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wrecks · 12-16-2004, 03:07 AM

Pretty impressive but it won't lure me away from my litre bike. I'm addicted to all of that low-end, "don't care what gear you're in" torque, and the "I dare you to hold the throttle open" top end hit.

It's made me lazy.

jungkvist · 12-16-2004, 03:13 AM

Hey, Chango, just be happy that the 600s donÂ’t judge us. Because, chances are, none of us would be riding, then.

mile_eater · 12-16-2004, 03:15 AM

I'm lusting for that 636. Few things make me happier than to here the "purists" whine that it isn't a true 600.

When average joe goes to buy a bike, the determining factor is, more often than not, price. If I can get 636cc's, for the same price and 599, then that is more bang for the buck...

And when I look at this new 636... that's what I see. A ton of bike for the money.

Wonder how she'll look in black... with red tires...

Buzz_Waloch · 12-16-2004, 03:17 AM

Who was that slow poke in front of you on the full lap video? Fonzi? KPail?

Stuffing a moto-journalists on the inside of a turn would have made for great video, especially if you were riding the one with Ape hangers and forward controls.

It's cool that they made one like that. How come no pictures>

waepoint · 12-16-2004, 03:22 AM

I know somebody says this every year and they get proven wrong almost immediately, but ... surely we're getting to the point where these things can't get much better. Unless one of the Big Four figures out how to warp time and space in order to squeeze 300 more cc's into a Supersport displacement, there don't seem to be a lot of obvious performance enhancements that make financial sense in mass produced machines. But of course that's completely discounting the invention of pixie dust-powered 600's.

P-Ratt · 12-16-2004, 03:23 AM

Just wait until they offer this in a 350 lb wet weight version. That can't be to far out.

ender · 12-16-2004, 03:26 AM

jungkvist · 12-16-2004, 03:36 AM

Wonder if I could get "Books on-line" to come up, on the display. That way, I wouldn't get fo bored, riding on the Interstate.

Now, if they could just figure out how to hook all that up to a bike and a Digital-Game-unit, then hook that up to a satalite-feed, we could all spend Sunday afternoons, sitting in our garages, racing, in AMA, and FIM, road racing events.

And (come to think of it) something, like that, would sure help Newbies.

christian_gates · 12-16-2004, 03:44 AM

Why did they keep those horrible gauges? Fixing that should have been cake compared to all of the other stuff they did.

12-16-2004, 03:07 AM	#11
wrecks Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 235	Re: 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R Pretty impressive but it won't lure me away from my litre bike. I'm addicted to all of that low-end, "don't care what gear you're in" torque, and the "I dare you to hold the throttle open" top end hit. It's made me lazy.

12-16-2004, 03:13 AM	#13
jungkvist Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 955	Reality Check... Hey, Chango, just be happy that the 600s donÂ’t judge us. Because, chances are, none of us would be riding, then. __________________ Yeah, well, you can get up and leave, DEAL WITH IT!

12-16-2004, 03:15 AM	#14
mile_eater Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 579	Love the gallery boys I'm lusting for that 636. Few things make me happier than to here the "purists" whine that it isn't a true 600. When average joe goes to buy a bike, the determining factor is, more often than not, price. If I can get 636cc's, for the same price and 599, then that is more bang for the buck... And when I look at this new 636... that's what I see. A ton of bike for the money. Wonder how she'll look in black... with red tires... __________________ 911 is for Pussies.

12-16-2004, 03:17 AM	#15
Buzz_Waloch Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 174	Dang you didn't pass him! Who was that slow poke in front of you on the full lap video? Fonzi? KPail? Stuffing a moto-journalists on the inside of a turn would have made for great video, especially if you were riding the one with Ape hangers and forward controls. It's cool that they made one like that. How come no pictures> __________________ I sincerely apologize for my antics her at MO. It is readily apparent that the majority of MO readers do not appreciate my megalomaniac WWF MO persona. Like the husband that is the last to know his wife is having an affair, I did not understand the detrim

12-16-2004, 03:22 AM	#16
waepoint Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 141	Re: 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R I know somebody says this every year and they get proven wrong almost immediately, but ... surely we're getting to the point where these things can't get much better. Unless one of the Big Four figures out how to warp time and space in order to squeeze 300 more cc's into a Supersport displacement, there don't seem to be a lot of obvious performance enhancements that make financial sense in mass produced machines. But of course that's completely discounting the invention of pixie dust-powered 600's.

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12-16-2004, 03:23 AM	#17
P-Ratt Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 77	Re: 2015 Kawasaki ZX-6R Just wait until they offer this in a 350 lb wet weight version. That can't be to far out. __________________ History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. It is the nature of deception to not know you are being deceived. For those who fight for it, freedom has a special flavor the protected will never know. FZ1

12-16-2004, 03:26 AM	#18
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12-16-2004, 03:36 AM	#19
jungkvist Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 955	Re: More predictions from the Great One: Shoei, Chatterbox and Kawasaki team up for Wonder if I could get "Books on-line" to come up, on the display. That way, I wouldn't get fo bored, riding on the Interstate. Now, if they could just figure out how to hook all that up to a bike and a Digital-Game-unit, then hook that up to a satalite-feed, we could all spend Sunday afternoons, sitting in our garages, racing, in AMA, and FIM, road racing events. And (come to think of it) something, like that, would sure help Newbies. __________________ Yeah, well, you can get up and leave, DEAL WITH IT!

12-16-2004, 03:44 AM	#20
christian_gates Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 209	Re: 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R Why did they keep those horrible gauges? Fixing that should have been cake compared to all of the other stuff they did.