Motorcycle preferences between r6 gsxr and zx6r

[ShadowFetus]

Gotcha, but I was under the impression 600rrs were decent? What makes them worse than the others?

[scottynoface]

Originally Posted by ShadowFetus

Gotcha, but I was under the impression 600rrs were decent? What makes them worse than the others?

When you're talking about race rep bikes, you're splitting hairs.

Kawasaki makes more power
Yamaha sucks under 10k rpms
The GSXR and CBR are great bikes, they're just kinda bland...nothing really stands out.

[steves]

The 600rr class bike is the new UJM

[pepceee]

Originally Posted by scottynoface

He was talking about 600s, now if it were liters the CBR would be in the mix.

+1. Cbr1000's are nice. I rode one a few days ago.

[Psycho1]

Originally Posted by ShadowFetus

Whats wrong with a cbr?

The CBR600RR handles great and has decent low and midrange power for the street, but falls behind most of the other 600's at higher speeds/rpm's (in stock tune). The Kawi and GSX-R engines have consistently ranked higher than the rest of the inline 4's in magazine shootouts since at least 2004. For strictly street riding, any of the 600's with efi are a good choice, it's mainly just a matter of which bike fits you comfortably. The R6 engine has been weak at low to mid rpm for a long time, but if you can keep the rpm's and cornering speed up, they won't be left too far behind any other bike on the streets. For me the ZX and GSX-R feels like I am sitting "in" the bike (similar to the feel of a Katana), the R6 and CBR I feel like I am sitting "on" the bike, positioned up way too high to be comfortable.