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Posted: 12:58 - 13 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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Congrats
I don't believe the xj600 will ever set your pubes on fire, it's an all round bike as opposed to an out and out speed machine.
My 2011 XJ was very much mediocre compared to the gsxr600 that it replaced. ____________________ Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy |
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A twin's going to give you more of an immediate shove, but the XJ should get up to more or less the same speed. You'll want to knock it down a gear or two in order to get to the raw powah. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Posted: 17:42 - 13 Dec 2017 Post subject: Re: Finally, My first big bike. |
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kaz32 wrote: | it didn't give me much of a tingle, |
It's a straight four, two pistons going up, two coming down , one on each of the four 'strokes' of the otto-cycle. So whilst one pot is sucking another squashing, one's blowing & one's always banging. Makes for a very smooth relatively vibration free engine. Twins and singles tend to be a lot more 'lumpy'.
Why I suspect so many lady rider's seem to like ill-balanced Harleys, with two enormous, heavy pistons, going up and down on a common crank journal, separated by a 45degree V-Angle, that shake like a badly over-loaded washing-machine on full spin....
kaz32 wrote: | on the motorway |
Motorways dull the senses anyway. They are big and wide and relatively straight; on-coming traffic separated by a median divider, and everything else all traveling at a similar speed. They don't tend to offer a very big 'sensation' of the speed you are actually traveling.
On one at night, doing seriously illegal speeds, no other traffic about, everything beyond the pool of the head-lamp or tunnel of street-lights concealed by the gloom, it's almost like sitting on you safa at home watching the test card, there's so little around you 'happening' at any speed
kaz32 wrote: | in comparison to the mt-07 I trained on it wasn't in the same league |
MT07 claims 75bhp and 160Kg, and has no wind deflecting faring. It's usually applauded for offering a fairly dynamic and engaging riding sensation, it's often punted as a more 'exiting' sporty commuter.
Divvy 6 'S'.. I believe should have a frame mounted 'half' fairing, which can do an awful lot to deflect wind buffet and damp 'in your face' riding sensation. Specs also claim only 60bhp, and around 200Kg weight. Specs alone suggest that it has somewhat less to offer in ultimate performance.
Then it's design ancestry goes back to the XJ550 released around 1981, and subsequently bored out and de-tuned to meet emission regs and offered as the Divvy, over a decade later, as a much 'softened' and cost-cut budget all-rounder, come small tourer.
The different riding sensation is to be expected. The divvy is a heavier, less powerful, 'old' matron, in comparison, 'comfy' rather than 'spritely'.
kaz32 wrote: | I love the bike as well as the fact its all mine. |
That's the main thing.
And as you dial expectations in with what the bike has to offer, and perhaps learn to exploit its capabilities a bit, it will likely only get better... though there is the risk of rapidly concluding it's 'boring' reputation is totally deserved, and wanting something more inherently dynamic to step up to early on if your expectations and confidence grow quicker than your competence, as so many do...
It's a bludy good bike in it's way, they wouldn't have sold the bucket loads they did if there wasn't 'something' about it to love, you just have to discover and appreciate it.
BUT after breaking through the barrier of big-bike tests, and the relatively rapid pace of personal progression to get here... there WILL be the vacuum of 'whats next?'.. as that personal-development plateaus out...
It's winter, and there's snow on the ground, so, take it easy. Enjoy the 'soft' this bike has to offer, and appreciate that small-planet mass it has for gravity to help keep 'planted' on terra-firmer, whilst its more terra and less firma!
Keep it rubber side down and enjoy.... and just don't try look for thrills on the motorway! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
Current Bikes:'Honda VF1000F' ;'CB750F2N' ;'CB125TD ( 6 3 of em!)'; 'Montesa Cota 248'. Learner FAQ's:= 'U want to Ride a Motorbike! Where Do U start?' |
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You have one of the popular post test bikes.
Ride it for a year, get bored with it but as long as you look after it you aren't going to lose much/any money ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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A friend of mine had one as his only transport, had it for years and it did everything he asked of it to work, holiday, shopping, you name it it was used for it.
one weak point that gets picked up on is the exhausts rot easily so might be worth looking at getting a 'fender extender' fitted to try and prevent as much wet spray hitting them.
Look after it, use it, enjoy it and, in a couple of years you might change it for something else, your might get something less practical for the weekend, who knows ____________________ Looking to pass your CBT / Bike tests in Bury Lancashire? try www.focusridertraining.co.uk Would recommend.
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InB4 R1-in-1st-gear thread. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Yeah it was a bit more perky in the lower gears, sounds not to bad being completely stock. All this chat aside it's 18 years old so I do respect the machine for how it goes and what it does today!
Gives me some thinking time to decide what I want my next bike to be
il4's and twins a can't see I know the real difference, will definitely be test riding a couple of bikes to see what I prefer!
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Ahh that feeling from going on a 125 3 days prior then opening up a ZX6R for the first time
Was a bit like taking MDMA for the first time but not quite as euphoric. |
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That's in better nick than my 2012 BMW. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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Mmm dem sweaty filth ridden gloves wedged in a helmet that you stick on your head... just put on the even filthier floor
Nice bike though mate, basic but still a great first big bike. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 122 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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