In a message dated 2/13/02 12:58:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Phil brings up a good point. Please don't take this wrong but I would never have considered starting out with a 1000cc bike as my first bike, regardless of personal size and weight. As much as I enjoy the power of 1000cc and greater bikes I know full well that this power is both intoxicating and dangerous; it gets you OUT of the danger's path quickly but can also get you INTO danger's path quickly. >> As far as power, being 9 years old now, it has less power than the 600 cc sport bikes of today, which are also lighter. For those of you about to question this, most 600 sport bikes on a dyno joke dyno read around 100 hp, where the gts is less, anywhere between 80 and the low 90s depending on who you talk to. The 600s have a tremendosus HP to weight advantage. One thing the GTS has, which does help a newer rider is more torque at lower RPMS. The new 600s have little torque compared to the GTS. Also note that they wind to 15,500 RPM redlines to make that HP. RSRBOB
