Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: jbrough7 on June 11, 2006, 10:32:27 PM
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Have you seen this?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/motoring/2005/12/24/mfsuzuki24.xml[/url]
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Was only reading aboutt he GSR600 in fast bike magazine and according to the lads in that , the bike isnt the ould may west (may west being cockney rhyming slang for best)
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Shame it doesn't come with inverted forks. Aside from that I can't wait to give it a ride. If it survives a few years of production, it's probably the next bike I'll purchase...
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there is always something so arousing at seeing women ride a bike... :grin:
Ehh, about the GSR600, i'd still love to have it in the future, FI is really the way to go.. Hey if we study hard enough, maybe we can remap the Control Unit? :wink:
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I wonder if you'd be able to throw a gsxr 750 or 1k motor in one of those
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I'm sure the 750 would be a snap, since the two are practically made from the same mold.
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I'm starting to salivate for one of these. They're just under six thousand pounds (as in money!) in the UK but I'm not sure what the MSRP will be in North America. Hopefully a good deal like the bandit is. Should be here shortly, I take it...
(http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/GSR600_titel_edited.jpg)
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According to the Suzuki UK site, the GSR600 has a RRP of £5,199
And the '06 B12S w/ABS has a RRP of £5,299
So... if it were to be offered up in North America, looks like it would be priced pretty close to the B12S ABS, which has a MSRP of CDN$11,199 for the '06 B12S ABS model... so maybe ~$9999.99?
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That's too much! Rather have a 1200 Bandit than that - I've seen brand new 1200's up here for just less than $10!
Jim
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According to the Suzuki UK site, the GSR600 has a RRP of £5,199
And the '06 B12S w/ABS has a RRP of £5,299
So... if it were to be offered up in North America, looks like it would be priced pretty close to the B12S ABS, which has a MSRP of CDN$11,199 for the '06 B12S ABS model... so maybe ~$9999.99?
(http://forums.banditalley.net/images/avatars/gallery/admin_use_only/3757048494333189051489.gif) :shock: You just gotta torture him, don'cha? (http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/images/smilies/eusa_naughty.gif)
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I warned him first... TWICE!
As for the GSR600's high price, keep in mind it's putting out B12 power numbers out of a 600.
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If you guys have not ridden a new 600, try one out before getting too worked up.
I have ridden a few 600's over the past 5 years. While they do make nice power numbers, they are absolutely gutless below about 8000-9000 rpm. Great track weapons where you can really keep the rpm's up, for street use the total absence of torque would get old very fast.
MOTORCYCLIST magazine quote from their recent Yamaha 600cc bike test: "not much happens below 12,000 rpm". Very nice for a street bike.
Too old and not fast enough on the shift lever I guess :lol:
750cc bikes make much better street machines.
Ride On, Ed.
2005 GSF1200SZ
1983 GS750ED
1992 900SS
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You guys that can't ride a mid-size really freak me out!
Are you in the right friggin'gear?? My 650 gets up to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds! That's not minutes!!
Lack of power! :stop:
(Sven - I feel a slap! coming on but I'm really trying to hold it back!
Jim
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I don't care what the press says, I like the damn thing!! As long as the price is reasonable, I would love one. Suzuki being a parts-bin company, I'm sure that upgrading and fine tuning will be as easy as the Bandit. Sounds like a great street bike. I think more often than not, the press is so used to the cutting edge race machines that they have a hard time enjoying a nice easy to live with street bike.
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I was half thinking about getting one, but decided on the Bandit as the shop I got me bike in didnt have a GSR in at the time and I rather the bandit meself. Only €500-600 in the differance or something like that.
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...Are you in the right friggin'gear?? My 650 gets up to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds! That's not minutes!!...
0-60 in 3.6? Are you not on the bike at the time, or what? :bigok:
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You guys that can't ride a mid-size really freak me out!
Are you in the right friggin'gear?? My 650 gets up to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds! That's not minutes!!
Lack of power! :stop:
(Sven - I feel a slap! coming on but I'm really trying to hold it back!
Jim
650 what? Are you comparing it to the SV650? If so, twins vs 4 cylinders are apples and oranges- totally different power delivery.
Any inline 4 cylinder 600cc bike that makes 100+hp is gonna have a high peaky powerband. No other way to do it.
Simply put, torque x rpm = HP.
4 small cylinders will not give good torque, so the only way to make serious power is to make it spin, ie.- RPM.
Good streetbikes should not need to see 12,000 rpm to make decent power.
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Huh.
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You guys that can't ride a mid-size really freak me out!
Are you in the right friggin'gear?? My 650 gets up to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds! That's not minutes!!
Lack of power! :stop:
(Sven - I feel a slap! coming on but I'm really trying to hold it back!
Jim
For me, I am 6'1" 211 lbs. I need the bigger displacement to carry me around. Also after being used to the 1200, the 600 would definitely feel gutless. As with the GSR600, it may make the same horsepower, but the torque numbers isn't going to be the same. I also don't like the idea of having rev the piss out of a motor to get the power out of it. That is why I like the B-12. :motorsmile:
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I still don't understand....I'm 6 ft. 3 inches and 225 lbs. and my bike has 78 hp. I'm always running it in the 5000-8000 rpm range and it has tons of power there. This isn't a Ninja 250 engine twin, this is a four cylinder.
I can pop the front wheel off the ground easily and don't even have to rev it much to do it.
It sure don't feel 'gutless' to me! :wink:
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It is all about what you are used too. It didn't take long before I was wanting more out of my B12, so a 600 would definitely not work for me.
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I guess so. I was going to say that earlier. I come from a 31 hp. cruiser so this does seem fast to me. But I've ridden it for 10 weeks and still get a big charge when I twist that throttle grip. Hopefully, the thrill will just go on and on and on and on.......
:banana:
Jim