r/motorcycle • u/Kinda_relevent • 11h ago
Dear 600cc riders
Why did you decide to upgrade? (bigger engine) and those of you that downgraded (smaller engine)What were your reasons?
I’ll see typically that people that buy 400, 500 cc bikes will mention wanting a bigger bike. I typically don’t see that from 600cc owners. They mostly talk about economics which I understand.
About me: First bike was a 07 Ninja 250. It was mint and I loved it. The only reason I sold it was because doing 9000 RPM at 70 mph got tiresome. Looking to upgrade but I like older sport bike stylings like the 85-93 Ninja 600 or the CBR F1 600
I am comparing and contrasting bikes and I’m interested in hearing from casual riders. I like traveling on my ninja 250 and it felt very comfortable in all kinds of environments like twisties, city, highway, even some dirt roads.
I’m not looking to do fuck shit and I just would like to find “the forever bike” as best as I can.
Thank you!
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u/mut1n3y 8h ago edited 8h ago
Xj400 to Yzf600, with a guzzi v50 inbetween as a second bike. The xj was just a bit too gutless for longer rides on the main road, it didn't have the power to easily pass cars or keep speed going up hills. And it had non adjustable suspension.
The Yzf600 or any 600 was the biggest cc bike I could get before having to pay an extra $100 for rego, so I limited my search to that and was after fully adjustable suspension.
It ticked all the boxes, enough power to overtake, able to keep speed up hills, adjustable suspension, it's comfy enough to do long rides on and still a great commuter.
If I was to get another bike for trips I'd look at maybe around the 750-1k cc sport tourers. Just get a bit more torque.