[MentalFacility]

Oh well, im planning to buy a brand new CBR1K this april, and i would like to know how it possitions itself amoung other bikes like R1, Gixxers, ZR10 and Duc's 999 and 996.

So as far as i get it it goes this way:

R1~GXR1k>CBR1K>>ZR10~999>>996

So it would be cool if someone could fix that formula + add cons and pros of some bikes.

[rb1]

Define "performance".

[JeepinJeff]

Ok, I'll be the one to ask,

Was the vtr250 your first bike? Have you ever ridden a bike in the 1000 catagory before?

Unless you're going straight to the track, and maybe you are, in this day and age all those bikes you've mentioned have more "performance" built in to them than 90% of the people that ride ( on the street) them can ever use.

[sinfuldragon]

Just a guess here... but I'm betting he wants to know... on the interstate when another bike is passing him what one can he use to outrun the other.

[Quick 26]

Originally Posted by sinfuldragon

Just a guess here... but I'm betting he wants to know... on the interstate when another bike is passing him what one can he use to outrun the other.

[JeepinJeff]

Originally Posted by sinfuldragon

Just a guess here... but I'm betting he wants to know... on the interstate when another bike is passing him what one can he use to outrun the other.

on just one wheel, right?

[sinfuldragon]

well down on two just wouldn't be as flashy now would it

[Quick 26]

we were out yesterday and passed some kids and that is all they wanted us to do was to pick it up, i just shook my head and kept on getting up

[sinfuldragon]

I hate it when the people in the Saturn, or Honda Del Sol come up and want to race with ya... I guess power to weight ratio means nothing to them

[slickwill]

hate it when the people in the Saturn, or Honda Del Sol come up and want to race with ya... I guess power to weight ratio means nothing to them

No joke, I can't believe how often that happens. I've had everything from teenagers in mommies Tahoe to some middle-age guy in a Taurus try to get me to race, or they won't actually make any motion to me but they'll be creeping trying to jump the light. I generally always just let them go. Every now and then when they are being really stupid about it I just shut them down so fast from 0-30 that they don't know what happened then I'll cruise at the speed limit and they come blowing by ten seconds later at 50 mph and think they won "the race."

[JeepinJeff]

couple years ago i caused a kid to get a ticket because of that. He rolled up in a Subaru wrx and started to rev the engine. There was a cop across the street in the turn lane but obviously this idiot didn't see him. I glanced over, nodded my head, and cracked the throttle a couple times. Light turn green, he squeels the tires through the light and I just putted away. Cop instantly turned on his lights, did a u-turn and pulled the genius over. I'm still pretty happy about that one.

[slickwill]

Totally hijacked that thread, sorry. I don't think you can really compare the Duc's to the other three. If I had an extra $15K I would look for a mint condition 996 in a heartbeat. Personal preference but I think they are the best looking bike of all time. If I had an extra $30K I would look for one of the limited edition 999R's. I bought my F4i based completely on performance, comparisons, opinions, reliability, etc. Something like a Ducati would be based completely on pure emotion, and bling factor.

[slickwill]

couple years ago i caused a kid to get a ticket because of that.

That has been my goal for years in both my car and on my bike. Complete justice for their idiocy.

[f1_hurricane]

Originally Posted by sinfuldragon

I hate it when the people in the Saturn, or Honda Del Sol come up and want to race with ya... I guess power to weight ratio means nothing to them

Well they defiinatly dont hold a candle to a neon ON THE HIGHWAY because a neon will smoke any 600 race repli sport bike out there ON THE HIGHWAY





if you weren't around for that..look that thread up for a laugh

[A.F.T.C.T.T.G.]

Originally Posted by Quick 26

we were out yesterday and passed some kids and that is all they wanted us to do was to pick it up, i just shook my head and kept on getting up

I did have a guy in an 2007 'Vette pulled along side after we split off yesterday. That car doesn't even have what it takes to "outperform" a litre-bike.
Yes, I know, I must learn to control my agressive, compulsive behavior when jackholes in "hotrod" cars pull along side me and give me the "throttle assault" maneuver. I'm learning

[Quick 26]

Originally Posted by f1_hurricane

Well they defiinatly dont hold a candle to a neon ON THE HIGHWAY because a neon will smoke any 600 race repli sport bike out there ON THE HIGHWAY





if you weren't around for that..look that thread up for a laugh

that was a good read i remember that one

Originally Posted by A.F.T.C.T.T.G.

I did have a guy in an 2007 'Vette pulled along side after we split off yesterday. That car does even have what it takes to "outperform" a litre-bike.
Yes, I know, I must learn to control my agressive, compulsive behavior when jackholes in "hotrod" cars pull along side me and give me the "throttle assault" maneuver. I'm learning

those kids were on the right hand side when we were leaving from out of the middle of no where (way down by the water)

[A.F.T.C.T.T.G.]

Originally Posted by Quick 26

that was a good read i remember that one





those kids were on the right hand side when we were leaving from out of the middle of no where (way down by the water)

Were they in a gray/black Honda Civic that was tailing us for several miles???

[Quick 26]

it was on our way back out of that area, they were in a yard playing basketball

[A.F.T.C.T.T.G.]

Originally Posted by Quick 26

it was on our way back out of that area, they were in a yard playing basketball

Didn't see them

[sinfuldragon]

Originally Posted by f1_hurricane

Well they defiinatly dont hold a candle to a neon ON THE HIGHWAY because a neon will smoke any 600 race repli sport bike out there ON THE HIGHWAY





if you weren't around for that..look that thread up for a laugh

Tried to look it up, not having any luck

[Quick 26]

Originally Posted by A.F.T.C.T.T.G.

Didn't see them

didnt miss anything. did you see that trailer for that harley that looked like a car?

[Quick 26]

Originally Posted by sinfuldragon

Tried to look it up, not having any luck

it starts at the end of this page. i cant find his first rant about a neon by HCCAfan.

Considering my first bike

[f1_hurricane]

post number 55 on the above mentioned thread and it just continues downward from there

[slickwill]

it starts at the end of this page. i cant find his first rant about a neon by HCCAfan.

Just read all five pages of that thread, freakin' amusing.

Every week when I would fill my bike the kid at the gas station would come out and we would have the same conversation, " hey man, I love your bike, can it wheelie." I would say, "sure can, but I'm not planning on have my bike impounded or killing someone." Then he'd mumble on about how I don't know what I'm talking about, the bike must be slow, blah, blah, blah. Being insulted by 16 year old gas station clerks really hurts ya know...

[sinfuldragon]

Originally Posted by Quick 26

it starts at the end of this page. i cant find his first rant about a neon by HCCAfan.

Considering my first bike

All that good fighting and I missed it???? Crap!

[A.F.T.C.T.T.G.]

Originally Posted by Quick 26

didnt miss anything. did you see that trailer for that harley that looked like a car?

I saw that last year at the Chesapeake Bike Classic