What is the most durable middle weight sport bike

TKonaCafe

TKonaCafe

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I'm hoping someone will not only know but enjoy answering this question. I like to ride hard and engine break for turns. I'm fine with doing maintenance but I'd like to know what middle weight sport bike can take a beating the best. 600 or 750.

I know to let the bike warm up and I change the oil on time.

Any advice on choosing a durable bike and ideas on how to keep it running tight while riding hard would be really cool. Or link to a thread that covers this. I tried to find one but couldn't

Thanks barf!
-TK
 
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stangmx13

stangmx13

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Prob the CBR. Oil changes and valve adjustments and itll run forever. The engine isn’t tuned very high stock. The clutch lasts forever too cuz it’s not a slipper. I’ve got 3 1/2 years of track on mine and it doesn’t need anything. Compare that to an R6 that gets tired after 2 years of similar track use.
 
TKonaCafe

TKonaCafe

Well-known member
stangmx13 said:
Prob the CBR. Oil changes and valve adjustments and itll run forever. The engine isn’t tuned very high stock. The clutch lasts forever too cuz it’s not a slipper. I’ve got 3 1/2 years of track on mine and it doesn’t need anything. Compare that to an R6 that gets tired after 2 years of similar track use.
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Thanks for the advice! What do you mean by the engine is in tuned very high stock? The bike make power lower in the rpm range or it won't spin as fast?
 
yumdumpster

yumdumpster

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TKonaCafe said:
Thanks for the advice! What do you mean by the engine is in tuned very high stock? The bike make power lower in the rpm range or it won't spin as fast?
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Stock for stock a cbr 600rr makes about 15hp less than an r6 and about the same amount of torque. Same goes for the 1000rr.
 
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ViperThreat

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Any of the top 4 Japanese brands is gonna be fine for you honestly:

Suzuk GSXR600/750
Yamaha R6
Honda CBR600R
Kawasaki ZX6R

It takes quite a bit to kill these bikes. If you manage it either you are doing something VERY wrong, or you are racing at a competitive level.
 
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antidote

Well-known member
Just make sure you stay away from triple cylinder bikes.

My dad is an engineer and he has explained many times how you will never get the internals to balance properly. That can't be good for long engine life.
 
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davidji

bike curious
ViperThreat said:
Suzuk GSXR600/750
Yamaha R6
Honda CBR600R
Kawasaki ZX6R

It takes quite a bit to kill these bikes. If you manage it either you are doing something VERY wrong, or you are racing at a competitive level.
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Aren't some of them susceptible to oil starvation from long wheelies?

Is riding for awhile on the back wheel something very wrong? I guess that depends on the bike.
 
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fubar929

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TKonaCafe said:
I know all the Japanese bikes are similar but it can't all be about oil in the end, can it?
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Buy any late-model Japanese sportbike you like, fill it up with synthetic oil and change that oil (and filter!) every 3000 miles. Do that and the bike will outlast your interest in riding it...
 
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alien
fubar929 said:
Buy any late-model Japanese sportbike you like, fill it up with synthetic oil and change that oil (and filter!) every 3000 miles. Do that and the bike will outlast your interest in riding it...
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My manual recommends changing the oil every 9000 miles. Im not wasting money changing it every 3000.
 
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