The 2008 GSX-R600 - Because Less is More

[mrcrash]

Comments

[kstone20059]

I must say she is a sexy bitch in white. But those wheels will be a beast to keep clean.

[mrcrash]

Agreed. While white looks kinda generic on race plastics, it looks pretty darned sweet on the OEM stuff.

Check it out - http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231784

[sloot]

you wash your bike?

[kstone20059]

I do when they're new. Once the love affair is over, I just gas 'em up and ride the hell out of 'em.

[deafdyke]

Nice writeup!

"in 2007 the GSX-R600 was the first motorcycle for 44 percent of people who bought them."

Wait, wha--?

I'm curious where this statistic comes from. Suzuki?

[mrcrash]

Yup. Kinda scary if it's true, isn't it?

[ice_9]

Yeah, good lord. I just spent a few weeks talking a new rider into an SV instead of an FZ600; the GSXR is so far beyond the FZ I can't even fathom a new rider getting one.

I can't help but think that THIS is one of the reasons why sportbike insurance rates are so high.

[mrcrash]

Some people think that a GSX-R in C mode would actually work for newer riders.

Then again, it's still a $10,000 bike that is almost guaranteed to hit the ground in the hands of a newer rider...

I'd expect the SV to have even more power than an old FZ. With a stock motor, I was running neck and neck with an FZR600 in WSMC practice sessions.

[beastbriskett]

Thanks for the from-the-saddle review. You make me want to take a spin on it.

[mrcrash]

It's a good time. Once I shake the rust off, I'd really like to take a spin on one with race tires.

[pseudo_chaos]

Looks evil naked...

Still got a fugly exhaust can though.

[mrcrash]

I should have taken a pic of the one with the slip on can...

[mrcrash]

It should already have it.

Speaking of the mode selector (and the traction control unit that can be wired into it), a local racer actually offered to let me test the one on his bike. That's a brave man...