Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / October 2007

Oh no. I'm not springing for that for that bike. It's great in town and
good on the highway up to about 75MPH, but as AFAIC that's the
realistically usable top speed for the bike although they say it will
do 100MPH.

Now I expect to be buying a Kaw 1998 ZX6R or equivalent (1998-2000) as
thats what the budget will allow. Of course that bike will have a much
bigger top end and more deserving of such "pampering".

BTW, I've been doing a lot of searching on model specs, prices and
performance. Turns out 98-2000 is a very good time period for price
verses performance. So I actually have several models targeted. So what
I get will depend on price ($3000 limit) and opportunity.

Anyway the performance of several of these bikes is not greatly different
from the 2007 models. Of course I'd rather have one with 000000 on the
odometer, but the $$$ thingy is a bit of a problem...

My 400 Seca is in darn good shape considering it's 24 years old. If I
replaced the pipes (chromed pipes has some rust) and got one piece of
snap on plastic (mine has a slight blemish) it would be darn close to
pristine condition. I picked it up for $700 and now I think I got a
damn good deal.

And for anyone with a 98 ZX6R or similar for sale in the
Tampa-St.Petersburg area I have a website and a page for what I'm looking
for (4 different models to give an idea) and the necessary contact
information. I'd also consider shipping something in but of course that
is a hassle working out all the details....

http://www.rsgibson.com/wanted.htm