more modern improved version I'd imagine. I like working an engine to have fun.

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:14 am Back in the late 90's, early 00's I had a R6. I rode all the other 600's and it was head and shoulders above everything else in the exciting engine stakes.

If you thought the R6 was dull you should have tried an SRAD 600.

I've still got a 98 model R6 as a track bike and had a 2004 R6 as a road bike. My biggest issue with the 2004 was it was crippling me when I commuted on it else I'd have kept it longer. Like all sports 600s it needed winding up but it went well.

The SRAD 600 was awful. I had a Fazer 600 at the time and the Fazer was better for anything but 10k rpm + on the Gixxer. It handled brilliantly but the engine was sooooo gutless except at extreme rpm.

I also rode a GSR600 in about 2005, it was the worst motorcycle engine I've ever used, it had a power band like an air cooled two stroke MX bike, but with four stroke power delivery once in that power band.

I had a 600 Hornet, more nimble than the 900 Hornet it replaced, but by fook it was hard work to ride! Party didn't get started until 10k, which may have been fun on the open road, but when commuting and looking for instant torque to blast through the opening gaps, it was pretty much useless. The SV650 that followed was a revelation...

Taipan wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:31 am I had a 600 Hornet, more nimble than the 900 Hornet it replaced, but by fook it was hard work to ride! Party didn't get started until 10k, which may have been fun on the open road, but when commuting and looking for instant torque to blast through the opening gaps, it was pretty much useless. The SV650 that followed was a revelation...

That was the benefit of the Z, more midrange than the 600s. That model Z was France's top selling bike for a while I seem to recall. Esp as it was bang on France's BHP limit which made a lot of bigger bikes popular here pointless there.