The chap who was holding the FZR400 for my boy has let it go to someone else for £200 including all his gear FFS. The boy is somewhat gutted, but it now begs the question; which sportsbike type motorcycle is likely to be best suited to a 33bhp restriction? Candidates thus far are: Gixxer 600 - I don't see the point myself Gixxer 400 - I see spares being potentially an issue VFR 400 - seem cheap and plentiful. ZXR400 - nice looking bike, dunno how well they restrict though SV650 - the boy doesn't fancy one though. Ninja 600 - as per gixxer 600 CBR600F - Cheap and plentiful. Any thoughts, pointers etc? -- Dan L Too much time to think, too little to do. http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Bar Steward. Get real, none of them. 33bhp of strangulation in a 600weight frame and running gear is just under powered. He needs a pocket rocket he does, power to weight ratio and all that shit. Get him to do the sums. In fact do the sums with him and get him to give you some help at the same time as it looks like you could both do with the practice.
I see he follows after his dad. Form over function. The pragmatist would have the SV650 and then flog it once he had served out the 33bhp restriction. If he must absolutely have a faired sports bike then get the CBR6. He'll obviously buy a really cheap one that will then need to be repaired. Parts will be readily available from breakers & pattern suppliers. On the off chance that it has a decent fairing, get him to fit one of those disposable race fairings - tell him it will save weight and make it faster. Then, when it's sat in the garden keeping the gnomes company, because he can't afford the insurance after the first year, you can remove the restrictor, fit the nice fairing and flog the bike on.
Sarcastic, superannuated old twat My view is that a sports 600 restricted to 33bhp is not a good idea. Personal preference would be a Honda VFR400 as they were 33bhp stock in Japan (I think). Once he has done his 2 years sell it and get a full fat bike of choice. My original question was seeking POV's from anyone with any experience of restricted bikes. -- Dan L Too much time to think, too little to do. http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
CBR6's are cheap, plentiful etc, but oddly enough more expensive for him to insure than a Ninja (he's been online this morning, although I havent actually seen the quotes). -- Dan L Too much time to think, too little to do. http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Not yet but I found out last week that I do have a pension that pays out when I am 60. Which is nice. Oh right. A restricted dullsville really is a piece of shit. An equally restricted GS500E is fine (for levels of fine appreciated only by the hard of knowing) around town but piss all use when you need to go beyond NSL1 and will stop accelerating entirely at NSL1.3. Anything else?
snip> How much does he want to pay? I'm going to give my youngest an ultimatum in that he either picks up the FZR250 or I'm selling it asap. It's Mucks old bike so you may have seen it at some point. It's got no fairing lowers on it so if he wanted it to look a bit better he'd have to get pattern parts and have them sprayed but apart from that it's in good condition. I'll be putting it on Ebay with 12 months mot, no reserve and a £350 starting price. Email me if you're interested and want more info regarding the bike. If you are interested I'll phone up the brat and good news him so he can make his mind up then I can say if it's for sale or not.
Dan L says... He's obviously never ridden one. I used to think they were girlie's bikes and not worthy of the male members of the species, until I bought one with the intention of making a cheap trackbike out of it. It's now staying as my road bike, I've bought a CBR600 as a trackbike and the Triumph is being flogged on instead. It's a fucking hoot. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Suzuki GSX-R750L Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
emailed -- Dan L Too much time to think, too little to do. http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
I pretty much said the same to him (based on other peoples reports of the bikes), also, I understand that they restrict quite well too. Ho hum, we'll see what develops. NB: Was that heads up on a nosecone for yours of any use? -- Dan L Too much time to think, too little to do. http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Dan L says... It was and it wasn't. I thought about fitting it to mine and decided not to, so passed the info onto someone who's just smashed their silver SV1000 quite badly. He tried to contact them but phones weren't being answered. Same story with the bloke next door's lovely new burd - she's got a lightly dropped 03 plate Gixer 600, so I gave her a heads up on that new exhaust can. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Suzuki GSX-R750L Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
People ignore your advice at their peril. What was the name of that firm in Kent you recommended for new stanchions?
steve auvache says... Sarf London mate. Allbike Engineering. http://www.allbikeengineering.co.uk/ -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Suzuki GSX-R750L Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Was he drunk or just a ****? -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the river cleaned out in a day.
Recommend what you own time Until the restrictor falls out *cough* it just takes the top end off. He should get one. They're lovely. Damn these stupid germs I could be out riding
What auvache said. I'd just get a 250 or summat, and let him trundle round on that for a while. He's going to crash whatever he gets, so it ight as well be a cheaper smaller bike. Failing that, I rode a restricted Honda CB500S and actually thought that was pretty good, so it's one candidate.
In need of cash apparently. But definitely a **** -- Dan L Too much time to think, too little to do. http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
He really wants a sports bike type thing though, I reckon a 550 Zephyr or even a GPZ500 would be okay for starters. -- Dan L Too much time to think, too little to do. http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
