Older 1000cc sports bikes worth it
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It’s time for a new bike
I have an fzs600 fox eye my only bike had it for around 5 years. I have tracked it, toured on it and commute on it a few days a week and it’s a bit meh bought it on others advice. It’s reasonably reliable but I am fed up of removing the carbs and faffing with it
New bike I want it to be the full package more power, good handling and exciting
No matter which way I dice it an older 1000cc sports bike seems to fit the bill, 2010 ish gxsrs look really nice. Are they worth it though, or can they be a headache ? Is there anything new for 7k-10k that can even come close to competing ?
I have an fzs600 fox eye my only bike had it for around 5 years. I have tracked it, toured on it and commute on it a few days a week and it’s a bit meh bought it on others advice. It’s reasonably reliable but I am fed up of removing the carbs and faffing with it
New bike I want it to be the full package more power, good handling and exciting
No matter which way I dice it an older 1000cc sports bike seems to fit the bill, 2010 ish gxsrs look really nice. Are they worth it though, or can they be a headache ? Is there anything new for 7k-10k that can even come close to competing ?
There's a halfway house between a 13 yr old sportsbike and a new bike
Depends what your requirements are really (regarding reliability, depreciation etc)
The electronic aids tend to be the biggest difference between new and older bikes - some regard them as essential some hate them
Personally I'd struggle to look past a V4 Tuono bang for buck it's hard to beat IMO circa £7k but as everyone says - buy what you want
Depends what your requirements are really (regarding reliability, depreciation etc)
The electronic aids tend to be the biggest difference between new and older bikes - some regard them as essential some hate them
Personally I'd struggle to look past a V4 Tuono bang for buck it's hard to beat IMO circa £7k but as everyone says - buy what you want
t out of me everytime I open it up.I can’t comment on Suzuki’s but I have a 2010 Fireblade and it is no trouble - although does seems to attract punctures that my Street Tripe doesn’t!
I got it second hand from a dealer quite some years ago, perhaps when it was 7/8 years old, (I don’t recall). At that time it had about 17k miles on it. Since then I’ve only put about 4k on it but the only issue was the kill switch needing replacing about 1/2 months into my ownership. Starts first time although not quite “on the button” but the engine is larger and presumably high’ish compression so brup, brup, brummmmmmm - consistently. My wife’s 2021 Honda 1100 is similar.
Runs fabulously with soooooooo much power. I don’t have ABS or traction and have never needed them. Can’t fault it.
I got it second hand from a dealer quite some years ago, perhaps when it was 7/8 years old, (I don’t recall). At that time it had about 17k miles on it. Since then I’ve only put about 4k on it but the only issue was the kill switch needing replacing about 1/2 months into my ownership. Starts first time although not quite “on the button” but the engine is larger and presumably high’ish compression so brup, brup, brummmmmmm - consistently. My wife’s 2021 Honda 1100 is similar.
Runs fabulously with soooooooo much power. I don’t have ABS or traction and have never needed them. Can’t fault it.
Edited by Soft Top on Friday 4th August 20:43
Oh yeah I think they certainly are. Even older ones are good and are pretty much incomparable to a FZ6 or whatever, so long as you aren't too fussed about rider aids...... Buy something which has been looked after - Britain seems to be awash with pampered superbikes. I think I'd have one of each if I lived there.
OP for the top end of your budget you'll be able to buy a new zx6r, fast + modern (tft dash, rider aids).
I wouldn't buy a big bike now without rider aids as I'm no Marquez and the state of our roads, plus the weather. I've had the traction control kick in for me several times on my bike.
I wouldn't buy a big bike now without rider aids as I'm no Marquez and the state of our roads, plus the weather. I've had the traction control kick in for me several times on my bike.
I had a 2013 Fireblade which to this day I regret selling - I practically gave it away for £5.5k. Think it had 21k miles on it when it went.
Absolutely trouble free, even despite me throwing it into the kitty litter at Clearways once. Only unscheduled maintenance it required was a battery.
Plenty of power and no rider aids, yet FI and general Honda reliability- think we’ll look back on that time as a golden era of biking before too much longer.
Absolutely trouble free, even despite me throwing it into the kitty litter at Clearways once. Only unscheduled maintenance it required was a battery.
Plenty of power and no rider aids, yet FI and general Honda reliability- think we’ll look back on that time as a golden era of biking before too much longer.
Three years ago, Revzilla compared a $5,000, 55,000 miles plus, 2005 GSX-R with a new $28,000 2020 Panigale V4.
Seems to demonstrate that you can go back a long way and buy something that's still pretty impressive, so perhaps you'd be quite happy with a superbike that's a few years old.
Seems to demonstrate that you can go back a long way and buy something that's still pretty impressive, so perhaps you'd be quite happy with a superbike that's a few years old.
Biker9090 said:
I'm looking at a 2017 onwards fireblade to replace my VFR. Wanted the IMU. You can quite easily get them for unsee £10k. I did look at the earlier ones but the ABS apparently causes massive issues.
The c-ABS on Fireblades of 2008-2016 vintage has some well-publicised issues which you allude to, however happily you could also buy them without ABS, so would recommend finding one without. If you did happen to find an ABS bike, you can rip out most of the ABS, cap off the pump and system in the appropriate places, and run new braided lines direct from master cylinders to callipers. Quite a few good guides out there on the internets of how to do it.
2017+ Fireblades junked the old combined ABS system in favour of a Bosch setup - if you believe the reviewers, you can still get the system to scare you on track if braking hard and raising the rear wheel - the IMU thinks you have pulled the lever too hard and therefore decides to release a bit of brake pressure for you..! I’ve never had mine do that though so guess you’d have to be really pressing on to get it to do that.
Still, better than the old system and the proper brown pants moments people reported of lever randomly coming right back to the bar.
gareth_r said:
Three years ago, Revzilla compared a $5,000, 55,000 miles plus, 2005 GSX-R with a new $28,000 2020 Panigale V4.
Seems to demonstrate that you can go back a long way and buy something that's still pretty impressive, so perhaps you'd be quite happy with a superbike that's a few years old.
That’s a good watchSeems to demonstrate that you can go back a long way and buy something that's still pretty impressive, so perhaps you'd be quite happy with a superbike that's a few years old.
I will be getting a gsxr if I get a super naked or anything else I will always wonder what a proper 1000 sports bike is like
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