Quote from: vtlion on July 28, 2006, 07:56:59 AM
Didn't Honda bring back the 599 this year?  That would be a fun bike to have, but it's a small  I4 which you seem to not like.

Sounds like you basically want a Truimph 675 or Kawi Z750 with the fairings ripped off. 

The 599 is overpriced and under-teched. Old F3 engine, carbed and everything.

And since he specifically said "No I4s", a lot of good bikes were left out.

when I said no Inline Four's I guess that did leave out a lot of bikes.  I just don't want the typical GSXR or CBR that everyone else has.

I pretty much worship the Brutale 910, but it's nearly double what I'm willing to pay right now..

I'm thinking a z750 might look cool minus the front plastic, replaced with a round headlight and some SM bars or srinath bars or something.  But then again, I keep going back to the Speed Triple, even though it is an extra G..

Quote from: blue05twin on July 28, 2006, 11:11:51 AM
I wish we got the gsr 600 here in the states I would buy the red one 

We dont even get this model here

The Euro Fizzer's are friggan hot.   

I can say this with no fear or reservation:

Get a Honda VTR1000F Super Hawk 996.

I'm not fluffing my bike or anything.  But it is probably the best street bike, pound for pound. 

Feel free to flame me if you must.  But it's true.

Quote from: 97gs500e on July 28, 2006, 01:11:31 PM
But then again, I keep going back to the Speed Triple, even though it is an extra G..

whatever you end up getting, if it isnt the S3, you'll always go back to this. Spend the extra cash, dont be so rigid in your thinking. A year from now you wont be looking back thinking "Yeah, am I glad I didnt spend the extra $1000"...I vote speed triple. those things kick ass. I've seen one on the track too...

  One of my riding buddies has got an 04' Katana 750 and he loves it, I've ridden it a few times and think its just like a GS on steroids, its got great power, but not way too much, pretty comfortable still for a sports bike, good breaking power, and like the GS its carb's and air cooled so if you take care of it you know its reliable.

And I don't think his insurance is all to bad, it is a sports bike but not a super sport, and I think the classification, HP, and CC displacement is what really determines the insurance rate. You should probably research that, maybe even go with a Katana 600 or YZF600 or something along those lines.