i've put 500 miles on my bike in justa week plenty of times (06 600rr 15kmiles as of last week); no disrespect towards your friend, but he doesnt know **** about his r6 yet, it all comes with time (miles). and hes right, you'll never notice how powerful the brakes are... until you run into a panic life or death situation )which on a motorcycle honestly happens much more than youd like), which in 500 miles, i seriously doubt he's seen. the brakes are both a blessing and a curse, as they can stop you from 160mph, repeatedly and reliably... but they will also bite an inexperienced rider. hard.

btw, lol i did the math a few months ago for the hell of it:
a terminator cobra needs to pull 831hp to match the power/weight ratio of an 06 600rr, if you wanted to compare bikes to cars. 4 wheelers need less horsepower, as they weigh less, but the 700 raptor only makes 40ish. there's no comparing anything but motorcycles to motorcycles.

 

especially if they believe that the fact that they haven't diedyet while doing that makes them a good rider

 

hey man how did ya do the math on that. I suck at math I tried to figure that up one time. Got a headache. I get tired of the little rice cars with turbo's and nitros sayin they can wax a 600 bike.

P.S.- sorry off subject, but i really suck at math.

Nevermind found a calculator for it online. I love the net. Here is the link man. My TA would have to have around 800 horse to run with my bike pound for pound. But it's got a/c.

http://www.ajdesigner.com/phphorsepo...ight_ratio.php

 

I agree with starting with a smaller bike (no matter how stupid you think you look) I have just bought my 07 600RR a month ago and it is truthfully a badass bike. I started with a ninja 250 and learned to ride on that. Itell ya that if I didn't have the 250 first I would have probably already killed myself on the 600. The bike is way to powerful for a beginner. Take it from someone who chose the sensable way to learn. Thats the way to go.

 

its just a ratio...

So.... lets just say cbr600rr + me = 100HP and 500lbs... That would be a ratio of 1:5

So... to accomplish the same thing in a car..... 500HP and 2500lbs (which is damn light for a car)... Still retaining the 1:5 ratio.

 

ok, i was wrong, it was an 06 gt, not a terminator cobra, and it was 881 hp, but no big deal

first you do write out the hp over the curb weight for both, you do weight divided by hp for both, then you multiply the answer to that vehicles hp, that will give you hp/ton you divide your bikes hp/ton by the cars, then multiply that answer by the car's base hp, and that solution is the hp that vehicle needs to match power/weight ratio.


some people like to use decimals instead of hp/ton, butf*** them

 

lol but be warned, i was a terrible math student, so anytime i do anything with math involved, there is about a 50/50 chance of my answer being full of ****

 

Man i was in the same rutlast november i was deciding for my 1st bike between the gsxr 750 and a cbr 600rr i landed on a 06 tribal cbr and i love it i have no regrets it handels great and it is a smooth ride also i wamped on my buddys 02 02 GSX-R telefonicia edition so its just somthin to help man

 

damn good information in here! damn good! where can i find those books yal are reccomending?

and are the ninja 650s v twins or inline 4s? just out of curiosity... they are priced around the same as other v-twins...


and +100 on taking the msf course. ive been riding in the dirt for about 5yrs and thought i knew how to ride.. keeping it simple.. i learned ALOT taking that course! and even the instructors noticed my improvement from the 1st day.

 

parallel twin i believe