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03-10-2008, 10:06 AM
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| What makes you say that?   Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 615
|  First 600 to 170 (R6) and some great photos If you've ever heard anyone say they've had their 600 over 170, they were lying or mistaken. Most serious riders know that. Not 'nymore. Drool-worthy R6 gallery These shots make me want to finish that camera rig idea I had.
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03-10-2008, 10:15 AM
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| Just Won't Go Away !   Joined: May 2007
Bike: 2004 kawasaki zzr 600
Location: rochester, minnesota
Posts: 4,932
 | Yup.... that bike would be too much for this kid
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03-10-2008, 11:40 AM
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| Thumper Mod   Joined: Jul 2005
Bike: 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650
Location: Dallas, Texas Directly above the center of the earth.
Posts: 10,476
| Nice bike.
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| Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst  Joined: Jun 2006
Bike: 06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T
Location: Gordon Texas Latitude: 32.54833 Longitude: -98.36889
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03-11-2008, 09:48 AM
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| Banned Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black)
Location: Memphis
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03-11-2008, 12:46 PM
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| Found second gear by accident   Joined: Oct 2007
Bike: 2007 GSXR 600
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03-11-2008, 12:52 PM
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| Kickstand Operator   Joined: Apr 2005
Bike: 2000 SV650 & 2000 Marauder
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 278
| Cant you theoretically make almost any 600 go 170 if you put a small sprocket on the back and a big one on the front???? (I know this will kill the bikes acceleration)
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03-11-2008, 02:58 PM
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| What makes you say that? Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 615
| No. It's not about gearing restrictions (they're not even close to redlined in top gear and probably do 170 in 4th), but overcoming aero drag with horsepower.
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03-11-2008, 03:06 PM
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| Third gear and cruising Joined: May 2007
Bike: 86 GSXR750G, 93 GSX1100G, 89 YSR50
Location: Kingston NH
Posts: 473
| Ya know, as much as I love sport bikes, I've found the top end on the damn things to be the most useless aspect of them. Up here in N.E. we just plain don't have the room to use it with any kind frequency, or some remote semblance of safety. The stuff I like best, power wise, is just good old fashioned, eyeball flattening acceleration. You can use that in sooo many places, and it is an art to use it wisely and efficiently. Oh well, just my 2 cents.
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| What makes you say that? Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 615
| Yeah, but with one usually comes the other, right? They can't really gear a bike like that much lower or it just comes up all the time. BTW, the Bandit came up on me a couple times this afternoon, TOTALLY BY ACCIDENT. 
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03-11-2008, 03:40 PM
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| Just Won't Go Away ! Joined: May 2007
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| What makes you say that? Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| Just get out of town a bit. How can you resist on a day like this?  
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03-11-2008, 04:08 PM
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| Just Won't Go Away ! Joined: May 2007
Bike: 2004 kawasaki zzr 600
Location: rochester, minnesota
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| its the getting to those roads i'm not sure of... i'll take a gander on my way home and maybe i'll quickly throw the battery in the bike and take off like a madman?
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03-16-2008, 08:28 AM
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| Ditch Magnet Joined: Dec 2007
Bike: gsxr 1000 2007
Location: los angeles
Posts: 174
| my friend had the 07 ninja zxr 6 and he did about 165. maxing it out. he said why didnt i chase him and i said because after you race your lil heart out and i see smoke coming from your engine or your A**, ( praying that he doesnt 167 into a wall) i will simply cruise by you doing 85 in 4th gear and say i will get help. haha
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03-19-2008, 03:49 PM
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| Found second gear by accident Joined: Oct 2007
Bike: 2007 GSXR 600
Location: Tracy, CA
Posts: 345
| This thread got me to thinking about something along similar lines, so I didn't feel like making a new thread. How far off are motorcycle speedometers? After I read "the 1st 600 to go 170," I got curious on how fast mine goes. And, as I'm not planning on going to the salt flats any time soon, and I'm not planning on doing 150+ on the streets any time soon, I just went and looked up what the top speed was. It was kind hard to find but I found a couple sources that claim 167 as the top speed, but that's what was indicated on the speedometer, not the actual speed. I'm curious as to what 167 translates to. |
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03-25-2008, 10:33 AM
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| Banned Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black)
Location: Memphis
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