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04-07-2005, 01:40 PM
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| Where Am I ?  Joined: Aug 2004
Bike: 2003 sv650s
Location: Nevada
Posts: 35
|  Cornering  I have an 03 sv650s, and was wondering how this bike stacks up against the 600's in corners. Meaning: with two comparable advanced riders, how much different is a 600 in corners say downhill, or flat where more power wouldn't necessarily mean faster cornering?I'm looking for more power, and am debating a sv100s or a 600.
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04-07-2005, 02:53 PM
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| Clutch Cadet   Joined: Jan 2005
Bike: 2005 GSF650S
Location: N.B. Canada
Posts: 915
| That would depend, are the two riders going left or right around the turns, what way is the wind coming from, what is the road temp?
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04-07-2005, 03:05 PM
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| Happy-ass Lunatic  Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black)
Location: Memphis
Posts: 11,423
| You'd have to do some reading about rake and trial and how they affect a bike's handling and performance. Then, you'd have to look up the rake and trail of the two bikes. Are you scraping hard parts yet? A bigger bike will go faster in a straight line, but it takes a better rider to fully tap into ANY bike's cornering abilities.
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04-07-2005, 09:40 PM
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| Can Ride And Chew Gum   Joined: Aug 2004
Bike: yellow and black
Location: Wide awake in dreamland...
Posts: 1,935
| The SV is one of the quicker corning bikes out there, very flickable. In straight line speeds they aren't the fastest but who are you racin anyway??
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04-07-2005, 09:44 PM
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| Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst.   Joined: Mar 2004
Bike: 02 GSXR 1k
Location: The warm and twisty roads of SoCal
Posts: 3,028
 | The SV is a great track bike, if you want to play hard. It's very good on the tight twisties. You may be doing a lot of chasing through the big sweepers and straight aways though. I'd like one for an additional ride! But the gixxer is a keeper for me.
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