Zack
Junior Member
Hi there,
After learning to ride and riding it for one season ('08) my son purchased 2006 GSXR 750. If you remember, last year we went to Buffalo together (from Toronto) and imported brand new FZ6, cobalt blue. We both shared it last summer and now he is very happy owner of the gixxer, yellow and black, beautiful, low km when purchased. So he switched a camps from Yamaha to Suzuki.
Anyway, one day he comes to me says:" Dad can I use your bike today, need to leave mine in garage". So he goes and tomorrow I ask him what is his impression of it now? He goes:
1. Too soft (shocks)
2. Brakes not that great
3. Dangerous to drive - feels every little thing on the road
4. Steering too light - front end
5. Shifting problematic
Now he got me thinking. I did try his bike and besides OMG performance it got me scared to I don't touch it any more.
Now item by item:
1. This is adjustable, I know. It is still in same position as it left factory and fine for me.
2. I never thought that brakes are not adequate but to all fairness his brakes are MUCH stronger.
3. Again truth. I drive FZ only and don't have any other experiences so it is kind of fine for me, however, I feel every patch, snake, bump or anything on the road. At the moment of hitting it steering goes left/right, like very short vibration. His bike has steering dampener and doesn't feel anything on the road.
4. Similar symptoms as #3
5. Shifting is not as precise and decisive as on gixxer. It will not kick into another gear every time. I described it in Tech help form section.
What do you think? Does boy have a point(s) or not?
Zack
P.S. I attached 2 pics so you can see what we are talking about here
After learning to ride and riding it for one season ('08) my son purchased 2006 GSXR 750. If you remember, last year we went to Buffalo together (from Toronto) and imported brand new FZ6, cobalt blue. We both shared it last summer and now he is very happy owner of the gixxer, yellow and black, beautiful, low km when purchased. So he switched a camps from Yamaha to Suzuki.
Anyway, one day he comes to me says:" Dad can I use your bike today, need to leave mine in garage". So he goes and tomorrow I ask him what is his impression of it now? He goes:
1. Too soft (shocks)
2. Brakes not that great
3. Dangerous to drive - feels every little thing on the road
4. Steering too light - front end
5. Shifting problematic
Now he got me thinking. I did try his bike and besides OMG performance it got me scared to I don't touch it any more.
Now item by item:
1. This is adjustable, I know. It is still in same position as it left factory and fine for me.
2. I never thought that brakes are not adequate but to all fairness his brakes are MUCH stronger.
3. Again truth. I drive FZ only and don't have any other experiences so it is kind of fine for me, however, I feel every patch, snake, bump or anything on the road. At the moment of hitting it steering goes left/right, like very short vibration. His bike has steering dampener and doesn't feel anything on the road.
4. Similar symptoms as #3
5. Shifting is not as precise and decisive as on gixxer. It will not kick into another gear every time. I described it in Tech help form section.
What do you think? Does boy have a point(s) or not?
Zack
P.S. I attached 2 pics so you can see what we are talking about here