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One day you'll finally upgrade to a GSXR1000Taipan wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:29 pm I have concluded out of all the bikes I've owned since I started riding, this is my favourite! It's comfortable, fast, nimble and even quite economical. There is nothing about this bike that is wrong for me. It continues to impress me every time I ride it.
The rumor is Suzuki are going to stop making them, they don't meet the next Euro standard for emissions and they don't sell enough to warrant the R&D for a new model.Yorick wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:45 pmOne day you'll finally upgrade to a GSXR1000Taipan wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:29 pm I have concluded out of all the bikes I've owned since I started riding, this is my favourite! It's comfortable, fast, nimble and even quite economical. There is nothing about this bike that is wrong for me. It continues to impress me every time I ride it.
I'd better get a new one before they stop selling themKungFooBob wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:47 pmThe rumor is Suzuki are going to stop making them, they don't meet the next Euro standard for emissions and they don't sell enough to warrant the R&D for a new model.Yorick wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:45 pmOne day you'll finally upgrade to a GSXR1000Taipan wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:29 pm I have concluded out of all the bikes I've owned since I started riding, this is my favourite! It's comfortable, fast, nimble and even quite economical. There is nothing about this bike that is wrong for me. It continues to impress me every time I ride it.
I'll get in the Gixxer owners fav tipple if I do!Yorick wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:45 pmOne day you'll finally upgrade to a GSXR1000Taipan wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:29 pm I have concluded out of all the bikes I've owned since I started riding, this is my favourite! It's comfortable, fast, nimble and even quite economical. There is nothing about this bike that is wrong for me. It continues to impress me every time I ride it.
It's going nowhere! The only bike I could think of as an upgrade would have been the MT-10 which I love. But I was on the petrol pump next to one last night and they just don't do it for me anymore. In my eyes the 09 looked better and lighter!
the XSR900 is the same, but with the cool factor of a pseudo retro vibe going on. I'm not rushing out to buy one currently.... but next bike... yeah i think it'll be an XSR900 again.Taipan wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:47 am This MT-09 is epic!! I really don#t understand why everyone else hasn't got one. It's surely the best bike out there today!
No,no,it's an MT-07,or maybe an orange flavoured bike....Taipan wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:47 am This MT-09 is epic!! I really don#t understand why everyone else hasn't got one. It's surely the best bike out there today!
I did really like the MT07 but never gelled with it, as I did find a few things I didn't like with it. The MT-09 addresses those issues and gets the glittering prize!
That said, it is amazing fun and the howl from the previously thought quiet exhaust was something else. Every time I ride this bike I just think its amazing! There's a bit of the A505 near me that is my 'let it rip' road. Right turn in, straighten up then pull back hard. Great funTaipan wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 10:12 am I left work early yesterday and the roads were surprisingly empty. I'd changed the rider more to A setting for no reason other than why not. I got to a set of lights that were red and when they went green there was nothing ahead of me. As I dropped into 2nd gear I decided to nail it and go through the gears using the quick shifter!
A burst of acceleration here and there is one thing, but actually stretching the legs of a bike is something completely different and also something I rarely do, or get the chance to do on the roads I ride on! Man, that brings the horizon in quick and gets into 3 figures quick too!
Being honest, I just don't need that kind of performance from a bike and God knows what you lot do with even more of it!
I kinda regret getting the MT-09 instead of the XSR900, especially the yellow speed block colourway.weeksy wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:52 amthe XSR900 is the same, but with the cool factor of a pseudo retro vibe going on. I'm not rushing out to buy one currently.... but next bike... yeah i think it'll be an XSR900 again.Taipan wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:47 am This MT-09 is epic!! I really don#t understand why everyone else hasn't got one. It's surely the best bike out there today!
Easily remedied ! I'm the opposite, the looks of the XSR never appealed to me.Beancounter wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:52 amI kinda regret getting the MT-09 instead of the XSR900, especially the yellow speed block colourway.weeksy wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:52 amthe XSR900 is the same, but with the cool factor of a pseudo retro vibe going on. I'm not rushing out to buy one currently.... but next bike... yeah i think it'll be an XSR900 again.Taipan wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:47 am This MT-09 is epic!! I really don#t understand why everyone else hasn't got one. It's surely the best bike out there today!
Very tempted to do this, but then it would probably run worse if I refitted the standard exhaust. Might have to look at the piggy back options?weeksy wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:45 pm https://www.wizperformance.co.uk/
I used this guy after lots of recommendations including from @Demannu on here. Worked a treat.
@Deadpool2 rode mine too and preferred it.... @Supermofo rode it but didn't have a stock one to compare to of course.
why would you ? how would a piggyback option help ? it's not like they're a 30s job.Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:34 pmVery tempted to do this, but then it would probably run worse if I refitted the standard exhaust. Might have to look at the piggy back options?weeksy wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:45 pm https://www.wizperformance.co.uk/
I used this guy after lots of recommendations including from @Demannu on here. Worked a treat.
@Deadpool2 rode mine too and preferred it.... @Supermofo rode it but didn't have a stock one to compare to of course.
Presumably, if I plugged in a PCV power commander thing I could run a map for the exhaust, but then unplug it and run the OEM map for the standard exhaust?weeksy wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:40 pmwhy would you ? how would a piggyback option help ? it's not like they're a 30s job.Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:34 pmVery tempted to do this, but then it would probably run worse if I refitted the standard exhaust. Might have to look at the piggy back options?weeksy wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:45 pm https://www.wizperformance.co.uk/
I used this guy after lots of recommendations including from @Demannu on here. Worked a treat.
@Deadpool2 rode mine too and preferred it.... @Supermofo rode it but didn't have a stock one to compare to of course.
I may be wrong but I thought power commanders went not only into loom via a connector, but also inline to each injector?Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:45 pmPresumably, if I plugged in a PCV power commander thing I could run a map for the exhaust, but then unplug it and run the OEM map for the standard exhaust?weeksy wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:40 pmwhy would you ? how would a piggyback option help ? it's not like they're a 30s job.Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:34 pm
Very tempted to do this, but then it would probably run worse if I refitted the standard exhaust. Might have to look at the piggy back options?
Dunno mate, never used one, only the Powervision on the Harley which was a simple plug n play into the loom. If powercommanders are that complicated I'll not bother.weeksy wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 1:05 pmI may be wrong but I thought power commanders went not only into loom via a connector, but also inline to each injector?Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:45 pmPresumably, if I plugged in a PCV power commander thing I could run a map for the exhaust, but then unplug it and run the OEM map for the standard exhaust?weeksy wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:40 pm
why would you ? how would a piggyback option help ? it's not like they're a 30s job.
Certainly used to be the case on say an XT660X, but PC Vs may be cleverer.Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 1:32 pmDunno mate, never used one, only the Powervision on the Harley which was a simple plug n play into the loom. If powercommanders are that complicated I'll not bother.weeksy wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 1:05 pmI may be wrong but I thought power commanders went not only into loom via a connector, but also inline to each injector?Taipan wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:45 pm
Presumably, if I plugged in a PCV power commander thing I could run a map for the exhaust, but then unplug it and run the OEM map for the standard exhaust?