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04-03-2012, 12:56pm
(This post was last modified: 04-03-2012, 01:06pm by FalcoPerigri.)
Thanks Troppo for taking the time and effort to post this report. I find the ZR looks (& ergos) to be really quite OK but it always seems to me that the people who pick the ZR looks will not be the type to go for the Bus looks.
Apart from the cans, both bikes look OK to me with a certain bias towards what I have(Gen2).
I could have both at the same time and not worry about the debate too much.
Interesting that the ZR G'Box has not really rated any better, but then, Suz boxes have always been hard to beat. Regarding "better pull" in certain rev ranges, that might be the case, but I think a Bus with a proper 4-1 system + flash-tuning will cancel (significantly) any advantages the ZR might have had. Even as it is, US published 1/4 times for the Bus by some prominent magazines, have rated the times coming in consistently under 9.9sec which is to say there's not much in it in STANDARD form. Likewise the handling. The Bus can be MUCH improved with some small tweaks. For now though, it does look like the Bus is no longer out front.
Finally, I do think there is an end-game in sight as there is not much more physics can do with this type of weight/mechanics/design recipe. The S1000R and possibly the new Suzuki Virus 1000
might be where we're headed in the near future.
Bring on Gen 3 I'd say. It might impress us all, including the ZR riders.
Apart from the cans, both bikes look OK to me with a certain bias towards what I have(Gen2).
I could have both at the same time and not worry about the debate too much.
Interesting that the ZR G'Box has not really rated any better, but then, Suz boxes have always been hard to beat. Regarding "better pull" in certain rev ranges, that might be the case, but I think a Bus with a proper 4-1 system + flash-tuning will cancel (significantly) any advantages the ZR might have had. Even as it is, US published 1/4 times for the Bus by some prominent magazines, have rated the times coming in consistently under 9.9sec which is to say there's not much in it in STANDARD form. Likewise the handling. The Bus can be MUCH improved with some small tweaks. For now though, it does look like the Bus is no longer out front.
Finally, I do think there is an end-game in sight as there is not much more physics can do with this type of weight/mechanics/design recipe. The S1000R and possibly the new Suzuki Virus 1000
might be where we're headed in the near future.
Bring on Gen 3 I'd say. It might impress us all, including the ZR riders.