ZX7R compared to modern 600cc bikes

[Bojje]

What's crackin'?

In a straight line, how does the ZX7R perform against modern 600cc bikes like let's say the GSXR 600 or ZX6R. Does it get outrunned? I know that the ZX7R gets left behind on the twisties, but how does it perform on straights against the 600cc's?

I mean, it feels very powerful. I haven't ridden any modern 600cc yet... but people say they're extremely quick.

I guess the torque is much more obvious in ZX7R and that it performs much better in the low revs. But is that all?

[BorderHooner]

dunno but unless you plan on racing other bikes does it matter - it is still faster to a tonne than 99% of cars therefore it will be fun.
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[Bojje]

[_Will_]

Why not go for both of best worlds and get a GSXR750 or similar?
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[Rookie]

A normal ZX7R (98) has about 115bhp at the wheel if I remember rightly. A brand new ZX6R (2006, 636) makes 107. And the ZX7R has a better midrange and more torque.

[_Will_]

Remeber a 8+ year old bike may lose horses over the years and the zxr will be considerably lighter.

Im thinking the 600 sports will be an upgrade- but not a haauge one.
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[quacker_boy]

Test ride one to find out how it compares to your ZX7R!

A GSXR750 or probably even the 600 will destroy your current bike!
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[Richard Green]

Im agreeing with Vee go for the bestof both worlds and go get the gixxer 750 ( if you dare )

[Rookie]

[extreme3d]

[APNess]

Mate o mine flogged his Gixxer 600 (k5) a few months ago, thinking to get another bike next year, but went ahead and bought an old (94) cheap Gixxer 750. The 600 would leave it on the bends and straights we both reckon - plus it's got a full race system front to back on and it's not been jetted for it as far as we can tell.

With throttle to the stop in top it seems to max out at 140 ish, the 600 would touch nearly 160. If he bought a bike tommorrow it'd be the Gixxer 750 - handling of the 600, power a grade above, probably the best sports bike in the world right now, all round. (not fastest, but best, and so reckon all the mags).

The Triumph is worth considering, but for more or less the same money, and only a grand more than the 600s, it'd be smart money on the Gixxer 750 I reckon.

(Shame I can't fit on them, or the 1000s. They are made for midgets Gonna start saving pennies for zzr1400 or a new Busa if they ever come out, or an updated Blackbird if they ever do it. Old mens bikes for fat bastards, y'see )

[0ddball]

[APNess]

Ah it's a Gixxer 750 early 90s vintage (not zx7r) I was referring to so not sure what it should be putting out @ crank - 115/120 ish? With a race can and right jetting it should be more we reckon (maybe 115 at wheel at most), so yeah, prolly down on power right now.

Guy at work bought a Zx7r, reckons it's fast as fook, blows away this that the other, comes out with fanciful figures all the time. We call him 'Topper' for obvious reasons ("That's good but did I ever tell you about the time when..." etc).

They'll be quick bikes, but modern 600s weight 10-20kg less and make similar power figures, a little down on torque compared to the old 750s.

Still, old 750s will be cheaper to insure than modern 600s, and plenty of cheap bits about on ebay etc, so there's plenty to be said in favour of sticking with the ZX7r.

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[Cillit-BANG]

Not that it makes any difference, but an 06' C-model 636 should make more than 107 at the wheel.

The only upgrade your likely to notice will be the slightly more sophisticated technology. Sheer power wise it isn't going to make any difference.

[mistergixer]

Last year i traded my '99 SRAD 600 gixer for a K5 750 - frankly i'm still blown away by the advances made in biking technology in a few short years!
It's not so much the increase in power and the decrease in weight that makes the difference - it's things like the sharper steering and more powerful brakes that really make the difference to me - plus it feels tiny in comparison to the SRAD, which (much as i love them) are lardy old buses.
Modern bikes are great, i love them, anyone who says different is either a liar, jealous or stupid - or possibly a combination of all three!

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[killa]

In a straight line a Gixxer 600 is barely faster than the 7R, it is so marginal and you have to nail either bike to get in front, and even then, you’ll be running out of road before you can say you’re bike is faster.
A 7R can be altered with very little cash spent and it will keep up with any modern 600 on some twistys, it isn’t set up that hard out of factory.

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[Whosthedaddy]

The age old debate
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[Barry_M2]

Hasen't this topic been argued to the death about 3 hundred times?

Most of it is down to the rider, infact the majority of it is down to the rider as to how fast he or she goes on it.

I've been at brands lapping 10 seconds a lap faster than an R1 / GSXR1000, on my ZXR750. So what! I've also been 10 seconds SLOWER than the same (or simelar) bikes with different riders.

An old ZXR I had about 7 years ago now, would absolutly obliterate my mates GSXR600. This all means nothing as its all down to the rider, even more so in the 'twisties'.

I can see this being a long thread
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