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GIXXER KID
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by GIXXER KID » Oct 15th, '10, 18:31
hey guys, well with xmas and birthday coming up soon im considering treating myself,
ive narrowed it down to buying an R1 around 2000 model or spending some pennies doing up my gsxr1100wp.
thought id get some peoples opinions before i decide.
any thoughts welcome
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billinom8s
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by billinom8s » Oct 15th, '10, 19:07
R1 every time.
Brilliant bikes, you will love it,
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DaveMcR1
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by DaveMcR1 » Oct 15th, '10, 20:01
R1 all the way, early models get a bit stroppy if you yank on the throttle to hard from the off, but all in all good sports bike to own.
DynaMight
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by DynaMight » Oct 15th, '10, 21:17
Keep the Gixxer, R1's are sh!it.
GIXXER KID
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by GIXXER KID » Oct 15th, '10, 22:36
im thinking everyone with an R1 will say get one, and everyone else will say defo noooo aha
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by billinom8s » Oct 16th, '10, 00:15
Not really, gav has an r1
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Frag
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by Frag » Oct 16th, '10, 07:48
billinom8s wrote: R1 every time.
Brilliant bikes, you will love it,
Ditto
(Sorry, too lazy to write much else, but I do love my bike
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Funky
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by Funky » Oct 16th, '10, 14:15
Rubbish bikes,
CBR125, more of a man's bike.
GIXXER KID
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by GIXXER KID » Oct 16th, '10, 14:23
Funky wrote: Rubbish bikes,
CBR125, more of a man's bike.
are you saying this to make yourself feel better as youve had to downgrade as you cant handle your own bike
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by Funky » Oct 16th, '10, 16:44
GIXXER KID wrote: Funky wrote: Rubbish bikes,
CBR125, more of a man's bike.
are you saying this to make yourself feel better as youve had to downgrade as you cant handle your own bike
I can see you're afraid...
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by Smiler » Oct 16th, '10, 18:27
Frag wrote: billinom8s wrote: R1 every time.
Brilliant bikes, you will love it,
Ditto
(Sorry, too lazy to write much else, but I do love my bike
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Even the 'borrowed' ones.... {angel}
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DaveMcR1
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by DaveMcR1 » Oct 17th, '10, 11:59
you could always go down the boring honda route, or even get yaself a poor mans cycle(kwak) who let that duck in? na seriously if you want somefing thats not quite perfect and slightly edgy R1 or gixxer, then again theres the 04 zx10, um not sure meself now.
time to go before i confuse meself even more.
GIXXER KID
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by GIXXER KID » Oct 17th, '10, 12:12
haha,, well im only gunna have 2000 to 2500, already had a fireblade, wanted an r1 since i was like 10
but have been thinking should i just spend the money on the gsxr and have something one off, or am i wasting my time with such a heavy bike.
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DynaMight
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by DynaMight » Oct 17th, '10, 14:18
You are wasting money spending too much on that barge of a 1100 thats for sure. Atleast an early R1 is still fairly modern. You can also get early GSXR1000's quite cheap too, if you like the generic boring sports bike look.
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by Milky » Oct 17th, '10, 16:02
R1
Rieju RS2 > ZXR400 L1 > ZX6R G1 > GSXR600 K1 > Z750 '04 > R6 '99 > ZX636R '56 > Ducati 748e > BSA Bantam D13 '67 > GSXR600 K7 > YZ250 '04 > KTM 250 ECX '00 > RMZ 250 '08 > ZX9R '99 > GSXR 600 K3