Rapid Bike Mag

[bazman]

Make sure you done miss the next Issue of Rapid Bike Mag
You might see someone you know

Uh ohhhhh.....what's he been up to this time?!?

[larra]

I bought the magazine a few days ago and it confirms what i have been thinking all along.that these 2 bikes are so close performancewise that it all comes down to the rider.
In the magazine test the mighty hayabusa actually beat the new zx14r in the 1/4 mile, same day ,same rider. now i know that most of these comparos have gone the other way,but having only 15hp advantage and weighing 10 kg more it was always going to be very close.the new zx had more midrange though as would be expected,having a bigger motor but hayabusa got the nod on the twisty staff too.Went to see one of them at my local kawasaki dealer (out of curiosity)some time ago and regardless of all the niceties of traction control and abs braking i would not swap my bike for it even if i did not have to pay anything for the tradeoff.By the way the dealer seemed to concur and is riding a gsxr 1000 himself
And the looks just did not strike the cord either.

[bRoWnEyE]

Yep I bought the mag too & it was very interesting reading
The writer actually gave the nod to the Busa over ZX14 - Just

[BEAU]

Not bad for a Busa that was designed in '05/'06... Still at the top of the table almost 10 years later...

[sutur]

Wouldn't it be nice if for a 3rd gen, Suzuki just gave us 275hp, dropped 40Kg and gave us traction control?

That'd be a keeper, something proportionate to the current superbikes!

[jamdonut]

What about some of us that flash our ecu,s then put aftermarket performance exhausts on our bikes, adjust the suspension for a better ride, the difference between the two bikes performance gets smaller. To date I have only seen the new zx14's getting around in stock form.

[simmo]

What about some of us that flash our ecu,s then put aftermarket performance exhausts on our bikes, adjust the suspension for a better ride, the difference between the two bikes performance gets smaller. To date I have only seen the new zx14's getting around in stock form.

Some of us have already made ours into Gen 3 1441

[DAD]

Kawasaki built quality is not the best just look at some of the welds and you will know what I mean.

[sutur]

Kawasaki built quality is not the best just look at some of the welds and you will know what I mean.

I've heard the same thing over & over about gsxr 1000s, there's not many modern bikes that are shit any more.

[DAD]

I used to own a gixxer thou and it was really good?

[sutur]

Me too, great bike!