feeling buyers remorse

[Hahadumball]

so owned my vtr a few months now and feeling buyers remorse..

don't get me wrong the bike is so fun when you open the throttle, its wheelie happy everywhere but it seems to lack get up and go for a 1000cc...

yesterday i was behind a bike.. we overtook a line of cars together he was clearly in the same mood as me and i stuck with him fairly well but couldn't get past....

watched footage back looked his reg up.. it was a cbr 600rr.. i got out accelerated by a 600cc

ive got everything i could want low down, i can sit in 6th gear at 30 open the throttle and go but it just has no racing power...

so where do i go from here...

i cant help but feel even my fazer got away a lot quicker than the vtr.
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Fin: no matter how much I look at It I can't understand what was going through my head, all I remember is going about 80 and redlining it to stop it seizing.
360 Deg... Five 1/4 turns. :- Teflon-Mike 18 Jan 2015

[temeluchus]

Get a job?
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Some shite cruiser. Now with guns and FREEDOM!

[Az]

Buy a faster bike?

[temeluchus]

With the mad cash from said job.
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Some shite cruiser. Now with guns and FREEDOM!

[Nobby the Bastard]

What Teme said.

To get a faster bike, stop being a drain on the economy and get off your fucking arse and get a job.

Job means money.

Money means faster bike.
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Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[Dave V4]

1000 inline 4 is what you need if you wanna beat 600's lol, gsxr, r1 or zx10 will do it . personally I would prefer the torque and ease the VTR offers over having to rev the nuts off a 600. have you tried changing the gearing in yours if your after more acceleration? tbh the vtr has about the same bhp as the cbr so once its in the right gear you aint gonna get by him, unless you can utilise the torque out of a slower corner, but as your on the road that's not going to happen to often.

[Hahadumball]

gone -1 on the front sprocket, itll pull up in 3rd which is pretty fun but it just doesn't get going fast enough.

im thinking i may go back to il4's seeing as i earn mad cash in my new job its burning a hole in my pocket.

i do like the look of the k3 gsxr thou having not ridden a gsxr above a 600 i have no idea what they go like, few places round here that may have them to test ride however im not sure they will happily throw me the keys.
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Fin: no matter how much I look at It I can't understand what was going through my head, all I remember is going about 80 and redlining it to stop it seizing.
360 Deg... Five 1/4 turns. :- Teflon-Mike 18 Jan 2015

[Alex A]

I've owned two and like them for what they are.

But the Firestorm isn't (and never was) a performance bike. It's more of a stripped down, V-twin VFR750. There are things you can do to get more top end from it (cams, exhausts, fuelling), but the chassis is competent rather than brilliant, so it's not really worth it.

A GSX-R1000 K3 is a completely different prospect.

[monkeybiker]

Stop racing people on the street, you'll live longer.

My Z1000 is not going to go round corners or accelerate like an R1 but I couldn't give a shit as I like riding it and like how it looks.

[P.addy]

[MarJay]

VTR1000 Firestorm: 198kg dry and 98bhp.

2003 CBR600RR 165kg and 115bhp.


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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F; Cheap project: CBR900RR FireBlade
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[lihp]

[Dav1son]

K3 Gsxr1000 will get beaten by a S1000RR. So might as well get one of those or a Kwak HS2.
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Future: ....
Present: GSXR-750 L0
Past: ZX10R C2H, TL1000R, CBR400 NC29, GPR50RR/RS50

[M.C]

[Carvel]

As mentioned, it would help if you bought something that was actually fast.
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2002 Aprilia RSV1000R, Cbr600Fs, Mk1 B12, Vfr400 NC30...

Matt B: I can deal with crushed nuts to beat Ollie.

[Silver_Fox]

Weld on a smaller front sprocket
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CBR600 F3 FV
CG125

[Alex A]

[temeluchus]

[MarJay]

[craigs23]

Hmmm, find some corners?

[MarJay]

Pol:

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/pol.jpg

Just sayin'.
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F; Cheap project: CBR900RR FireBlade
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Albigularis]

There are three types of litre bikes.

Power - S1000RR/ZX10R/R1 etc...
Torque - VTR/TL1000/older Tuono
Both - Hayabusa/ZZR1400

Personally, I'd flog the VTR and if you're on a budget, get an older Busa or ZZR1200. The VTR will feel like a toy afterwards.

Even on my Multistrada, I was having to try and not run into the back of someone on a VTR1000 on the last ride out.
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Biking history so far-
Aprilia RS125 - Kawasaki ZXR400 - Triumph Street Triple R - Suzuki GSXR1000 L3 - BMW R1200GS - Kawasaki Z1000 - Kawasaki ZX10R C1H - Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring - Suzuki Hayabusa

[Reservoir Dog]

[chris-red]

[Reservoir Dog]

Looks like Paddy's strapped his karma raping to the last freedom moped out of nowhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGOU0o9K89g