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"the bike this dude bought has like 180-something hp and runs 9-second 1/4s. probably runs over 100 in first gear, and i suspect that it would wheelie at WOT at any point up to 100-120 mph"

HAHAHAHA, he's gonna die. now this is making me think twice about gettin a gsxr1000. It can do wheelies in 4th gear.

btw duke, tell your buddy to invest in a crash cage, not frame sliders. I bet he'll drop the bike way more times then the frame sliders would be able to hold up. Well the good thing is that he bought a honda liter bike, one of the least powered bikes (only by like 1-2 hp), and they are nice all around bikes. However, tell him I'll trade my cbr600 for the 1000 then we'll trade it back when he gets more comfortable with the 600. hehe

11/25/2005 4:25:50 AM

yeah a cage would be smart since he probably wont be leaning that low. im happy i bought one for the gsxr when someone ..wheelied into my bike causing it to fall over. i didnt drop it again but for most of the stupid stuff i would be doing on a 1000 i would get one too. they are 300 dollars and a good investment in my book

11/25/2005 1:36:18 PM