For the street there is no comparison, the Gixxer 1000 was outstanding. Actually any of the liter bikes would be awesome on the street. The 6R leaves allot to be desired on the street after coming off a liter bike. You do not realize what you had until it’s gone.

I bought the 6R mostly for track days so I knew what I was getting into.

The 6R is way more fun on the track compared to the Gixxer 1K. I am not battling the 1K constantly spinning up the rear tireand the front end lifting to the sky.

When I do ride on the street with friends who are all still on liter bikes I have to push the 6R extremely hard to hang with them. While I can get themin areas of tight chained corners as soon as there is open space or sweepers they are long gone.

I would wait and see what happens in the liter bike world for 08 as the rumor is Kawi and Honda are going to come out with some real rippers.

 

Welcome also, we all need some tips on track days so hope you don't mind some questions. Supposed to do my first one on July 7th in Mid-Ohio. Should be interesting...

 

well i won't be taking my bike(s) to the track so looks like Suzuki it is next year. quick question though, not only is this my first bike but i've only been riding since Friday so excuse my novice'ness lol. what is a "liter" bike?

 

A 1000 CC bike is called a liter bike.

Make sure you get allot of seat time if you plan to jump to a liter bike next year.

Liter bikes are not friendly or forgiving and will bite back hard.Little things likegiving it a little to much throttle in a corner you can loose the rear in a heartbeat.

I am not going to preach and by all means do what makes you happy but my advice is no way on moving up to a liter bike only after 1 year of seat time.

 

1000 cc's is 1 liter. You were messin' with the question right RCJ?

 

Welcome and congrats on the New Kawi!

 

unforutnately, no lol. This is how much i know about bikes lol.

Thanks rraider for the tips. it all depends on how comfortable i feel at the end of the year... i may jump to a 750 instead but we'll see.

 

Could you please post some pics of this throttle kit. Im a little slow and would like to see what it looks like.

 

It looks just like this except I made it myself out of PVC pipe. You do not need to do any cutting like you need to do for the brg. It was not hard.

http://www.brgracing.com/throttle.html

 

Thanks a bunch. Still considering if i want to do it to my bike
but the info was much appreciated.