Choosing Track Bike - Vote if Bored

[stnd]

I understand all of these are good and I as the rider am the limiting factor.

If you have a favourite, click and vote.
If you know why, click, vote, and post. =)

I have the Triumph*, I'd like an R6, but I'm finding better deals for ZXs and CBRs.

The Triumph is the only one I have ever ridden on track.

[Fiery254]

Wow. No gixxer. That's like leaving Maccy Ds out of your favourite fast food joints beginning with 'Mc' poll.

[AngeloX19]

Seriously, no love for the GSXR? They're plentiful enough, although they tend to crack frames easier than the others

[stnd]

I could have made this a thread for everyone, but since it was for me with specific year bikes no GSXR. Not a bike I'm considering for silly reasons like I don't want a Suzuki =). Had an SV for 8 years, now the Triumph, next I want another brand.

[ezstu]

well if track riding is your thing you want a cbr or a r6 2 of the best and easiest bikes to ride fast on the race track. I just had this conversation with a very well known suspension tech the other week and the long and short of it was if you cant go fast on a cbr600 or a r6 you cant go fast.

[ZX600]

I had a zx6r 08 (same as 07) pretty god bike after the 10k rpm mark

[Rossi86]

Seriously, no love for the GSXR? They're plentiful enough, although they tend to crack frames easier than the others

Looks like you have the 05-06 version, they're known for their frame problems. It's a shame the best bike Suzuki made was ruined by the frame.

If you're tall and big make sure you sit on all the bikes you're thinking of buying, cause CBRs feel like pocket bikes for some. The cbr feels small for me, R6 feels fine though

[Snipes20]

your crazy not to consider all bikes when looking for a track bike especially the gixxer for one main reason.....PARTS. you can find any part that you broke on sun the next day because people are always selling stuff used for them. The R6 is the next best for this but I would eliminate triumph strait off because of the lack of used parts.

[Zoltar]

your crazy not to consider all bikes when looking for a track bike especially the gixxer for one main reason.....PARTS. you can find any part that you broke on sun the next day because people are always selling stuff used for them. The R6 is the next best for this but I would eliminate triumph strait off because of the lack of used parts.

I just picked up an 07 gsxr for the street and the track.I asked my buddy who tracks his gsxr and he said the same thing

[padu]

Gsxr 750

[AngeloX19]

Looks like you have the 05-06 version, they're known for their frame problems. It's a shame the best bike Suzuki made was ruined by the frame.

I have an 07. 06-07 were particularly bad due to frame weld penetration. Still a good bike all around.

I threw a vote in for the ZX6, although the R6 would suit me fine as well.

[sircastic]

I have an 07. 06-07 were particularly bad due to frame weld penetration. Still a good bike all around.

I threw a vote in for the ZX6, although the R6 would suit me fine as well.

I thought that issue was just with the 1000's. I've been racing GSXR 600's for a couple years and never had a frame issue. All of the crashed 600's I've seen have bent the crap out of the forks but not bent or snapped the frame. 1000's on the other hand I've seen in a frontend loader to get then off the track due to being in two pieces.

[Rossi86]

I have an 07. 06-07 were particularly bad due to frame weld penetration. Still a good bike all around.

I threw a vote in for the ZX6, although the R6 would suit me fine as well.

From your avatar it looked like you had an 05-06 GSXR1000. The 06-07 600/750 look similar to the 05-06 GSXR1000 but their frames didn't have that problem as the 1000, maybe you're crashing your bike awkwardly and too hard to crack frames so often...

[Fiery254]

your crazy not to consider all bikes when looking for a track bike especially the gixxer for one main reason.....PARTS. you can find any part that you broke on sun the next day because people are always selling stuff used for them. The R6 is the next best for this but I would eliminate triumph strait off because of the lack of used parts.

I remember a PA announcement at a track day once for a gsxr 600 rearset. About ten minutes later there was a second PA announcement asking people to stop bringing their spare rearsets to control as they already had 2 sets. Between my mates and me we have 5 gsxr 600s when we go to the track. I bought one deliberately, just for that reason.

[bjturner]

Loving the ZX6RR at the track but haven't tried anything but the SV on the track.

Did a street demo ride on the CBR 600RR, GSXR750 and the Ducati 848. The Honda is definitely a smaller bike and felt very compact. Fit me just right. Liked the GSXR and did my first wheelie on it - totally unintentional. The Ducati was way too much bike for the street and had a very squished feeling for me but would rock the track.

I love my triumph speed triple for the street but would not track it for the obvious reasons.

It comes down to what you are comfortable with. Your best bet is to do a
track school like fast using their bikes to try them out. You learn stuff and you get to test drive a bike.

[dricked]

When I was looking for a track bike I would take anything in my price range that wasn't a POS. Sit on a few and see what's comfortable, I was instantly comfortable on my 07 gsxr 600. The triumph is going to be alot harder to find parts for compared to the others.

[eng2007]

get whatever you wont be scared to crash.

usually a heavy bias of function over form works best.

[N3WMAN]

07-08 ZX-6R are lacking in the mid-range department.

[Fiery254]

07-08 ZX-6R are lacking in the mid-range department.

Enough to lose you races? How does it affect your laptimes?

[kellen]

stupid thread