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Old 03-05-2009, 02:29 AM   #51
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no, i wont put hid headlights on cause i dont want to hide the giant ass ballast boxes :P i helped gixxer1k put em on his k5 and it was a giant pain in the ass. but seriously, you dont keep a certain philosophy in choosing upgrades for your bike?
Whatever! The last link I posted was for a kit with the super small ballasts so :P to you poophead!
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Old 03-05-2009, 11:27 AM   #52
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you guys do know that the new ZX10 will run circles around the old one and leave everything in the dust except a busa and a ZX14 (not talking mods here)
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Old 03-05-2009, 12:24 PM   #53
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So that R1 is scarlet and black right? When you opt for that duc... im all over that baby! haha

But isnt it usually the other way around? 600 for street, 1000 for track???
Yes scarlet and black but I won't be doing any new bike shopping anytime soon...according to the wife.

The 600 is easier to flick around on the track...the R1 is easier on the street because I don't have to downshift everytime or at least as often when I want to speed up.

You have to wind the R6 up above 12k to really get the power...but once above 10k or so it wakes right up.
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Old 03-05-2009, 01:18 PM   #54
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you guys do know that the new ZX10 will run circles around the old one and leave everything in the dust except a busa and a ZX14 (not talking mods here)
if both are stock it should beast the hyperbikes too. Rider battle for sure
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Old 03-05-2009, 03:46 PM   #55
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if both are stock it should beast the hyperbikes too. Rider battle for sure
cornering would be where you would get the busa. don't know if you've rode a 14 (I've taken test rides only) but it seems to me to handle better than the 10.
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Old 03-05-2009, 04:16 PM   #56
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havent tried a hyper yet. Dont really know anyone who rides em lol
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Old 03-05-2009, 04:24 PM   #57
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Basically the only 2009 liter-bike that has any shot at being called good-looking
Honda: total crap, worst of the 4
R1: second-worst
ZX10: looks good from the side, horrible from the front
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Old 03-05-2009, 04:27 PM   #58
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havent tried a hyper yet. Dont really know anyone who rides em lol
hell yeah, I'd have a 14 in a heartbeat. would have had one sitting in the garage but he wouldn't come down that extra $500 that I couldn't go up. he just had to keep all of the hold back.
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Old 03-06-2009, 12:03 AM   #59
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so did a lil snooping around the various kaw forums and read some of the most audacious rumors about next years bike. something about a extra wide split firing order using a hybridised electric motor to keep it spinning at low rpms. sounds like a completely goofy engineering nightmare. might work though, were it true. we'll see
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