Went test riding this Saturday....

[RaZ]

You seen last time i saw you raz i was on 06 gix 1000.
WHen you been riding busas,anything thats 1000cc or under is gonna feel like it has a torque hole. 1k's gotta hit 6000rpm before real momentum an shove starts to happen. But yeh your right,busas stock brakes are beyond junk! Every bike mag i read rates the new cbr1000 real highly,as the best latest 1000. I sat on 1,didnt take it for a spin,its slim az, but the tank reminds me of a k4 gix 1000 ,big in a way which made me feel comfortable on it.

Hey Nem :)

yeah I remember & I fully understand that 1000cc bikes are more revvy, but shit dude, the 750 had shit loads more torque & moved faster then the blade at low RPM. So if your a full time rider, using low RPM on the 08 blade is just a joke & not worth it. I am trying of a way to explain just how bad it really was... it was like I turned the throttle & it started to move... so I pulled it half way open... it didn't do ANYTHING! NOTHING!

The engine didn't go up in rev's & it didn't even move any more then 1/4 throttle... There was no connection to what I was doing with the throttle. Hell - even my old stroke at low RPM, you turn its throttle & the engine starts the rev & build up, slow but it does, the blade DIDN'T! It just refused to accelerate any harder then what it was. I asked if it was fly by wire because it wasn't connected to what I was doing! Once I was over 4,500 I had the connection & it would do as I asked, but to me - That's really poor that a 750 has more torque & acceleration then the new blade.

As for the write ups - yeah I read them all before riding it, hence why I was so disappointed. But look - on the right road where you could trust the bike & really give it ago - it would do anything you asked of it easy I am sure, and perhaps a pipe & PC3 would solve the blade's low RPM issues, its just not for me tho :)