Well.... not really yellow, more so black and orangeish.
as some of you know, I've been searching for a wrecked 1000cc bike to make into a street fighter. I've posted on craigs list, different forums and even put word of mouth out, and it turned up nothing. so I said to myself.... SCREW IT!
Suzuki says that with ram air it only makes 190hp at the crank.
I weigh 160 lbs so add that to the mix and it sounds like I'll have a fun ride. =)
I still can't believe I own a Gixxer, I never thought I'd break down and get one. In fact the only thing I dislike about buying this bike is that I now own a gixxer.... not sure about other areas but in maryland a bike aint nothing unless its a gixxer. I be cool now... and I hate that.
What I really like about this bike other then the fact that its SUPER SLIM the seat is ohhh so slim. works great with my short legs.
but other then that. I love how the 2007 model now has dual exhaust, and 3 settings A, B, and C.
A is the full blown 1000cc motor making 186hp or so before the ram air.
B is more of a 750cc setting making around 160hp up to 3/4 or something throttle then it kicks into the full blown A for full throttle twist.
C is like a 600. It limits the bike to 130hp so if you're running on a very small track or in my case, lots and lots of tight backroads, option C is a nice feature!
My #1 issue with a 600cc sportbike is when I'm on a highway the RPMs are sooooo high, now with the K7GSXR at 70mph I'm sitting around 4K rpm VS the near 7K! of my CBR.
As far as the CBR goes, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, it's pretty much spotless. I might list it on craigs list or just say F it and keep the sucker.
for anyone who cares, I paid 11,800 OTD and had them throw in a tank protector.
There's 2 mods I want to do to this bike and only two. ok well 3.
1. when the hard tags come in I'm building a custom tag bracket, thankfully the stock splash guard comes fully off with 4 bolts.
2. remove those ugly stickers!
3. adjust the adjustable foot pegs back as far as they can go. BTW 2007 models have 3 adjustments for the footpegs! nice feature!
I still can't believe I'm a "gixxer boy"
sigh. I hope I can get use to it.
on and P.S I'm scare as @#$#@$# about this bike. =) =) =) =) =) =) =) =) =) =)
P.S.S I'll get some better pictures of it once I have some more time.
as some of you know, I've been searching for a wrecked 1000cc bike to make into a street fighter. I've posted on craigs list, different forums and even put word of mouth out, and it turned up nothing. so I said to myself.... SCREW IT!
Suzuki says that with ram air it only makes 190hp at the crank.
I weigh 160 lbs so add that to the mix and it sounds like I'll have a fun ride. =)
I still can't believe I own a Gixxer, I never thought I'd break down and get one. In fact the only thing I dislike about buying this bike is that I now own a gixxer.... not sure about other areas but in maryland a bike aint nothing unless its a gixxer. I be cool now... and I hate that.
What I really like about this bike other then the fact that its SUPER SLIM the seat is ohhh so slim. works great with my short legs.
but other then that. I love how the 2007 model now has dual exhaust, and 3 settings A, B, and C.
A is the full blown 1000cc motor making 186hp or so before the ram air.
B is more of a 750cc setting making around 160hp up to 3/4 or something throttle then it kicks into the full blown A for full throttle twist.
C is like a 600. It limits the bike to 130hp so if you're running on a very small track or in my case, lots and lots of tight backroads, option C is a nice feature!
My #1 issue with a 600cc sportbike is when I'm on a highway the RPMs are sooooo high, now with the K7GSXR at 70mph I'm sitting around 4K rpm VS the near 7K! of my CBR.
As far as the CBR goes, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, it's pretty much spotless. I might list it on craigs list or just say F it and keep the sucker.
for anyone who cares, I paid 11,800 OTD and had them throw in a tank protector.
There's 2 mods I want to do to this bike and only two. ok well 3.
1. when the hard tags come in I'm building a custom tag bracket, thankfully the stock splash guard comes fully off with 4 bolts.
2. remove those ugly stickers!
3. adjust the adjustable foot pegs back as far as they can go. BTW 2007 models have 3 adjustments for the footpegs! nice feature!
I still can't believe I'm a "gixxer boy"
sigh. I hope I can get use to it.
on and P.S I'm scare as @#$#@$# about this bike. =) =) =) =) =) =) =) =) =) =)
P.S.S I'll get some better pictures of it once I have some more time.