Makes sence but leaning is fun. Didnt you miss having to lean the Busa alot in the corners when you got the 10R?
Id imagine the 600 requires even less of a lean angle, no?
Overall were you really happy with the change to the 10R in every aspect? Personally I am still a little confused as the why you got rid of the 10R, I mean could you outride the bike or did it scare you or?
I guess in some ways I kinda enjoy the causual twisty riding on the Busa which for the street is still well over the speed limit. With the Gixxer I suppose I will be wanting to go even faster since I like leaning.
The engine and brakes on the Gix are awesome, from what I have read the 10R has a great engine as well.
The thing is , I can keep my Busa another year but then it will drop in value by quite abit...enough that I will be locked into the bike for several years.
On the other hand I can get an 06' Gixxer and keep it a year and lose not too much.
Not including upgrades I am only losing $800 bucks and I put 7400 miles on it so far... but since I am putting miles on it still id imagine that I will lose a few hundred more.
From a finacial standpoint the Gix makes sence...and perhaps a year on it will make me a better rider.
Also who know what the Busas future holds...I can get another one someday.
Trust me, you'll still be leaning with the smaller and lighter bikes. As you experience the handling you will naturally start carrying more corner speed and leaning just as much as you did with the busa. As funny as it sounds, you will "grow into" the smaller bikes and their abilities.
And yes, the 636 requires less lean angle than the heavier 10 at the same speed in the same corner. Going to the 10 from the busa I edged up my corner speeds to take better advantage of the bike's abilities. I'm now edging them up even more to take advantage of the 6's ability to carry more speed. I took it slow with the 10 and I'll take it slow with the 636 to avoid blasting past either my abilities or the bike's.
You can bet that when you see someone on a 600 and they are *HAVING* to hang off and lean the shid out of it to hold a corner they are HAULIN' @SS! I'm not talking about the guys who use poor form and lean more than required. I'm talkin' about the guy using good form, hanging off (maybe draggin' a knee as well), and really pushing the tires despite his good techniques.
If you just like leaning bikes, don't slide off the seat and just push it under instead of keeping your upper body inside the turn. That requires far more lean angle than riding properly does. You can even scrape hard parts and eliminate chicken strips and not really be going that fast.
I prefer to ride properly fast enough to NEED whatever lean angle I have to dial in.
And no, I couldn't outride the 10. I doubt many people on the street could. Nor did it scare me. It was simply extreme overkill for my street twisty ridin'. A modern litre bike for the street is just plain stupid. Fun, but stupid... With all that in mind I decided that I could save on insurance, tires, gas, and even have a lower bike payment by going to a 600 and still have more power than I need for my kind of riding.
Since making the move I found that I was absolutely right in doing it. The 636 is still more bike than I need. Some 600 guys tried to tell me before I got the 10 that a modern 600 supersport bike would be more than enough for me. I let ego and nonsense overrule them. Now I've found out that they were 100% right. Most of the reasons people give on the net for not going with a 600 are just plain bunk...
The new 600's have more power than anyone *NEEDS* for street twisties and they handle extremely well.
The **ONLY** reason I could come up with not to make this move was the "cool factor" of owning the baddest production Japanese litre bike in the world. Since my self worth is not measured by my cool factor I had no reason to keep the 10R and EVERY logical reason to get rid of it and go with a 600.
