R6 MADNESS (on track)

[Paul_E_D]

WOW is all I can say. I rode the new R6 at Loudon yesterday.

The rags have been beating this horse about racebikes in street clothing blah blah. Only I've never found one that could get around the track with any grace in stock form...until now.

The bike is FINALLY ready to rip ontrack with virtually NO suspension upgrades. It feels plush, but doesn't misbehave at all. I felt able to push from my second lap on the bike. None of the usual wallowing over the bumps in T3, or rocking horse antics through the chicane. It's just composed. The potential seems VERY high.

It's just well balanced, well suspended, and the motor gets it done.

I didn't even notice the brakes, which is a good thing on the track, and the slipper clutch kept the back end quiet.

The motor was good, but a little gutless down low, the power really doesn't arrive until 12K, but then it goes good til redline. Just like my two-stroke!!! It has a powerband feel to it.

[ChR1s]

Fuckin' poser.


The brakes are okay, nothing stellar (comparably).

The slipper is a bit more abrupt than on my '04 ZX-10R, but it's not like I depended on it. Might be that because the R6 is so light that the ass end gets more wagging going on before the slipper takes over?

[Paul_E_D]

All I can say is there are a lot of posers sitting on might-ee-fine track weapons this year.

[bigred875]

Originally posted by Paul_E_D
All I can say is there are a lot of posers sitting on might-ee-fine track weapons this year.

good reveiw...but keep in mind without those posers buying them..they wouldnt make'em..lol

[OreoGaborio]

Yeah, Paul, I saw ya out there on that thing... I tried catching up to ya but i didn't get close enough to play before you pitted in... I was hopin you'd stay out there longer Next time we'll play... if ya slow down enough of course