One of the great things about motorcycles is since they don't cost all that much you don't have to buy just one for the rest of your life.
I bought a used GS500F last year as a first bike and love it. I'm currently accepting offers if anyone is interested because I'd like to move up to a SV650S. I'm also dreaming of a SV1000 or TL1000.
I think people are sometimes too concerned about "outgrowing" a Ninja 250 or 500 or a GS500, like they can never sell it and buy another bike. Get a GS500F, have fun, attract girls who don't care what it is so long as it's a bike, then when you're ready sell it and buy another bike. You might even find the 500 is all you need and keep it.
Doug Boyd
Greenville, NC, USA
[url=http://personal.ecu.edu/boydd/motorcycle/motorcycle.html]My Suzuki SV650S[/url]
kabob983
PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:50 am Post subject:
camthepyro wrote:
The gixxer is lighter then 400 pounds...
The new GSX-R600 weighs 407 lbs dry.
And no civic weighs 4000lbs, maybe 1.25 tons or so...
On suzuki's website it says the GSX-R600 has a dry weight of 354lbs, although I admit, I thought it was lower than that, but it's still less than 400.
(I hate getting my "info" from here) but on a "Supersport Shootout" they listed the 2006 GSX-R600 weighing in at 407lbs.
Now I'm not going to say it's the most reliable of sources, but weight seems like one of the few tests that should be reasonably accurate and unbiased...
kabob983 wrote:
(I hate getting my "info" from here) but on a "Supersport Shootout" they listed the 2006 GSX-R600 weighing in at 407lbs.
Now I'm not going to say it's the most reliable of sources, but weight seems like one of the few tests that should be reasonably accurate and unbiased...
That would be the wet weight (with all the fluids and such (gas, oil, radiator fluid, etc). Manufacturer's dry weight numbers are usually a lot less than when the bike hits the street. So 407lbs ready to go sounds about right.
2008 BMW K1200S
2003 Z1000 - For Sale
1979 KZ650B - Work in progress
2005 Ducati SS 1000DS - sold :'(
1994 VFR750 Interceptor - sold
1984 VF700F Interceptor - sold
2004 Hyosung GV250 - sold
my first bike is a buell firebolt XB12r. That is 1203 cc's and it prolly has les HP than your bike. But still a lot. I learned on a smaller bike though.