[BISQ]

Any squid can go straight.

Corners separate the men from the boys.

IMHO, if you are a really good rider, you will school EVERY 600ss in the prolonged twisties. However, as has been said before, a good rider on a 600ss (hell, a very skilled rider on a 125 single) will crush you in the twisties.

[meanstrk]

Rider, Rider, Rider. Last summer I schooled a friend of mine with my Katana and blew by him on the inside of a right hand sweeper. I was dragging knee but he was not anywhere near as experienced. He was on a R1. I have done the same thing MANY times to idiots that see the Katana and just shake their heads.

It's all about experience my friends!

[duff daddy]

my old kat motor ran a 12.4 with a bad light and a 2.+ 60ft ttim, the slip is in my album, be aware that new slips will be up this year and new mods to the motor

[SweetLou]

The Katana is not ment to hang with them in the straights. It is ment to be more comfy and cruisable. Now, in the twisities is a different story. It can hang and eat them there!

[stevnmd]

The Katana is not ment to hang with them in the straights. It is ment to be more comfy and cruisable. Now, in the twisities is a different story. It can hang and eat them there!

While the Kat is compentent at sane corner speeds, it is hardly eats up the twisties and spits them out. Sorry... I just don't want to give someone false confidence. If there's a competent rider on a 600 race replica bike he will simply eat the Kat rider alive in the tight stuff. It takes a lot of work to ride a Katana fast in the corners. Don't mislead anyone by saying it doesn't.

The Katana is a fine bike for what it is. It's a fairly comfortable, budget priced, easy to work on and maintain, tame, entry level sport / sport touring bike.

[md86]

I believe the end of this coversation should go something like this ....
Same rider or riders with similar skill levels , and the 600ss will walk away from the Katana any day in whatever type of race (excluding long-range comfort sorta thing) .

[KatanaO215]

I believe the end of this coversation should go something like this ....
Same rider or riders with similar skill levels , and the 600ss will walk away from the Katana any day in whatever type of race (excluding long-range comfort sorta thing) .

yeah thats pretty much what I said.

I love when people bring the rider equation into the situation. Obviously a great rider on a lesser bike will probably beat a bad rider on a better bike. that is a given. But whenever someone tries to compare another bike to a katana that is the first thing everyone points to. The questions arent about the rider its about the difference in bikes

[md86]

Yeah , I figured MY origional post would be the end of it , too ! Okay , we're done . Nothing to see here . Move along , folks .