Need a GSXR 600 restrictor kit

[Knacker]

Well got my GSXR yesterday But now need a restrictor kit for a week or 2 and im not paying nearly 200 quid for something im barely going to use as iv heard they fall out easily.

Its a 1999 Suzuki GSXR 600

(In black )
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Current: Gsxr 600 Srad - GS125 - DT125
Previous: K1 GSXR 1000

[TUG]

Is it a carbed SRAD? you could have mine i guess, when do you need um?
Wolf
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[Eddie Hitler]

[TUG]

On second thought, dont bother putting one in if your not gunna keep em in, save yourself a shit load of time fitting them then removing them which is a bit of a job to do cos i did mine, and it was a real pain. If your just going to remove them like i did on my FZR then dont bother.
Wolf
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[Davie_G71]

Whats the point for a couple of weeks?

[TUG]

[Fawbish]

I'd keep em in for a bit longer than a few weeks if this is your first big bike. Not from a safety point of view particularly, but it is easier to get used to the weight and handling of a bike without a quick twist of the throttle having the front wheel airborne. Just might take the edge off of being "nervous" about having a powerful bike. not that any hardmen on here would admit to it I know I was a bit nervous...but the excitement and grin factor drowned the nerves )

I kept mine in for 6 months, not planned, just took em out when I got round to it. (Err, sorry officer, they fell out when I got round to it)

But I reckon 2/3 months (if youre riding regular) would be enough to get used to it.


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[Davie_G71]

Not sure i agree, i have no experience, but i hear that big bikes don't behave as normal when restricted.

Open to be corrected though.

[TUG]

[Davie_G71]

Yeah, no amount of restriction will stop you barrelling into a corner too fast.

[D O G]

[Fawbish]

And, not to be cheeky grandad, how many sensible 17 year olds do you know?



I know that i wasnt particularly sensible when i was 17, and hell, i arent that sensible now, after nearly 3 years of riding...but I've learnt how to be when I need to. And you have to learn that. After all, the whole reason you get on a bike in the first place, is because you wanna "go fast". Live on the edge. Be daring.

Or you'd be in a car surrounded by bubble wrap.

Im giving advice to people who start at the age I started, and I think i'm right tbh.

Sometimes you cant rely on people being sensible. It just doesnt happen.


And for all the sensiblity Im suggesting, Im not out of my restriction period yet, yet picking up my speed four, I had power wheelied, almost kneedowned and topped 140. Not impressive by any means, but shows how having a new bike can blind one to the dangers. I was just enjoying myself.

All im trying to suggest is a middle step, instead of going the whole hog. Some people need it, others dont. But I reckon the majority need it.


God, we youngsters get ridiculed and berated for being "idiots" and "hooligans" yet when we display the right attitude, apparently we aint right, and need to be more adventurous. Go figure!
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[Fnatic]

Hmmm,

I don't see the point in this 2 week period of restriction everyone wants to do...

It's a different bike whilst restricted.

Then when you take them out it's the same as if you wouldn't of bothered.

Ok you get used to the handling but seriously you can probably still low/high side it just as easy as when cornering you will be using less than 33bhp anyway

[MaybeGuy]

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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Fawbish]

Nicely said by mattspratt.


None of this 250 quid bollocks for a piece of paper that they wont even use as evidence anyway!


And Fnatic, you may be surprised, the weight/power ratio is vastly changed, and for a new rider, this could be the difference.

Have you ever ridden a 33bhp bike? Or higher powered?
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"Oh....it looks like Average Joe's is forfeiting the match!" - "Yeah, its a risky strategy but lets see if it pays off for 'em Cotton."

[Knacker]

Well when i said a couple of weeks i may have been underexaggerating just going to have them in there for a "while" dont no exactly how long but just long enough to get used to the weight/size/feel of a bigger machine
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Current: Gsxr 600 Srad - GS125 - DT125
Previous: K1 GSXR 1000

[Davie_G71]

It still pointless, because you will have to get used to it all over again when you take them out. The bike weighs the same with a restrictor in at 30mph as it does at partial throttle with no restrictors in at 30mph.

Just get on it and learn it for what it is.

[TUG]

[Davie_G71]

But surely it's just a case of taming your right hand?

[TUG]

[Davie_G71]

Well i'm 29, not exactly young, and have owned my first bike, a GSXR600 SRAD, and when you feel how responsive it can be, you soon learn to be smooth.

[TUG]

[Davie_G71]

OK, there is no middle ground here.

regardless of age, and i'm not sure even the OP has had one, but i could be wrong there has to be a certain mindset.

My thought process would go something along the lines of know what bike i've bought, i would have read time and time again what it's capable of, how savage it can be under acceleration. that in itself would teach me not to pin it open straight away.

I just think that he will have the restriction kit in for however long, yes it will teach him the characteristics of the bike during slow control and medium acceleration, but when he takes them out, there is still the unknown of how it will accelerate un-restricted.

[Fawbish]

Thats YOUR thought process, and as a 29 year old (obvs this isnt the only reason, there ARE a small percentage of sensible 17 year olds out there....the ones that dont buy 600cc bikes ), a fairly sensible one.


Why do people find it impossible to remember what being 17 and wreckless felt like Wolf? lol
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

For me personally, put them in to start with, learn to go around corners first. When you've learnt that skill it may well get you out of trouble when you're riding it full power and fly into a turn too fast.
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