Street Bike Warriors

[HIKER]

I've been riding and racing bikes for over 35 years and used to have favorite brands. I was always into Kawi's. Even today I could still work on some of the earlier big bore models blindfolded. I've owned Kawi's, Yam's. Susi's, and HD's After a while you'll realize all bikes are great no matter what brand. All metric bikes will outlast you longer then you'll own it.

Test ride a few, each brand has different charactistics(sp). Don't worry about the brand, worry more about handling, comfort, and looks.

Is this your first bike..?...if so, I would go any bigger then a 600 right now. Todays 600's ara like yesterday's 1000's.

I'm not sure what brand makes these, but if I was going to buy a crotch rocket, I'd be looking for one that has the exhaust running up thru the frame and out under the rear cowl. They not only look bad, it has to help the balance of the bike. Nothing looks odder then a massive canister hanging off one side.

Good luck....

[AZSnake98]

I'd be looking for one that has the exhaust running up thru the frame and out under the rear cowl. They not only look bad, it has to help the balance of the bike. Nothing looks odder then a massive canister hanging off one side.

Good luck....

Have you ever sat on a seat with undertail exhaust? HOT AS HELL. extremely uncomfortable. And you can throw an exhaust can about a quarter mile. they don't weigh anything, and it doesn't do anything to the balance of a bike.

[About2Bite]

Have you ever sat on a seat with undertail exhaust? HOT AS HELL. extremely uncomfortable. And you can throw an exhaust can about a quarter mile. they don't weigh anything, and it doesn't do anything to the balance of a bike.

The seat does not get hot.

The stock exhaust I pulled out from my bike weighed A LOT, expecially in comparison to the the new slip on I installed.

The side mount setups are more annoying than anything, they get very hot after riding for a while and I'm sure the chick someone has on the back would rather not get burnt. Either way the exhaust is not something that I would take into consideration when looking at a bike.

The most important thing is it's comfort, not even riding it, but just sitting on it at the dealer is enough to know if it fits you or not. Again, any bike you get will perform, I gurantee you that you will not ever use the bike to its full potential on the street and even after a lot of riding a the track you'll not have mastered even a Yamaha (haha) 600. I love hitting the twistes so this 636 I have now is all I need. I may one day up to a 1000 but not anytime soon. I have a Two Bros exhaust, K&N, dyno tune, and Power Commander III, I plan on adding +3 in the rear which should hopefully give me some crazy acceleration. Once that's done I'm sure this thing will be more than enough for me for a very long time.

Here is a pic of mine



The exhaust on the GSXRs is very nice, it's lighter and sounds very good stock, this is why many are going this route and it suprises me that Kawi has not followed them.

If you do pick up a bike just remember that it's very dangerous. Nobody sees them. Always wear a helmet, rocks hitting you in the face at 60 mph hurts like hell. You'll hear this a lot so get use to it

Josh