Motorbikes With Centre Exhausts

kippermitten · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:10

I dont think youl get bored of it that quickly - the CBR600F I have has ~100bhp I think, and still gives me a willy tingle everytime I floor it - almost laughed my helmet off when on the M1 on the way back to town had a new shape TT quattro 'have a go' - opened her up - oh you appear to be receding in my mirrors

Those ER6's are well chuckable in my opinion - the instructor who took me for my DAS has one as his everyday training bike, loves it and he has a stable of 1 litre Ninjas for proper fun.

MADMAN69UK · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:27

Felix said:
Great, I am looking at getting one in the spring. Everyone says I will quickly become bored of it but I want to start on something small and gain some experience first.

I'm still learning and gaining confidence myself

I went for a tour around the local towns one evening last weekend and it was a very pleasant ride. Hardly any traffic with it being the evening

I bought the black CBF125 new for £2020. It's done just under 1500 miles so far. I'll be looking to sell her on before I move up to the 600cc range

RDM · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:33

VFR800, upright riding position and the VTEC is nice for either commuting or putting a bit of power down.

Fireskull · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:37

VFR is good bike but maybe a bit of a handfull for new rider?

RDM · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:41

Fireskull said:
VFR is good bike but maybe a bit of a handfull for new rider?

Possibly, but below 6800 it is a pussycat.

MADMAN69UK · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:59

Ooo, I like the look of the VFR800

Seat height is higher than on the ER-6f as standard though.
Can it be lowered by much?

RDM · 23 Nov 2009 at 17:50

MADMAN69UK said:
Ooo, I like the look of the VFR800

Seat height is higher than on the ER-6f as standard though.
Can it be lowered by much?

Porbably not by a huge amount, whilst comfortable, the seat isn't very thick. How short are your legs?

Snaggle · 23 Nov 2009 at 18:04

My option would be the New shape Hornet . Top bike and you wont get bored as quick .

Persil

Ev0 · 23 Nov 2009 at 18:28

Persil said:
My option would be the New shape Hornet . Top bike and you wont get bored as quick .

Persil

I want one of these, badly (but in a different colour). Alas time and money will mean I doubt I'll get to do a bike license soon if at all

Just love the naked/street bike look.

Dogbreath · 23 Nov 2009 at 18:53

MADMAN69UK said:
Yeah I'm just as happy with under-seat exhausts. So anything with a sporty look like the ER-6f, and faired, with under-seat exhaust would be fine

Honestly there are far more important criteria than exhaust location when choosing a bike.

Ev0 · 23 Nov 2009 at 18:58

Dogbreath said:
Honestly there are far more important criteria than exhaust location when choosing a bike.

Man speaks the truth, obviously the colour is the most important thing

MADMAN69UK · 23 Nov 2009 at 19:41

Dogbreath said:
Honestly there are far more important criteria than exhaust location when choosing a bike.

I'm sure many people have their lists of importance ordered differently

It's not the MAIN concern I have, but I started this thread specificly so that I might glean information on bikes, other than those I mentioned in my first post, that have the centre configuration of exhaust

chaparral · 24 Nov 2009 at 04:57

These Yamaha bikes all have under seat exhausts

YZF-R1
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.uk/products/motorcycles/supersport/yzf-r1.jsp?view=explorer&subview=360

FZ6 Fazer S2
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.uk/produ...s/fz6a-s2_fazer.jsp?view=explorer&subview=360

FZ6 S2
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.uk/products/motorcycles/fz_series/fz6_s2.jsp?view=explorer&subview=360

bloodiedathame · 24 Nov 2009 at 08:37

A vote for the FZ6. Very good bikes.

Charlie Bravo · 24 Nov 2009 at 09:03

a.hay said:
A vote for the FZ6. Very good bikes.

+1 for the FZ6. Heres mine...

bloodiedathame · 24 Nov 2009 at 09:16

I quite fancy one myself actually.

Draeger · 24 Nov 2009 at 09:33

What's your budget MADMAN?.

I'll throw a bit of a "curveball" into the mix, a bike that got rave reviews at it's launch and continues to do so :-

Aprilia Shiver

Has a fiercely loyal fanbase and is a seriously accomplished bike. :cool:

Also has that little bit of exclusivity that the Jap tackle doesn't.

Fireskull · 24 Nov 2009 at 10:15

Yea the exclusivity of breaking down

joke! I want to have a go on that, be interesting to see what a 750 twin is like..

Wyvern971 · 24 Nov 2009 at 11:23

Ev0 said:
I want one of these, badly (but in a different colour). Alas time and money will mean I doubt I'll get to do a bike license soon if at all

Just love the naked/street bike look.

I had one of those in gold.

Awesome little bikes, handled like a dream, quite honestly couldn't fault it and miss it to a certain extent now....

isset · 24 Nov 2009 at 11:35

Fireskull said:
be interesting to see what a 750 twin is like..

Have ridden a Dorsoduro briefly and a Shiver for a couple of hundred miles. Nice bikes (same motor in both), throttle response in sport mode is nothing short of :eek:

brutal

but for a motor kicking out (allegedly) 95HP it is severely lacking in mid-range grunt, especially for a twin

Everything else about them is great though, and the stock exhausts sound great considering they are, well, stock :cool: