Heres the bike i am buying in Spring...

That Repsol seems overpriced... A friend of mine has one and they are nice bikes, but he's also an expert rider..

I'm new to riding myself, bought an '07 R6s last March. Thought to myself, "it's only a 600..." I had never ridden before and little did I know... Had the bike delivered, put it away, and the next weekend I took the MSF course and you train on 250cc bikes, when I was done with the course I was scared to ride mine, the 250's had plenty of power... But I ponied up, rode it every weekend for a couple months and quickly racked up 3000 miles. The 600 has more power than anyone needs, especially a beginner. The new 600s will top out in the 160-170mph range and most people will never go that fast..

Picked up the bike for $7800 otd, brand new...

You seem set on the Repsol, but there are much better deals to be had out there..
 
yamahaboy701 said:
Its just a slip on. The full system is really nice but the bike is already fast, no point in making it faster (would have bought an R1). What I do have done that is well worth it is a power command with a 2 hour dyno session (custom map). It was a new bike to me once I had that done, so much smoother from 4000-9000rpm. Not pictured is Front and Rear vortex sprocket with new chain. Stock gearing because I work 35 minutes from my house and 30mins is on a interstate.

Kinda my first bike too. I have rode many bikes working at the dealership and knew what I wanted plus I knew the owner and history of my bike. Looking to sell it for a FZ1.

Last little thing is a friend bought a R1 for his first bike, rode it 50miles and sold it. He said he needed the money but the look on his face after riding the bike told me he was scared of it. lol
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I made the PC3 USB map for the 03 r6 of my friends on my own. I simply rode the bike, and noted where it needed more or less fuel. From there I adjusted the generic map that someone had upladed, and tweaked it to make it even better, all by butt dyno. The real dyno backed up the results and showed consistently 110-112 hp on all 3 dyno runs on the 2 eddy current dynojet 250 dynos in Milwaukee. The dyno operators at those 2 places asked where he had it tuned because it performed extremely well for a stock no motor work done r6 in 03, and he told them in my garage and my own map. The one dyno shootout day nobody came within 5hp of his r6 on a true 600 machine. There were a few other R6's there that day, including 2 03's. Pretty funny seeing that I did the map myself. ;)
 
Exciter570 said:
That Repsol seems overpriced... A friend of mine has one and they are nice bikes, but he's also an expert rider..

I'm new to riding myself, bought an '07 R6s last March. Thought to myself, "it's only a 600..." I had never ridden before and little did I know... Had the bike delivered, put it away, and the next weekend I took the MSF course and you train on 250cc bikes, when I was done with the course I was scared to ride mine, the 250's had plenty of power... But I ponied up, rode it every weekend for a couple months and quickly racked up 3000 miles. The 600 has more power than anyone needs, especially a beginner. The new 600s will top out in the 160-170mph range and most people will never go that fast..

Picked up the bike for $7800 otd, brand new...

You seem set on the Repsol, but there are much better deals to be had out there..
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Yeah, those little 600's now are quite impressive. And yours isn't the latest and greatest 600 either, the non S newer design R6 is a few steps beyond the old r6's version, and those were plenty capable. I rode my friends 06 636 kawasaki, and I could have sworn it was a 750 by the way it felt.

I personally believe we should have a graduated CC limit for newer riders like they have in Europe.
 
Yamidude59 said:
400 miles on it! thats barely considering used. but used in deed.

that bike new was probably close to 11,400 Just not sure whats goin on with their mentality with the pricing.
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Depends on how those 400 miles were ridden... break in time on these bikes is critical, and if was abused during these 400 miles, then you're looking at problems later on down the line..
 
Exciter570 said:
Depends on how those 400 miles were ridden... break in time on these bikes is critical, and if was abused during these 400 miles, then you're looking at problems later on down the line..
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Actually, I would be worried that it was babied too much, and not had its oil changed after 200 miles versus what you are thinking.

In reason of course. Obviously bouncing it off its redline the first time it is run isn't a wise idea, but not breaking it in properly will lead to reduced power versus what a good breaking in will do.
 
lol!^^^

Thanks horkn and blueblooded i appreciate what you guys have to say and take it seriously.... Part of me wants a 600 so i will live longer, but the other part of me lives like my sig.
 
Yamidude59 said:
lol!^^^

Thanks horkn and blueblooded i appreciate what you guys have to say and take it seriously.... Part of me wants a 600 so i will live longer, but the other part of me lives like my sig.
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No problem,good luck with whatever you choose.Whether you get the 6 or the 1000 just RESPECT IT and you'll be fine.When you get too confident and you begin to lose respect for the bike is when it will bite ya....be careful.
 
I've never ridden a new literbike, i heard they do powerwheelies if you grab alot of throttle all the way to 4th gear. thats what scares me.
 
cacsrx1 said:
No they wont.
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Not stock at least.... You would need to have them geared to high hell to do that.

At least he is getting the idea that a literbike should be respected, but IMHO, all bikes should be.
 
I have respect for literbikes and aware of what can happen if you aren't paying attention... I like this repsol. Still looking around tho.
 
My buddy has one of them it's an awesome bike.I bought a 2008 gsxr 1000 this summer.it's pretty nut you can power wheelie with it easly not even lettting off the gas and cracking it again just be riding and floor it and it comes up at 70mph.
 
those gsxr 1000's are saaaaweet bikes, aren't they one of the more bawlzier liter bikes out there hp wise?

I perfer honda, just because I love the honda motors, my buddy drives an acura legnd witha honda motor in it with over 250,00 thoughsand miles on original powertrain... Thats why i like honda.
 
The gsxr was the quickest in the 2008 shoot out.If I remember right on all 4 maufactures thre all within 8hp for 2008's.I agree with you on the honda reliablity.With quads and atv's I'm a suzuki and honda guy.I'm actually going to sell my gsxr in spring for something else.
 
Actually the ZX10r kawi was the most powerful 08 literbike, but you can't go wrong with a suzuki. they are tried and true, and have a huge race backing. Now the kawi is really nice, but it does not handle out of the box like the others. The honda is the most forgiving, and easiest of the 1000's to ride.

All are very dependable.
 
the time is coming to where i'm buying a bike, i'd say in a month in a half or two.

Whats all this talk i read about that the cbr1000 is the slower of the other liter bikes? thought they were all governed at the same speed? not like i care about top end like that, just curious to know why they say its not the fastest.
 
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