[Duken4evr]

The best sportbike would be a Triumph 800, modeled after the 675. If such a mythical bike nearly matched the GSXR750 for top end and it had more low end and that sound in a great handling chassis, it would be phenomenal.



As more me, I am thinking the new FZ-1 with a PCIII remap, and exhaust more to get rid of the God awful stock peice than any performance increase. Oh, and a fender eliminator while we are eliminating ugly OEM parts.



My ass hurts and my knees are not quite what they used to be after 20 years on sport bikes but I am not quite ready to toddle off to slow lane cruiser land just yet! Yep, a nicely modded FZ-1 looks pretty good from here.

 

[Duken4evr]

Never!



Moot point anyway. I can afford a new FZ. The wife would kill me if I bought a Harley. Such a bike would completely blow my MC budget and then some.



The dirt bike stays in the stable and that is non negotiable.

 

[Duken4evr]

I'm pretty confident the dodgy low end is due to lean EPA settings and can be fixed. I have a '97 TL1000S now that had the mother of all low end stumbles. It runs super now after some FI fiddling.



Also, Cycle World recently had an article on the R6 and how it responded strongly to FI remapping.



All the OEMs fuel lean at low end to meet EPA regs. They tend to be pretty correct to rich on the top end.



So, to answer your question, yes, I am confident enough that the bike can be improved to buy one. The exhaust pipe bothers me more than an easily remedied FI issue