Hi Guys and Gals

Hi and welcome. Good choice, I rode a VTR1000 on the weekend and wasn't very impressed by it. Stick with the kwakas, you won't regret it

Hi Ross,
I'm shaking my head in disbelief...You were'nt impressed? The one I've been riding absolutely screams. Maybe i need to get you on this thing and see if you dont change your mind... The acceleration on this thing just rips your arms out...
Where you from anyway????

mate..i ride a cbr too remember....
use to ride a vtr..and u think the vtr is quick, its got nuthin on the cbr!!


and i think NOTHING of the R1...

Hi and welcome. Good choice, I rode a VTR1000 on the weekend and wasn't very impressed by it. Stick with the kwakas, you won't regret it

Hi Ross,
I'm shaking my head in disbelief...You were'nt impressed? The one I've been riding absolutely screams. Maybe i need to get you on this thing and see if you dont change your mind... The acceleration on this thing just rips your arms out...
Where you from anyway????

mate..i ride a cbr too remember....
use to ride a vtr..and u think the vtr is quick, its got nuthin on the cbr!!

Funny you should say that... everywhere I go they rave about the CBR Blackbird...Is that the one you're refering to? Road registerable race bike?
I'm told they'll eat the GSX1300 Hyabusa for breakfast?


and i think NOTHING of the R1...

welcome dan

Hi and welcome. Good choice, I rode a VTR1000 on the weekend and wasn't very impressed by it. Stick with the kwakas, you won't regret it

Hi Ross,
I'm shaking my head in disbelief...You were'nt impressed? The one I've been riding absolutely screams. Maybe i need to get you on this thing and see if you dont change your mind... The acceleration on this thing just rips your arms out...
Where you from anyway????

I'm from Melbourne, I did live in Warwick for a little while, not too far from Toowoomba. I'm suprised how much toowoomba has changed, had a little look there earlier this year.
The VTR I rode was a 2000 model with Yoshi pipe (i think) on it. Very rough riding, then again it was the first time I sat on a V-twin. Does good wheelies though, I guess I'm a bit too used to the 12 which is close to double the power.

Yeah i do know what you mean. The missus VTR has Micron pipes, K&N filter, fancy Uridium? plugs and leads, Stage 2 Kit thru it, different gearing, and this thing literally rips ya arms off. My mate has a ZXR12 and we were heading down the Warrego towards Brissy and although the 12 has far superior legs up top, it had a shitload of trouble keeping up with the VTR from around the 60k to 240k.....

Mind you, once it hit its straps it was see ya later VTR....

I'm a bit partial to the R1...Whats your opinion?

The VTR I rode had the pipes & K&Ns, but appart from that it was pretty stock. My ZX12R has scorpion pipe, K&Ns, Powercommander and a few other little mods to keep it moving. I have stock gearing as I do a bit of Highway riding and standard gearing is best for fuel consumption.
Sounds like your missus VTR has had a bit of work done to it, I hear cleaning up the ports in the heads of those things makes a major of difference.
The R1? I was close to buying one but then I stumbled across the 12. I think they're a great bike, wouldn't mind trying one out, but I think the riding position is a bit too extreme for me. One of my mates has one and it kills his friends Blackbird, till about 180km/h when the bird catches up and steadily pulls away. I also took a new Fireblade for a spin on the weekend(completely stock) and that thing was amazing! Eventhough the exhaust was stock it had a wicked bark once you hit about 8grand on the tacho. Brakes were fantastic and power was suprising to say the least. Only thing I don't like is the riding position, but it is a supersport

hi ya Dan welcome

Dan, im talking abt the cbr 929...not the blackbird....

the busa is quick..as is the zx14,zx12,R1,Gix1k and all the other contenders...all different bikes to ride tho, tottally...

all im saying is if ur impressed by a vtr, ud be MIGHTY impressed with a cbr/gsxr/R1/zx10 ...but there not the same kinda bike as the vtr.... apples and goat cheese mate...

G'day Dan seeya on a ride sometime

gidday & welkom,just stay with the kwakkas much better

G'day Dan seeya on a ride sometime

Love the paint job. Custom?

Welcome to KSRC Dan, see you out on a Qld ride soon!

....and although the 12 has far superior legs up top, it had a shitload of trouble keeping up with the VTR from around the 60k to 240k.....

your mate needs to get his 12 out of 1st gear (no offence meant mate, but I really struggle with the concept that a 12 had trouble keeping up with a 1 litre V twin... unless it was a full-tilt SP2 or something, then *maybe* on a good day.....)

....and although the 12 has far superior legs up top, it had a shitload of trouble keeping up with the VTR from around the 60k to 240k.....

your mate needs to get his 12 out of 1st gear (no offence meant mate, but I really struggle with the concept that a 12 had trouble keeping up with a 1 litre V twin... unless it was a full-tilt SP2 or something, then *maybe* on a good day.....)

or ridden by a poof...or even worse...MINA

I don't wanna seem rude or anything on an Intro thread , but having now owned and thrashed my 12 for nearly 18 months, there is *No Way On God's Green Earth* that a 12 would or should struggle to hang onto a VTR !!!

Even my ZZR1200 shits on em Gos. I do like the storm, and have considered them occasionally, but limited fuel range and power puts me off them. AFAIK Honda claims around 110-115Hp for them. ZZR has claimed power of 160Hp. (at the crank)

I tested a F'storm 2 years ago, just for the hell of it. Nice handling, nice grunt out of corners, but top-end was no better than my old Z, and it just had that bland Honda feel about it - I guess it would be a tad better with pipes, PCIII etc...