My first ride on a 600...

[Gazdaman]

Well today I rode the MZ to its new home, sad to see it go, but it did its job very well, and I got £50 more than I paid for it.

Got home, sorted insurance out (£292 on top of the £332 I'd already paid for the MZ), jumped on the bike and off I went.

Bloody love it, It's not as shockingly powerfull as I was expecting... and I don't think you can get any more different than a single cylinder 125 2 stroke with a flat 4 600cc.

This this is rapid through the gears, feels wierd in corners, but it's bloody good.

Rode to Heine Gericke, just as a place to go, and ended up buying some leather trousers (with knee sliders, just in case...)

Now I've got a taste, I want an R1! Firstly I want these bloody restrictors out. The bike gets to 80 and promptly refuses to go any faster, makes high speed overtakes interesting...

Gaz

[G]

Not sure what 600 you've got, but you won't get a good feel of it at all while it's restricted.
Remember if it was a derestricted 125 and a restricted 600 you may even have a worse power to weight ratio!

Something like an r6 has power delivery remarkably like a 2stroke 125... you just get a lot more of it.


If it still doesn't feel that great when it's derestricted, make sure you are getting the throttle fully open and revving ot the redline... when I first got my zx6 I found I kept changing up at 1/2 revs!

I've found I can keep up with proper litre bikes to probably 80 to 90mph or so on my track bike, only after that point does their extra grunt come in. Does make it easier to go fast without hassle on the road, though.

[Gazdaman]

It's an XJ600, not exactly a sportsbike.

I rev up to about 7k which is about 2/3rds to the rev line. The power seems to be between 5 and 7, and starts to die after 7, sounds gorgeous though.

It's a heavy old bugger, wouldn't be suprised it power to weight was worse.

Gaz