Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site hpfcmt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpfcla!gt From: gt@hpfcla.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: Ninja 600R Message-ID: <19000020@hpfcmt.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 22:22:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpfcmt.19000020 Posted: Thu Oct 24 22:22:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:03:44 EST References: <164@msunix.UUCP> Organization: 24 Oct 85 18:22:00 MST Lines: 19 >>/***** hpfcmt:net.cycle / msunix!jon / 1:15 am Oct 19, 1985*/ >>I am thinking of replacing my '84 Honda VF500F Interceptor with a >>Kawasaki 600R Ninja. Although the Honda is a fantastic handler, very >>light and nimble, it just doesn't *feel* like a sport bike. I think >>it is the seating position. I want my arms and back to get sore, just >>like on a real race bike. Will the Ninja provide what I'm looking for, >>or should I wait for the '86 Honda VFR750, 100hp and 440lbs? Or do I get >>a gray market RG500 Gamma two-stroke? Or maybe just a new seat and >>handlebars? Any advice to offer, net cyclists? >> No question here... get the RG500 by all means. I'd sell my soul and even my Kenny Roberts bubble gum card collection for a Gamma. By all means replace your Intercepted, but don't settle for a Ninjette. Put some pipes on the Gamma and there isn't a four stroke built that will fit your loosest definition of "sport bike." George (Warp 3... it's a law we can live with) Tatge