After reviewing a lot of posts and other helpful info I have a question. With the top ends on 250 and 450 four stroke racing dirtdikes lasting 30 to 60 hrs before requiring top end surgery, how long would one expect a K6 to live, on a mix of `spirited street` and 4-6 track excursions per year, without requiring some expensive repairs? I am aware that the singles noted live at max load and high rpm all the time under race conditions, but trail riding with them only adds about twice the service life vs full race conditions. My last bike, A TLR1000, showed noticable loss of compression with less than 25K miles. Thnx for your time. Rob
top-end longevity...
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erwn8r's right ~ the load comparison between a single cylinder race bike and our street bikes is ... well ... not much of a comparison. To bring it all into focus, my '04 had decent mods (full system, thin head gasket, pc3, air filter) and was run pretty hard, and the only maintenance required by the time she was stolen was in the service manual... new air filter, TPS adjustment, and a valve job/new plugs at about 12k (should have done it at probably 10k, cause the plugs were gettin bad). Theres no "expensive" maintenance that needs to be done. I know some racers that tear their bikes down 3-4 times a season for almost full overhauls, but they're running much tighter tolerances than stock.
anyway, i've learned one thing about gsxr1k's... ride em as hard as you can, they take it and laugh in your face at how much of a wuss you are
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anyway, i've learned one thing about gsxr1k's... ride em as hard as you can, they take it and laugh in your face at how much of a wuss you are
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