15front sprocket review (and a rip on a gixxer750)
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15front sprocket review (and a rip on a gixxer750)
Put on my new 15tooth vortex countershaft sprocket today. I was really impressed how much it changed the bike! The difference is great, I now would call my bike "fast" whereas before I would have added caveats to that adjective. Its amazing how far $26 will go to make a bike just enough faster to be finally "fast enough" (for now anyway).
On another note, my buddy bought a 03 GSXR 750, real good shape with new Pilot Power 2ct's. We traded bikes for a few miles of twisties. That bike is SUPER flickable, morso than 600's I've ridden of the same year. The engine is funny. While i've never been one to put the honda twin on a pedestal, the gsxr 750 really doesn't have anymore lowend than a 600. It was nice to have another 4000 rpms to play with but was a hard adjustment to have the first 6000 to be useless. But the midrange is good and that topend is just retarded. While I didn't want to go out and buy one, I did conclude that if I ever own a gixxer it will NOT be a 600 as long as the big brother exists. It made me wish my Hawk handled a lot better, but made me appreciate the powerplant.
On another note, my buddy bought a 03 GSXR 750, real good shape with new Pilot Power 2ct's. We traded bikes for a few miles of twisties. That bike is SUPER flickable, morso than 600's I've ridden of the same year. The engine is funny. While i've never been one to put the honda twin on a pedestal, the gsxr 750 really doesn't have anymore lowend than a 600. It was nice to have another 4000 rpms to play with but was a hard adjustment to have the first 6000 to be useless. But the midrange is good and that topend is just retarded. While I didn't want to go out and buy one, I did conclude that if I ever own a gixxer it will NOT be a 600 as long as the big brother exists. It made me wish my Hawk handled a lot better, but made me appreciate the powerplant.
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i have a 15/41 and a did super street chain waiting to go on. i'm looking forward to the change.
forget the gixxer 750. you need the 1000. too bad i just sold mine. that thing was an absoluter beast. it would rip your arms off and flatten your eyeballs in low,mid, and high rpm.
forget the gixxer 750. you need the 1000. too bad i just sold mine. that thing was an absoluter beast. it would rip your arms off and flatten your eyeballs in low,mid, and high rpm.
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As for the gixxer 1000- I think I'd go zx10r... I've got loyalties. 954rr or 1000rr would make the list too. I am still amazed the other 3 dont do 750 or 800s especially with reduced moto gp displacement. Maybe I'll just save my milk money and get an 848
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He had ridden my bike before. I trust him so I let him ride it when I got it. I've logged thousands of miles with him and we used to swap bikes back when I had a zx6r and he had an ex500 and then an Interceptor.
His feedback is that it definitely rips and lots of fun and while more usable is much less flickable. I agree with him.
I love the hawk, its grown on me since day 1 when I'd write all sorts of mean stuff on this forum. But its future in my garage will be as a touring and two-up bike for occasional solo use once I graduate and pick up the 636 you all say is such a pig.
His feedback is that it definitely rips and lots of fun and while more usable is much less flickable. I agree with him.
I love the hawk, its grown on me since day 1 when I'd write all sorts of mean stuff on this forum. But its future in my garage will be as a touring and two-up bike for occasional solo use once I graduate and pick up the 636 you all say is such a pig.
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if you shift early enough and run same rpms (so 10 mph less than before- actual not indicated) it should get same mpgs.
its like swapping axles on a truck. If you drive it so the engine speed is the same it wont be any less efficient
its like swapping axles on a truck. If you drive it so the engine speed is the same it wont be any less efficient
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i switched bikes with a friend who has a 600F4I and he was favorably impressed with the usable torque, with the ease of turn-in, with the sound and feel characteristic of the twin, and the benefits of compression braking in terms of smoothness in the twisties. Conversely, i felt the need to keep more pressure at the bars longer to carve accurately and found myself having to use the gearbox more than i have been accustomed to. The 600 was smooth but lacked the happy sounds and vibes that add so much character and excitement to riding a twin.
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