Is there a Gixxer model...

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Pip Luscher, Sep 30, 2005.

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    Pip Luscher Guest

    ....that has twin silencers?

    It's jus that a bike I've been seeing around, and even for a long time
    (cough) thought was a twin, on closer inspection appears to be a GSX-R
    of some sort. Well, I saw "GSX<something>" on the seat hump the other
    day, anyway.

    Grey - sorry - platinum, it is.

    I generally either see it as I approach from behind, in which case,
    regardless of how fast it was going before, it takes off like a
    scalded cat as I approach, or I see it in my mirrors.

    It did overtake me once or twice when I was on the Quota but I didn't
    get a good view side-on.

    I'm just curious as to what it was.
     
    Pip Luscher, Sep 30, 2005
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    Eiron Guest

    Yes. The 750/1100s from around 1990.
    Can't be bothered to check the models and dates.
     
    Eiron, Sep 30, 2005
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    platypus Guest

    Trixie?

    http://www.leutloff.de/yammi/trx850/trx850_3.jpg
     
    platypus, Sep 30, 2005
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    dwb Guest

    Hayabusa has twin cans and some sort of GSX on it somewhere.
     
    dwb, Sep 30, 2005
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    Pip Luscher Guest

    Pip Luscher, Sep 30, 2005
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    Lozzo Guest

    Pip Luscher says...
    Teapot?
     
    Lozzo, Sep 30, 2005
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    Pip Luscher Guest

    Not interested in the models - just wanted to know if it could be a
    gixxer and if not, WTF it was, and surprised that any modern sports
    four had twin silencers.
     
    Pip Luscher, Sep 30, 2005
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    platypus Guest

    platypus, Sep 30, 2005
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    Pip Luscher Guest

    I did wonder, but if it is then they have a lot more performance than
    the write-ups let on.

    Admittedly on the couple of occasions I've caught up from behind and
    he's taken off, I was caught on the hop in the wrong gear.

    He is *just* quicker than me - I have managed to keep with him more
    through the luck of traffic that anything, and I'm not the fastest
    rider out there.
     
    Pip Luscher, Sep 30, 2005
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    Lozzo Guest

    Pip Luscher says...
    Probably a Hyabusa. They have the legend "GSX1300R" on the tailpiece,
    but the 1300 bit is not so easy to see on some colours.
     
    Lozzo, Sep 30, 2005
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    Pip Luscher Guest

    Pip Luscher, Sep 30, 2005
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    Pip Luscher Guest

    Could be - Platy suggested the same. Certainly the lettering colour
    seemed to change after the "GSX" on the tail.

    I was worried that my TL had been burned off by a Teapot!
     
    Pip Luscher, Sep 30, 2005
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    platypus Guest

    There's a case to be made for dressing up a well screwed together Gixxer in
    GSX600F bodywork, and go out hunting ineptly-piloted R1s. Increase in
    ritual suicide among power rangers...
     
    platypus, Sep 30, 2005
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    Colin Irvine Guest

    I used to dream of doing that with a car - say a well sorted Escort on
    A2s with bog standard body work. In fact, I still like the idea.
     
    Colin Irvine, Oct 1, 2005
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    Grimly Curmudgeon Guest

    Friend of mine had a GSX600F with a 750 then an 1100 lump in. Quite a
    hoot.
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, Oct 1, 2005
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    Andy Bonwick Guest

    You'll be even more surprised when you see the latest ZX10R then. I
    honestly think it looks like something Honda would do and as such is
    inexcusable.
     
    Andy Bonwick, Oct 1, 2005
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    Steve Parry Guest

    Pip Luscher fumbled, fiddled and fingered:
    My GSXR1100 had twin silencers I think, although you cannot tell from
    these shots.

    http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/images/album01/gsxr1100k.jpg

    http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/images/album04/gsx1.JPG

    Only big Suzuki I ever had, piss poor finish, ground clearance,
    electrics & reliability. My kid bro has just bought a low mileage 600
    SRAD and is already having hassles with the electrics.

    <smug mode> I *told* him to get a Kawasaki </SM>


    --
    Steve Parry
    K100RS SE & F650
    and a 520i SE Touring for comfort

    (not forgetting the SK90PY)

    http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
     
    Steve Parry, Oct 1, 2005
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    Colin Irvine Guest

    <g>

    <big snip>

    The important thing for me would be not so much straight-line grunt as
    cornering ability - so well-sorted suspension and sticky tyres.
     
    Colin Irvine, Oct 1, 2005
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    Pip Luscher Guest

    Not one of those. It was definitely more modern with a single oval-ish
    headlight and a sculpted tailpiece - when Platy & Lozzo suggested a
    Hayabusa, I realised it had to be one of those.
    Yep. So far the TL has stainless fasteners that seize, a radiator that
    literally rotted to the core and severely stone-chipped plastics.
    Never a problem with the TL.
    Not a problem so far <touches wood, throws lucky rabbit's foot over
    left shoulder while not walking on any cracks>
    I've actually never owned a Kwak - The times I've been looking to buy
    a bike they either didn't make what I wanted, or I could get something
    similar for less.
     
    Pip Luscher, Oct 1, 2005
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    Dan L Guest

    Heh Pip L, cheers for today, was nice getting to know a new face.

    You gonna do BOSM in April?

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    Dan L (Oldbloke)

    My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
    M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
    Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
    BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
     
    Dan L, Oct 1, 2005
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