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rode all three back to back to get a feeling of what is good/bad about each. i'll start with the sp-1 which is my bike that i rode to the bike shop. the bike sounds awesome. has good brakes and is pretty stable. it is bloody hard to get turned and requires a fair bit of muscle if you want to get it over faster. the engine is good and has grunt everywhere. it seems like a great bike in isolation.
next up i went for the cbr1000rr. coming off the sp the riding position is similar. a little more relaxed if anything and the pegs are lower. there is a flat spot down low which is probably due to the pipe but once through that it just goes. the power is very linear all the way. it just feels "planted" no matter what you seem to do to it. i decided to give it some shit in first to see what happened. all that happened is that it gripped and went forwards (not upwards) at a great rate. i've heard people come in and say "i couldn't keep the front wheel on the ground". they are either riding like a total nob or are full of shit. it does everything very efficiently and is very easy to ride very fast. and i think it suffers for it a bit as i like bikes with a bit of character.
after that it was back on to the girlfriends cbr6rr. riding possy is similar to the 1000 except for a slightly shorter reach to the bars. this is the best handling bike i have ever ridden. i've heard people say that the cbr1000rr feels and handles like a 600 - it doesn't. this thing turns in that fast that you have to concentrate on deliberately tipping in later to avoid hitting the apex. the handling/brakes are awesome and anyone who says they need more of either for the street is either mr barros or mr bullshitter. obviously it doesn't have the outright grunt of the 1000 but i prefer to work a bike to keep it singing and when the 6 is above 10,000 it doesn't lose out too much. on the track i've stuck with 1000cc bikes down the straights and hardly lose anything before getting them in the corners.
if i was going to go and buy one of them now, i'd go for the 600. the sp-1 looks and sounds nice, has heaps of character and makes mums hold onto their children tighter when you go near them, but in terms of actually being ridden its not as good as the other two. the 1000 is quite frankly awesome. it does everything great. i don't think i'd be able to get anywhere near the limit even at the track (will have to wait till the bladeblast). the 600 feels like you're getting there. it handles the best and doesn't really lose out in any area. they're all great bikes but do things differently.
i'll ride a few other bikes in the next couple of weeks as i am contemplating a change...just need to find a bike that makes me buy it.
next up i went for the cbr1000rr. coming off the sp the riding position is similar. a little more relaxed if anything and the pegs are lower. there is a flat spot down low which is probably due to the pipe but once through that it just goes. the power is very linear all the way. it just feels "planted" no matter what you seem to do to it. i decided to give it some shit in first to see what happened. all that happened is that it gripped and went forwards (not upwards) at a great rate. i've heard people come in and say "i couldn't keep the front wheel on the ground". they are either riding like a total nob or are full of shit. it does everything very efficiently and is very easy to ride very fast. and i think it suffers for it a bit as i like bikes with a bit of character.
after that it was back on to the girlfriends cbr6rr. riding possy is similar to the 1000 except for a slightly shorter reach to the bars. this is the best handling bike i have ever ridden. i've heard people say that the cbr1000rr feels and handles like a 600 - it doesn't. this thing turns in that fast that you have to concentrate on deliberately tipping in later to avoid hitting the apex. the handling/brakes are awesome and anyone who says they need more of either for the street is either mr barros or mr bullshitter. obviously it doesn't have the outright grunt of the 1000 but i prefer to work a bike to keep it singing and when the 6 is above 10,000 it doesn't lose out too much. on the track i've stuck with 1000cc bikes down the straights and hardly lose anything before getting them in the corners.
if i was going to go and buy one of them now, i'd go for the 600. the sp-1 looks and sounds nice, has heaps of character and makes mums hold onto their children tighter when you go near them, but in terms of actually being ridden its not as good as the other two. the 1000 is quite frankly awesome. it does everything great. i don't think i'd be able to get anywhere near the limit even at the track (will have to wait till the bladeblast). the 600 feels like you're getting there. it handles the best and doesn't really lose out in any area. they're all great bikes but do things differently.
i'll ride a few other bikes in the next couple of weeks as i am contemplating a change...just need to find a bike that makes me buy it.
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