ive seen about 10 people in competitions and a few people in this forum who ride em... and ive heard a lot of bad **** about them bein fragile- but what do you think about an 02 r6 with powers cage as pretty much my first bike ???

 

i like mine, fairing stay will break, floods on the bar, frame might crack thats about it

 

The older carburated R6's can take a damn good beating.

The newere ones are a little weak but still good. The subframe is probably the only thing youll have to worry about on the new ones. Cant beat fuel injection.

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well im sure i can reinforce the sub and the frame... i just gotta get better at welding Aluminum. any other issues? do they scrape bad comin down from a hard 12? forks weak? motor mounts weak like 900rr's? how stable are endos? all that ****, the more info the merrier!!

 

i heard r6's dont have too much power with stock gearing so i was thinkin id run -1 +6 so i can clutch it up and still ride highways

 

Eric Hoenshell started stunting on an R6, and could do some amazing s**t on it. Truly one of the best, most natural riders out there.

 

if u flip an endo the stay will most definatly break, ive had trouble with the clip ons breaking on a drop. but other than that i love my r6, its pretty stable on the endo, a damper would definatly help though.

 

Whatever, Eric just gets lucky sometimes




By the way, is this the same Matt that bought Scotts F3???

 

I learned 12's on my R6 which was my first bike...the older carberated R6 can also take a beating and mine never flooded on the bar it was the best bike out of the bunch to run on the bar. The fairing stay will break just by coming down hard off a wheelie sometimes but thats it. Just reinforce it.

 

Yes Matt what up!!

 

good to know... im sorta leanin towards gettin the r6 over the 900rr now

 

what year 900? if its 96-99 i'd go 900 if its 95 or older i'd go R6 :D

 

I'm -1 +7 on mine and it's hella easy bringin it up in 1st & 2nd(I'm strickly lot right now but I've ridin on the highways no problem). Shi7 came up easy stock too...it's all in the technique. As far as stoppies go, they're pretty smooth. I have a 905 cage on my 02 R6 and use to bang the shi7 out of my shins until I bought shin pads, now I'm used to it and they don't get in the way. Hope this helps


l8r

 

depending on the year I guess cuz my 03 has more than plenty

 

is the 02 same motor as 03? and the 900rr i might get is a 96, i already have a 99 with a 919 motor but i need somethin more streetable cus the cops inspect my **** since my restricted license status

 

with -2 down on a 03 r6 i can bounce it up in 5th...
it comes up stock in 3rd easy also...

 

whats the change from 02 to 03??

 

85% of the bike has changed...to many things to list

mine (03) is geared 14/48
im a street rider...

 

Two completely differnt bikes.

*** R6's though. The motors blow fast, foul plugs from bar tricks, fairing stay breaks, they almost take your finger off when they fall off a stand when the rear wheel isnt on correctly and you trying to push the axel through..

R6 is like whatever.

 

i have a 01 R6 and i like it. ive beat the hell out of it and it just keeps going.
only problem is if u do bar tricks oil gets in the air box and makes your bike chug smoke but there is a way to fix that.