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| | Am I right to say reasonably big, stable, bit on the heavy side but would make a great long distance cruiser, capable of 100mph all day with spacef or luggage and room to hide behind the screen ? How chuckable will it be on twisty roads ?
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| | It was a capable sports tourer with a bulletproof gixer based engine and adequate handling. Odd Testerossa styling and the ugliest rear end ever. Cheap n cheerful but I'd rather go for a ZZR1100 if I had to go for a bike of that era.
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| | No personal experience - but it's a lot of bike for the money - as an alternative have you looked at the Yamaha Thunderace? Another excellent road bike - nowhere near as small, light and sharp as today's litre sportsbikes - but probably better on the road (rather than track) as a result. 
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| ChunkyMonkey (06/07/2008)
It was a capable sports tourer with a bulletproof gixer based engine and adequate handling. Odd Testerossa styling and the ugliest rear end ever. Cheap n cheerful but I'd rather go for a ZZR1100 if I had to go for a bike of that era. OMG  I agree with Chunks 
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| Sid Throttle (06/07/2008)
No personal experience - but it's a lot of bike for the money - as an alternative have you looked at the Yamaha Thunderace? Another excellent road bike - nowhere near as small, light and sharpas today's litre sportsbikes -but probably better on the road (rather than track)as a result.
And it just so happens that a mate of mine is selling his Thunderace, It's in excellent condition and pretty low mileage. PM me if you want his number
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| Those are the bikes I'm looking at, the RF900 is cheap and seems very capable, the ZZR1100 is a bit more expensive and very similar and the Thunderace from what I've read is prbably slightly more sporty but just as easy for long distance. All well under £2k. Was looking at the RSV for sale here too.
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| Grimbusa (06/07/2008)
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Those are the bikes I'm looking at, the RF900 is cheap and seems very capable, the ZZR1100 is a bit more expensive and very similar and the Thunderace from what I've read is prbably slightly more sporty but just as easy for long distance. All well under £2k. Was looking at the RSV for sale here too.Thunder Ace was a good one to chuck in the mix  Would feel heavy and tourer like compared to yours Aye! Trouble with T/Aceis that after a couple of winters they do look a bit fluffy buy seeing as you like Kawasakis you will be used to that There is a good reasin that the ZZR's seem to hold their price You might like to consider a pre V-Tec VFR as well Steve
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