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Old 06-03-2011, 12:12 AM   #11
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I've rode my buds 06 R6 (which looks exactly like that one) several times. Never liked it. Ergos are too harsh and no power below 8k.
That's becoming every 600. Smaller, lighter, faster, more cramped, more high strung, more painful, more hunched over, more useless on the street. The liter bikes are inching that way too, minus the complete lack of low end power.
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Old 06-03-2011, 02:24 AM   #12
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That's becoming every 600. Smaller, lighter, faster, more cramped, more high strung, more painful, more hunched over, more useless on the street. The liter bikes are inching that way too, minus the complete lack of low end power.
Nah....the 600rr is like a couch and my 09ZX6r is right in the middle. I like the ZX6r and Gixxer the best..giving the slight nod to the Gixxer.

The ZX6r has VG midrange power for a 600, like night and day from the R6. Though with a pipe, gearing a remap, the R6 is a another animal.
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Old 06-03-2011, 05:21 AM   #13
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Old 06-03-2011, 07:54 AM   #14
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Are you going to def get a BMW or are your options open?
Yeah I'm going to be looking at a bunch of different bikes. Right now it's between a KTM and a BMW. I may wait to see what the new dual sport suzuki is hinting towards, but I doubt I'd ever own a Suzuki
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Old 06-03-2011, 04:51 PM   #15
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Local dealer has a 2008 Super Duke hold over marked down to $9,000.

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Old 06-03-2011, 05:08 PM   #16
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Local dealer has a 2008 Super Duke hold over marked down to $9,000.

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Old 06-03-2011, 06:05 PM   #17
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Well I have an expendable 10k so I've change direction a little and may be picking one of these up after I visit the dealer.

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Old 06-03-2011, 06:52 PM   #18
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I can get with either of those bikes! Sick choices.
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Old 06-03-2011, 07:27 PM   #19
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Where do you plan on riding with it? Big trips I guess?

Hopefully not everyday commuting. I rode some KTM's on the street (SMC and SMR) and got tired of the brake dive in stop and go traffic. Big difference from a sportbike.
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Old 06-03-2011, 11:37 PM   #20
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I went to DS riding and won't go back to sportbikes. Best move I ever made.
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