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[Alzo]

The modern Superbike have massive power with electronics continually cancelling it out...totally pointless...so a Supercharged faster engine is even more pointless...the roads are getting tougher to stay away from Speed traps.

I miss the days of the ZZR, Blackbird, Hayabusa pissing contests. Plus it'll do a bomb in the states, they love straight line shit and big numbers there.

I want one... 

[J3Math]

No-one really buys sportsbikes anymore though so WSB is becoming less of a marketplace.  And Triumph have done very well by going their own way and ignoring racing.

Their doing rather well in BSB at the moment!

[Alzo]

No-one really buys sportsbikes anymore though so WSB is becoming less of a marketplace.  And Triumph have done very well by going their own way and ignoring racing.

Their doing rather well in BSB at the moment!

BSS...

[Phil_8]

Wasn't this meant to be unveiled last Friday?

[Millhouse]

30th sept allegedly

[big gav]

nothing wrong with zx9rs . most under rated road bike out there. i've covered close to 60k on zx9rs, nothing bad to say about them. in fact , even my 2001 zx9r track bike with 53k on the clock is still going strong.

[David W]

The original ZX9 was touted as a Fireblade alternative though, and was nowhere near.  Decent roadbikes but never been anywhere near the cutting edge.

[David W]

Wasn't this meant to be unveiled last Friday?

Probably didn't want to compete with the iPhone 6 launch....

[ash]

The original ZX9 was touted as a Fireblade alternative though, and was nowhere near.  Decent roadbikes but never been anywhere near the cutting edge.

IIRC, the blades of the time went very lardy

[David W]

Not compared to the ZX9r....

[Gobert]

The C/E/F model ZX9's were as good or better than the same age Blades. The 954 Blade just about put itself ahead but there was little in it - I borrowed a mate's for a few days and decided it did nothing that my F couldn't. Nice bike though.

[David W]

Good for you.  In my opinion the Fireblade pissed all over every ZX9 ever built, at least as a Sportsbike.  Faster, lighter and better handling.  Only thing I could maybe see a ZX9 doing better is two-up touring.

[Lord Danoir the first]

I've never owned a 9R or blade, my preference for hooning in the 90's was an EXUP..... such a wonderful motorcycle and better in every way, in my twisted opinion, than any blade from the period.

But I also have to agree with Gobert, and I'll try to keep my food down in doing so, but I always preferred road riding on the 9R.

[Gobert]

Good for you.  In my opinion the Fireblade pissed all over every ZX9 ever built, at least as a Sportsbike.  Faster, lighter and better handling.  Only thing I could maybe see a ZX9 doing better is two-up touring.

Between the lot I used to ride with we had the last of the old shape blades, a 929 and C/E/F ZX9's - I rode them all and there was little between them. Most of the road test's at the time came to the same conclusion.

Have you ridden all these bikes?

[Farmer Giles]

Car manufaturers are now using smaller capacity, forced induction engines to maintain power but reduce fuel consumption and emmisions..

Why wouldn't the bike manufactures go the same way ? 

Smaller engine = less weight and would only be slighty offset by the extra weight of a turbo or SC IMO..

2p