Firegus
Registered user
My son is about to take his motorcycle test and will be restricted to 33bhp for 2 years [he had a scooter from 16 to 17, then an Aprilia RS125 until he wrote it of in Nov 2006]
We are looking for a "big" bike for after his test and he has spotted an immaculate 1999 Kawa ZX6R with 20k miles for £2,700.
Has anyone ridden a 600 sports with a restrictor fitted. I feel that as the power on these bike are mostly at the top end and as the restriction is at the throttle cables he will end up with a bike with no grunt.
Is it the case that something like an SV650 would have more power lower down the revs and therefore would be a better prospect.
Both of them are going to cost around 2k to insure fully comp [due to his claim] but he will be able to get a newer SV650 for the same money.
Thanks in anticipation
We are looking for a "big" bike for after his test and he has spotted an immaculate 1999 Kawa ZX6R with 20k miles for £2,700.
Has anyone ridden a 600 sports with a restrictor fitted. I feel that as the power on these bike are mostly at the top end and as the restriction is at the throttle cables he will end up with a bike with no grunt.
Is it the case that something like an SV650 would have more power lower down the revs and therefore would be a better prospect.
Both of them are going to cost around 2k to insure fully comp [due to his claim] but he will be able to get a newer SV650 for the same money.
Thanks in anticipation