Any one know where the best deals are to be had on these at the moment? I was at Powersports Claycross yesterday, and the 1000 is just under £9k.

Cheers,

simon

from what ive read and seen,save best part of 2K and get a new (Thou)K6 for quite a bit less...its only a couple of BHP down on the K7, has more midrange and is lighter...and looks a lot better...!

Save even more and get a 750 - it's a better bike, it handles better, there's damn all difference in the speed and the power is more accessible.

Oh, and it looks better than either of the 1000's, too :)

SB

dont listen 2 bradders get the thou , its got that mode switch thingy so when you wanna go slow like the ole 750 boys you can at the press of a button , but when you want to ride like the real men on litre bikes hey presto one press . ;) .
lmaooooooooooooooooooooo , gotta love sb fighting the old 750 corner , kinda reminds me of frankie chilli the lone 750 rider in a sea of litre bikes .:thumb:

Reminds me of bike runs where you piss about with kill switches and lights on your mates bikes at the lights. Would be funny being able to switch someone elses map too:D

750 all the way for me even though the 1000 is an awesome bike. Try George White in Slough.

1000 is the bigger number, that's the one to get ;)

Bradders is old enough to be Chilli's dad, isn't he?

1000 is the bigger number, that's the one to get ;)

Bradders is old enough to be Chilli's dad, isn't he?

Git.

I'm 366 days older than Frankie.

So I was a bloody talented toddler :D

SB

I'm riding my 'old 750' to the edges of the tyres, staying within my limits and having a hoot. I'm also regularly hitting 170mph on some of my favourite roads.

You still need a 1000? Reckon I should forward you some of the many penis enlargement offers I keep getting mailed instead :p

SB

I'm riding my 'old 750' to the edges of the tyres, staying within my limits and having a hoot. I'm also regularly hitting 170mph on some of my favourite roads.

You still need a 1000? Reckon I should forward you some of the many penis enlargement offers I keep getting mailed instead :p

SB

I second that lol

Simon ...you sold yr CSL ??

dont listen 2 bradders get the thou , its got that mode switch thingy so when you wanna go slow like the ole 750 boys you can at the press of a button , but when you want to ride like the real men on litre bikes hey presto one press . ;) .
lmaooooooooooooooooooooo , gotta love sb fighting the old 750 corner , kinda reminds me of frankie chilli the lone 750 rider in a sea of litre bikes .:thumb:

Nowt wrong with the 750...but i did test ride the new thou for RIDE mag, great bike put pointless power mode button.

I actually prefered the middle setting as if you are ginger with the throttle it's on low power but if you give it a full twist it goes to 180bhp.....i.e. 150mph, in third, down a road i'd riden twice...in the wet/damp.

Would i swap my 750...nah...still more engaging to ride, and just as quick imho.

but when you want to ride like the real men on litre bikes hey presto

You had better buy a ZX-10R then.............:norty:

Ah paper tigers aren't we all. The only guy I've seen off here is SB, at the Nurburgring and he is quick enough take my word for it. I sat there as a photographer and watched a succession of super sports bikes wobble round desperately hanging off to try and reach the ground with a knee.

SB turns up, on the racing line, has to lift his leg up so he can flick the bike further onto its side. Here's a pic, I have picked one with another rider on the more typical line. Everybody seemed to want to get into this corner early. But it's a long long way round iirc. SB goes as wide as you like, late entry, smooth, very fast, as the bike goes deeper into the bend, he's lifting his leg out of the way.

http://www.bitsforbikes.com/pix/SB_33A.jpg

That's a 750 being used; properly imho. Got him doing exactly this, lap after lap on the thou too.

We all think we're fast but most people confuse riding aggressively and dangerously with riding quickly. Most of the older guys I know are quick and smooth on whichever bike they happen to be on. When even little old me goes out on a trackday with these young whippersnappers barely out of their nappies and hardly into their thirties; all the chat in the world ain't gonna make up for being lapped on your hired racebike by an old duffer on a Fazer.

Funny thing is, you never meet any of these slow, offline wobblers in the paddock. Where do they go when/if they make it back from a lap of the track one wonders? Back to the virtual world where they are the fastest meanest thing on two wheels and everybody else is a pussycat.

There's no harm in bigging yourself up but there's no need to try to reflect you own shortcomings onto others. I love riding bikes and I've ridden a fair few. The GSXR thou isn't too fast for me because I'm too old; it's too fast for me because I'm too fast.

Screwd.

The GSXR thou isn't too fast for me because I'm too old; it's too fast for me because I'm too fast.

Screwd.

And that is the single most intelligent comment ever in the whole "Is a 1000 quick enough for me" debate...

Oh, and thanks ;)

SB

Simon ...you sold yr CSL ??

Um, never had a CSL. M5, yes, but I've still got that. Or do you mean either another Simon or another meaning for CSL other than a trick M3?

SB

I have ridden all the 750/100 GSXR's up to and including the K6's, on track and on road as i'm sure S Bradley has and there is no doubt in my mind the 750 is the better all round bike. The only thing it really misses out on is the instant grunt in an overtaking situation, and the apparent Kudo's of owning 'the biggest and fastest'.

In just about every other situation it's as good if not better, more fun, less intimidating. If you want to do the odd track day for a bit of fun the 750 is definetly the way to go. I'm a very experienced (ex) racer and round Cadwell i am only 1/2 a second slower on the 750 than the 1000 but i don't mind admitting you get off the thou with a sweat on and never feeling like you 100% have it mastered, you get off the 750 with a big smile on your face knowing that you have given it a proper seeing to :)

The GSXR 750 is the best all round sportsbike ever made bar none* IMHO.
*(never had the chance to ride an R7!)

The GSXR thou isn't too fast for me because I'm too old;
it's too fast for me because I'm too fast.©


And that is the single most intelligent comment ever in the whole "Is a 1000 quick enough for me" debate...

Ah. I am indeed master of the one line quip.

If only it were true ;)

Screwd.

bought my gixxer thou from a guy who said it was too fast for the road for his riding style. he is a 250 racer with a championship win under his belt, he was buying another 600 because it suits his flat out style more for road use.

horses for courses, it's not what you got, it's what you do with it ;)

.....it's not what you got, it's what you do with it ;)

That's what I keep telling my wife ;)

GSXR 1000 or 750


Simple - the 750 as endorsed by a certain Kevin Schwantz who said the 1000 was too fast and the 750 was a better all rounf bike and if he said its too fast then its too fast for all you Biaggi wanabees out there.:D :thumb:

Great road bikes though. All that lovely lazy power. Just gotta be careful if you ever take it on a track and/or get a bit careless with the throttle. Lovely machines but just remember, the MotoGP, WSB and BSB guys have traction control to help them get around the corners.

Clearly there is a difference between the road bikes 180 bhp and a full race 240 odd. But the race bike has all the options: race tyres, race suspension, traction control, oh and a race track. The road bikes largely have none of the above. Little wonder the vast majority of bike racers don't even go road racing let alone ride race replicas around our crowded roads...

Screwd.

Bottom line is dont get dragged inot which is faster debate

Buy the bike YOU want not one some twat thinks is better becasue of its 0.21 sec quicker round brands or pulls 3rd gear wheelies at 130 off the throttle, big fooking deal. At the end of the day most of us buy the bike we like the look of first, most other things are so close it doesnt matter.

If you want a 1000 then go for it, and if it makes you feel like top dog when you sit next to 750 owners than thats fair you have paid more for the bike, insurance and you have a faster bike.

Anyway everything this side of a 600 is more than fast enough road or track to enjoy.

You had better buy a ZX-10R then.............:norty:

arghhhhh yuk kawasaki noooooo thanks , dont do the kwack thing , rather buy another gixxer 750 being as ive had 2 and a gixxer thou , thats how i can compare them you see AS IVE ACTUALLY OWNED THEM . just prefer me litre bikes thats all :thumb: .

And that is the single most intelligent comment ever in the whole "Is a 1000 quick enough for me" debate...

Oh, and thanks ;)

SB

yea and i agree , i think !!!!!!! not sure tho - - - - -

perhaps we should make the debates more about what bike is easier to ride or more forgiving when you get it wrong , or even what you intend doing / with said machine and why your buying it in the first place . cos your right loads of bikers buy bikes just for looks and cant ride em 4 toffy , and some buy em 4 the performance and what they can do . horses 4 courses me thinks .

yea and i agree , i think !!!!!!! not sure tho - - - - -

perhaps we should make the debates more about what bike is easier to ride or more forgiving when you get it wrong , or even what you intend doing / with said machine and why your buying it in the first place . cos your right loads of bikers buy bikes just for looks and cant ride em 4 toffy , and some buy em 4 the performance and what they can do . horses 4 courses me thinks .

There are no rights or wrongs and we can each make our own mind up about what makes a good bike. From my perspective, when it comes to two wheeled machines, frankly, they're all good.

The only time people are "wrong" is typically when they start talking about how fast they are and that is for the simple reason that it can be measured rather than postured. If you are going to measure someone, you'll typically want to do that on a race track. Either you're going to be such a crap track rider that you'll be quicker on a thou because you're slow everywhere except in a straight line, or you'll be faster on a 600/750 because you're a lot smoother and carry more corner speed, or the double bluff, faster still on a thou again because you're a bloody good rider.

As for which is more forgiving, well I sort of see what you mean but when you get it wrong, anything could happen. One thing is for sure though, and I have said this before on here; if you have a big fast bike, you are more likely to have a big fast accident...

Screwd.

Um, never had a CSL. M5, yes, but I've still got that. Or do you mean either another Simon or another meaning for CSL other than a trick M3?

SB

sry SB, that comment was meant for Simon Burton :), so I gather the "S" in SB is Simon :)