bike recommendations

[rover220]

so, im after a bike again and need some advice as to what to get!!

needs to be 600cc plus, and sport/supersport only, not interested in anything else to be honest....have about £2500 to play with so fire away!!

cheers guys

mike

[cdstirland81]

zx9? early r1? srad 750? there's a lot out there!

personally, i'd find a mint 750 srad gixxer or mint zx-7r and enjoy!

[rover220]

zx7r is one of the front runners for me at the mo, or a zx6r

[missinNZ1]

if you fancied a trip to the isle of wight, heres 3 around that mark. 2 cbrs and an srad gixer.
http://www.wightbay.com/XCClassifieds/C ... ID=1705255
http://www.wightbay.com/XCClassifieds/C ... ID=1603167
http://www.wightbay.com/XCClassifieds/C ... ID=1583233

[masterofinsanity]

shame you just missed out on Gemini's zx7r that was mint! and had loads spent on it and you'd have had a grand near enuff spare, plenty of choice with £2500

[lewisdale]

why has no one mentioned the fireblade? there bulletproof bikes, brilliant handling plus point to point youre gonna have a job finding anything that will keep with you!!!! that would be my choice!

[cdstirland81]

cos 2500 aint enough for a good early one, and the 954cc and underseat ones are too much money. the 918cc ones are pudding, buy a good zx7 and have an icon! or buy a carburettor srad and scare the toad out of yourself!

[SOILZX]

cos 2500 aint enough for a good early one, and the 954cc and underseat ones are too much money. the 918cc ones are pudding, buy a good zx7 and have an icon! or buy a carburettor srad and scare the toad out of yourself!

AGREED!!!! Carb'd SRAD. Have seen a few B1H's going for that sort of cash on Pistonheads recently, how well they've been looked after is another matter but a completely fucking bonkers bike none the less.

[lewisdale]

cos 2500 aint enough for a good early one, and the 954cc and underseat ones are too much money. the 918cc ones are pudding, buy a good zx7 and have an icon! or buy a carburettor srad and scare the toad out of yourself!

really?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-CBR900-FIRE ... 4ced222ee0
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-CBR-900-RR- ... 439cea8b68
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-Fireblade-1 ... 439cf5a644
and the list goes on lol,
personally id rather have one over any bike if i was buying, for me theyve got everything, reliability,looks,handling, plenty of power, and unlike a kwak it will give you more or less breakdown and hassle free riding lol
who knows?
down to personal preference i spose

[lewisdale]

AGREED!!!! Carb'd SRAD. Have seen a few B1H's going for that sort of cash on Pistonheads recently, how well they've been looked after is another matter but a completely fucking bonkers bike none the less.[/quote]

do any bikes really get looked after?
maybe to a certain extent , but i bet 90% of bikes have had the granny thrashed out of them most of there life, just because they look and sound nice doesnt always they have been looked after as well as we would like to believe when we buy them,
i know personally , every bike i ride is probably on the red line through the gears 75% time, lol, and i know there are a lot like me and worse!!
there goes my sales pitch,
come get youre engines,
lol

[cdstirland81]

all 918cc models, get the wrong one and you got the 16" front, that 918cc lump is slow revving, strangly lazy lump, make a zx-9 or srad or R1 of that era look like a motogp bike!
if you want a wristy sporty and slow (put it up against any 636cc kwak or even my old storm) bike. and unless its standard and mint, and kept that way (honda build quality left in the early ninties, no matter what anybody tells you), its dead money and only going down in value, whereas standard SRAD's, early R1's and ZX-7r's if kept standard and clean, are only going UP!

i was in the same position as you in 2006, with the budget these bikes commanded back then. i test rode several of all the above looking for a goodun. the zx-9 and R1 were gonna kill me on insurance, zx-7's were a bit out my budget, the ones i looked at were tatty, blades were capable, but bloody boring, the only tidy srad in my budget went bang on the test ride! (thought it was fast, dealer didn't know until pulling it apart it was tuned to hell)

sod it, do what i did, a firestorm for 2k, revolution racing fork kit, hi-level pipes, braided lines and dynojet kit and have a good fun and cheap to run and insure bike that suprises all on the track!

[cdstirland81]

or, if you want something that blows your skirt up... TL1000S!

[cargo]

Well so much for all you loyal ZXR400 owners not one single person has suggested the ZXR400.....................................

Most 750s and 1000s have way more power than can ever be properly used and enjoyed on the road...................a good 600 would be a reasonable comprimise..but with £2500 you could get a really good clean zxr400..............and have money left over to spend on it....................and lets not forget cheaper insurance.


Oh and I wouldn't want any Fireblade.......never did like them...................

[rover220]

Well so much for all you loyal ZXR400 owners not one single person has suggested the ZXR400.....................................

Most 750s and 1000s have way more power than can ever be properly used and enjoyed on the road...................a good 600 would be a reasonable comprimise..but with £2500 you could get a really good clean zxr400..............and have money left over to spend on it....................and lets not forget cheaper insurance.


Oh and I wouldn't want any Fireblade.......never did like them...................

thing is, im too tall for another zxr hence wanting to go for something bigger.

[masterofinsanity]

or, if you want something that blows your skirt up... TL1000S!

or even better a TLR