Hey...
In Iraq I promised myself I would buy a rice rocket as soon as I got home. Listeing to other people who said I needed to start with a smaller bike, I bought a new 2004F4i. Since buying it, i put yoshi pipes on it and dropped a tooth off the front sprocket. Even with mods, I feel I have outgrown the bike and I am thinking of upgrading to a liter bike (CBR or R1) next summer. On the flip side I have heard that the CBR600 RR and R6 are faster off the line than liter liter bikes and better handling. Can I have some advice on what I should buy?

 

I just sold my 600 f4i 2002. How I have a 1000rr 05 Repsol. The 600 rr may be fast but as the old saying goes no replacement for displacement. A very big step from a 600 to a liter bike. Now that I have a 1000cc bike would not be able to go back to 600. The only way a 600 would be even conpareable to a 1000 is with major mods. I have learned the hard way. My 1000 new pulled harder at 5000 RPMs then my 600 with pipe,power commander(remapped & a true 105 HP at the rear wheel) and gearing at 10,000 RPMs. I have rode bikes since 12 years old. The liter bikes are unreal! Hope I have helped a little. Would go with the CBR 1000 if you buy one!

 

hay go to page 2 600rr vs 1000rr and read by the way thanks for all that you do for our country

 

WHEN I GOT HOME FROM AFGANISTAN I BOUGHT A 02 CBR 600F4I. I ALSO QUICKLY OUTGREW IT. I UPGRADED TO AN 04 CBR 1000RR AND THERE IS NO REAL COMPARISION. THE LITER BIKE IS WAY BETTER IN EVERY WAY. MY 600 DID FEEL QUICKER OFF THE LINE, BUT I CAN GET OVER THAT. I LOVE GOING FAST AND THE LITTER BIKE IS THE WAY TO GO. THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY WHEN THE 600 IS ALL IN IT THE LITTER BIKE HAS NOT YET SHIFTED INTO SIXTH GEAR.

 

Wow.. You guys must all be very uber to "outgrow" a 600 SS bike so fast.

I guess you have a point if you mean you want to go faster in a straight line, but who can't do that?

Next time, as soon as you feel you've "outgrown" your 600SS, take it to the track and realize how much you actually suck. In fact, take your new litre bikes there now and watch all the more experienced 600's lap you.

Sorry, but it always cracks me up when I hear people "outgrowing" a supersport bike.

Z.

 

LOL..ya im with u on that one, i had a 900 b4 my F4i and i have WAYYY more fun one the f4i, ...i love getting in the back twisty with guys with liter bikes and spank them ..ohh how good it feels ..

 

oh...grrr!!! okay i will say it, why is it that 600 riders are so confident that the can beat 1krr riders in the twisties....back in the day yeah, i'd agree, but honestly with the 600rr and the 1krr, its all about rider skill....the 600rr isn't much smaller than the 1krr, and has less low end torque (you know the stuff you need coming out of the apex); I have yet to be dusted by a smaller bike in the twisties.....must be a napolean bike complex or something...

 

Read my post again...
You'll note that I never mentioned, or implied that a 600 BIKE is faster than a 1000. I don't believe that to be the case. I was directing everything toward the rider.

The point I was making was about people who buy 600's as their first bike and claim that they've "outgrown" it after a few months or a season. They think because they can point the handle bars straight and crank the throttle, they've mastered the bike.

I'll guarantee you that if these same people took their "outgrown" 600's to the track they will realize just how much they suck.

Like you said.. "it's all about the rider skill". A good 600 rider will beat most 1000 riders who think they're good.

Z.

 

75% of 1000 riders ..are steight line riders it's *look at me i have a 1000 so im faster then you* it is rider skill ....the bike doesnt do it for you, when u can push a 600 to its maximum limit ...then ur ready for a 1000

 

ok gentleman.
i think we all agree on one thing that the 600 is no sloutch and it is a well refined bike if it wasnt then people wouldnt buy them. i no i had one nothing to laugh about very fast and yes the low end tourqe is not their but it wasnt built to be their it was built to scream at 15,500 rpm and that it does very well. at any where above 11,000 you had better hang on. if i am not mistaken magell i hope that is spelled wright laped daytone at 1 second slower on the 600 then he did on the 1000 and out ran all but the 2 top riders in the field. now after saying that i have had both as stated many times on this forum. the 1000 will eat the 600 in straight line power that is evedent i mean a 600 is 110 hp at the rear wheel the 1000 is 175 aat the rear wheel do the math so if you go through a corner faster the 1000 will smoke you after the corner. these bikes arent made for the amature to take any where and try to be the kentucky kid those guys can ride that is why they can take a 1000 and smoke a 600. at my level i will be the first to admit i will not contest a well skilled 600 rider with my 1000 but on the other hand dont make it sound like the 1000 sucks when in the back of any ones mind that has riden the 600 for a while that they dont dream of having a 1000 just to find out how good it can be