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Originally posted by madmav
ok lets have it!

this is a debate on best bikes

748/916/996 V 749/999 it does not matter wich model BIP R S ETC ETC

Bear in mind what you have owned B4 !


Ok This is point!!!!!!


When a manufacturer makes a new model from scratch

The REASERCH and development that goes into it is imeasureable.


and it usualy makes that bike/car RAW plesure!!!

OK I'll start of with Ford Escort MK1 MEXICO (AWSOME)

Mk2 Escort only wore the badge

and mk3 did not deserve the MEXICO BADGE


Ok MK1 GOLF GTI first HOT hatch

RS series 1 Turbo Awsome (WHITEand blue)

92 Fireblade it changed the Rules (pre FOXEYE) first Hooligan bike

so the point i'm making is this !!!!! once they have built the aforesed machines

why do they spoil them by making them all Refined

and sloppy and normal ! they just seem to loose the edge they had when they were first thought of!!

this is why i think the 916/996 will always be the best bike

and yes i have rode all of the models and yes i can afford one !

so just answer the bloody question and put your views forward

ps think it's gonna be a long nite

mav, I think your argument has some merit but does not go across the board.
Now I am a bit of a two stroke fan. (no stroke jokes thanks boys)
and would have to say that development from the early models was for the better. KR1 - KR1S much nicer. RGV early twin pipe either side to the M with banana swing arm was the best,
NSR MC16 - MC28 swipe card ignition single side swing arm again much better bike.
I do no what you are saying with regard to the fire blade and it was a brutal bike.
but to compare that to say a SP1 is not fair or is it fair to compare the 916 -999 models,
are you saying then that the 996 or 998 are not as good if not better bike than the original 916 ?
any way I lost myself in all that, but I do think things get better with age maybe just not the new 749 999 series, if it last for 10 years like the previous model did ill have to eat my hat. K