Compare 3 "First Sport Bikes" (Under 600cc!)

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Shorts · #31 Unread post by **Shorts** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:43 pm

Umhm, so if I changed my bars and pegs I'd have a sportbike?

ninja79 · #32 Unread post by **ninja79** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:44 pm

The Crimson Rider® wrote: nah... the SVS models, katana, ZZR600, YZF600R, GT250R, GT650R are not RR bikes but they are sportbikes.

ninja 250/500, GS500F... not sportbikes.

anything else you wanna throw in?

dude! You are a walking encyclopedia! I have another burning question: what is the air-speed of a swallow?

Mintbread · Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:44 pm

I must have a Bandit sportbike!

Shorts · #34 Unread post by **Shorts** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:47 pm

The Crimson Rider® wrote:
Shorts wrote:Umhm, so if I changed my bars and pegs I'd have a sportbike?
pretty much.

get some clip-ons and AM rearsets... set the rearset further back than where it's supposed to be and you have a very basic sportbike right there.

What's a ZZR250? VTR250 Interceptor?

Shorts · #35 Unread post by **Shorts** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:53 pm

The Crimson Rider® wrote:point is... sportbikes need to have that aggressive riding position.

then there's other stuff too under sub-categories of sportbikes.

RR bikes, streetfighter, cafe racer, sport touring, supersport touring, supersport, superbike, etc.

Can you go into detail about that? I'm still confused.

Mintbread · Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:56 pm

The Crimson Rider® wrote:point is... sportbikes need to have that aggressive riding position.

then there's other stuff too under sub-categories of sportbikes.

RR bikes, streetfighter, cafe racer, sport touring, supersport touring, supersport, superbike, etc.

Streetfighters don't have an aggressive riding position and neither do sport-touring bikes. If you had ridden any other bikes you would probably know this.

Mintbread · Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:59 pm

And streetfighters?

Shorts · #38 Unread post by **Shorts** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:00 pm

The Crimson Rider® wrote:
Shorts wrote:

What's a ZZR250? VTR250 Interceptor?
ZZR250 is the same as the ninja250 so sporty

the VTR is a standard bike.

http://www.motorbikes.be/en/compare/5103/5351/

Thanks, I didn't know what my VTR looked like. If you read, I said VTR250 Interceptor.

You can be leaned forward on some cruisers - does that make them "sporty" enough to be a sportsbike?

Mintbread · Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:05 pm

The Crimson Rider® wrote:
Mintbread wrote:And streetfighters?
nope... but they're sportbikes that have been stripped of fairings.

All of them?

Shorts · #40 Unread post by **Shorts** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:10 pm

The Crimson Rider® wrote:
about the cruisers, yeah i know. i once rode a rebel w/ my feet on the passenger pegs to simulate my sportbike's riding position.

No, I'm not talking about changing things around with your feet. I'm talking about needing to lean forward to get ahold of the bars. What then?