Comments on: Can 14 little changes transform the GSX-R1000? http://rideapart.com/2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/ Wed, 22 May 2013 07:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wes Siler /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82821 Wes Siler Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:26:45 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82821 No liter bike has what I'd describe as a weak mid-range. Thousand cc inline-fours are fucking good motors, all the differences between them are exceptionally minor. No liter bike has what I’d describe as a weak mid-range. Thousand cc inline-fours are fucking good motors, all the differences between them are exceptionally minor.

]]> By: mugget /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82443 mugget Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:05:04 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82443 I always thought that the K5/K6 GSX-R1000 was liked for it's meaty midrange? But everything I hear about the S1000RR seems to say that it's much more peaky? Anyway - pretty sweet review! I always thought that the K5/K6 GSX-R1000 was liked for it’s meaty midrange? But everything I hear about the S1000RR seems to say that it’s much more peaky?

Anyway – pretty sweet review!

]]> By: mugget /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82441 mugget Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:26:09 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82441 Some people just don't like 1000's, I guess their style suits 600's more. But I'd say that if you feel like you want more than a 600, then it's time to go for a 1000. I had a K5 GSX-R600 and went to a K6 GSX-R1000 - I was smiling everywhere I rode for the entire first week and I didn't even go above 7,000rpm. I did commute on it, but I bought it mainly for track riding. You've gotta ride it fast and be giving it berries to have fun on the street, so yeah if I was only riding on the street I would stick with the 600 or 750. But yes, you only live once. Some people just don’t like 1000′s, I guess their style suits 600′s more. But I’d say that if you feel like you want more than a 600, then it’s time to go for a 1000. I had a K5 GSX-R600 and went to a K6 GSX-R1000 – I was smiling everywhere I rode for the entire first week and I didn’t even go above 7,000rpm. I did commute on it, but I bought it mainly for track riding. You’ve gotta ride it fast and be giving it berries to have fun on the street, so yeah if I was only riding on the street I would stick with the 600 or 750.

But yes, you only live once.

]]> By: Wes Siler /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82386 Wes Siler Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:59:12 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82386 I meant 650. Bikes like the SV, Ninja 650 and whatnot are good entrees to the sportsbike thing. I meant 650. Bikes like the SV, Ninja 650 and whatnot are good entrees to the sportsbike thing.

]]> By: Ben NYC /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82378 Ben NYC Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:28:56 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82378 I think he meant 250. I think he meant 250.

]]> By: tomwito /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82367 tomwito Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:47:50 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82367 I have a lot of friends that race at Homestead. I have never heard any of them complain about the surface. Haven't had the chance to ride it myself but have been many times. I have a lot of friends that race at Homestead. I have never heard any of them complain about the surface. Haven’t had the chance to ride it myself but have been many times.

]]> By: tomwito /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82366 tomwito Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:32:58 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82366 Advertising works perfectly, they would want the bike with the most HP even if it was a rigid frame with fence posts for forks. Advertising works perfectly, they would want the bike with the most HP even if it was a rigid frame with fence posts for forks.

]]> By: tomwito /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82365 tomwito Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:30:27 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82365 "That BMW, revolutionary as it became, was basically a 2005 GSX-R1000 wearing asymmetric plastics and a bunch of fancy electronics drawn from the company’s expertise in car racing". Think I'm going to have this printed on index cards and hand them out to my (know nothing about bikes but pretend to)friends. “That BMW, revolutionary as it became, was basically a 2005 GSX-R1000 wearing asymmetric plastics and a bunch of fancy electronics drawn from the company’s expertise in car racing”. Think I’m going to have this printed on index cards and hand them out to my (know nothing about bikes but pretend to)friends.

]]> By: BMW11GS /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82348 BMW11GS Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:23:10 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82348 I love ABS I love ABS

]]> By: Sean Smith /2012/02/can-15-little-changes-transform-the-gsx-r1000/#comment-82344 Sean Smith Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:13:35 +0000 http://hellforleathermagazine.com/?p=23212#comment-82344 Kind of, but the best teams will also choose a good base bike. Don't discount all those racetrack wins; even though those bikes have had lots of money spent on them, they're still just GSX-Rs with bolt-on parts. Kind of, but the best teams will also choose a good base bike. Don’t discount all those racetrack wins; even though those bikes have had lots of money spent on them, they’re still just GSX-Rs with bolt-on parts.

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