cbr 600 are mad fast

[makenzie71]

Just a bit more streamlined...but, like I said, they're blending the frames and fairings all together and we're losing the detail.  Maybe I'm just too big a fan of exposed trellis structures...

[Jake D]

Mak, the 80's/90's sport bikes had massive fairings that covered everything. The modern day bikes are the opposite IMO. they are minimal fairings and what IS there is broken down into component parts (design-wise). There's lots more of the engine you see now, and the tails all look ultralight and thin compared to early sportbikes. I mean, they all look the same insofar as they all have fairings, other than that I dont see any retro going on at all.

I agree.  The old tail sections were massive.  Now they are thin with lots of wheel game.  And the old fairings were bulbous at tall from wind screen to wheel, fairings that reached back to the rear sets.  Now the fairing is minimalist, barely coverying the motor.  I don't see any of those things in modern sport bikes, for the most part.  The old 90's Gixxers look like Multistrada's compared to the '06's.  I guess I just don't see the comparision.

[budget speed demon]

so everyone can see what this conversation is about;

[My Name Is Dave]

When you look side-by-side, the Zuke has some of the most minimal fairings of the bunch. The ZX-6R's look the biggest. Speaking of which, I couldn't buy a Kawi because of the Ninja name. I hate talking about the squid thing and how squids like this bike or that gear, but that name just SCREAMS squid.

[galahs]

The Suzuki and Yamaha are 

[My Name Is Dave]

The Suzuki and Yamaha are 

Are you saying they're wicked awesome? If so, then:
+80,000,000

[nick_villan]

r6 for me, love that yamaha

[jen_]

I sat on some bikes the other day at a stealership, and really liked the ergos of the F4i.  But it was next to a 600RR (which was a little too agressive feeling for me) and the tail on the F4i just seemed huge next to the RR.  The salesman was not happy that I didn't like the big butt on the F4i, and tried to make it seem like they were the same and I was just imagining it...retard.