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skibunny

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Hey, fantastic! I just read a more detailed review, I'll dig out some quotes for you, but basically they really liked it. They said it had that X factor that makes you fall in love with a bike rather than it being a set of performance statistics.

I live fairly close to the factory, find out what bike number you're getting and I'll pop by and get some photos of it for you

Me sitting on it

Me riding it

Me crashing it

Mitch
 
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darknight911

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I know the bike number of what it will be when it arrives in australia, but that hasn't been paired with an actually machine yet!

Yeah it really is an amazing bike. Before I started riding, I had imagined what my perfect bike would be. And I never thought it would exist, until I saw the pictures of it in a bike mag. I have read a lot of reviews on it. Everybody loves it. And I really like the size of it, perfect 600 for midgets like me! I can't get a foot on the ground on the CBR 600's which kind of put me off them. The 675 is so much narrower, its a lot easier for me to get on!
 
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krstfr

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These are my trips from bike number 7, a '97 Yamaha RSTD



http://starling.us/royal_star

Bikes 7...1: Harley 1000 Sportster, Honda 750-Four chopper, Honda 450 DOHC, Honda 350 DOHC, Yamaha YL100, Yamaha 60. Those over a span from now back until 1972.

Gan Uesli Starling
Kalamazoo MI USA
 
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umpiresweet

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Well I’ve gone and done it. My old Ducati has been sold. This leaves me rather sad, but it had to be done as I can’t afford another bike without selling it. I need a bike that I can ride every day to work and the Ducati was allergic to wet weather. I also wanted to move to a reliable electric start system as kick starting her was not doing my old injuries any good.

I now have a long wait until next weekend when I can deliver her to the new owner and get paid. So far I’ve looking at a 1998 CBR900RR, VTR1000, TL1000S or Triumph T595. I’m not sure which way I will go they all have good points, I hate making decisions like this. Anyone have any experiance with these models, I've had a 1994 Fireblade so I have some idea of this model. So far I'm edging towards the 98 Blade like the one below.
 
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va8326

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I have never owned a big bike before. I mean other than cars I've only driven scooters. Question is that I am thinking of getting this bike:






This bike is capable of running up to 16,200 rpm. Nice , very nice.


What do I need to do in order to ride one of them?




All advice is greatly appreciated.



DC.
 
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murphywingedspur

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The R6 is a top bike. Like all race rep 600’s it makes most of its power in the upper rev range. They do handle very well, but may require you to get used to the nervousness feel of the bike, you may even feel the need to fit a steering damper

I would suggest doing a good ridding course if you don’t have much experience and go to a few track days so you can get to know it in safety.
 
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Nandini

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I used to have a 94 model a few years ago; this is a picture of it. They are a great bike, although a little dated to look at, they are still fast and fun. On my old one I get down to low 1:50's at Eastern Creek Raceway on road tyres, that's still a respectable time for a standard road bike.


I’m also looking at a VTR1000 like the pic below.
 
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HallBaller

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I guess you know all this Colin, but if you're running respectable lap times on track and go for either the Firestorm or the TL1000s I think you might be disappointed.

The Firestorm is compromised by budget suspension and was never really designed as a track tool. A good road bike in a slightly more sedate way, but the only people who've done anything on track with them have thrown away everything except the frame and engine and started again!

As for the TL1000S, I rode one and loved it as a road bike; a fantastic engine that really pulls, addictive top end as well as typical V twin stomp. But again it was compromised by dodgey suspension, that rotary damper never worked and a whole industry grew up modifying or completely replacing it. It also has to have a steering damper IMHO.

The 'Blade will give you Honda quality, fantastic handling and a quality engine. I suppose another alternative might be a '98 R1? I owned one for 3 years and it was fantastic, mental as anything when you were in the mood but tractable and torquey when you weren't (it outperforms the new R1 everywhere below about 10000rpm in terms of bhp/ft-lbs) Performance Bikes recently took a 98 model, uprated the suspension and added a full race exhaust system and ended up with a bike in the ball park of the current model.

Plus it looks fab in red/white!

Mitch
 
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KelliJ

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I’m not too worried by track performance and I like the mid range of the twins. If I went with the VTR I would have to spend a bit of time revalving the suspension and playing with ride heights but I’m sure it would end up reasonably quick. When they came out I had a TRX850 and a mate had the VTR with some suspension mods, it was pretty quick, low 1:50’s at Eastern Creek. The TRX was hopelessly underpowered on the track but was quite fast on the road. Even so it could still do high 1:50’s. Most of the work is getting them to feel good and respond the way you like. The TRX had dodgy old tech damper rod forks with very soft springs, but once I got the ride heights right and got the bike to work how I liked it to it performed fairly good. The trouble is I just like too many different bikes. An R1 is a definite proposition, as an SP1, SV1000S or 748 if I can find them in my pric range.
 
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yoe

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Been riding all in all about 8 years and presently have a ZXR400. I love this bike and I use it to commute and travel around the UK and Europe without any problems.



Anyone going to Donington MotoGP this year?

If any of you UK R1 owners are interested my mates selling his license plate (R1 YMA).
 
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CountPontduChardon

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Was at the Glasgow MAG Easter egg run on Sunday, over 7,000 bikes including street legal quads and trikes (and Domino's pizza mopeds). Over 9'000 easter eggs for kids in hospitals and care homes and special needs adults and £2,500 raised for Yorkhill childrens hospital, plus got to see someone doing a burner 6 feet from a policeman with no helmet on.
 
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JTKG

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Would that be Thruxton British Superbike, rather than Moto GP?

I watched it on telly. Man, that is a big, fast, open, scarey track! I've never ridden there, and watching that race I'm not sure I want to!

Doesn't look like anyone is going to stop Lavilla this season either, though that's no surprise; it was a crying shame he dropped out of WSB as he was doing some great things there too.

Leon Haslam looks to have moved up a notch too, hard to remember how young he is. He's still got the opportunity of WSB or even MotoGP and is one to watch for the future if he can continue to improve.

Mitch
 
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