https://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1991-yamaha-fzr-600/6458750030.html This thing is nice and no it is not mine but it needs a good home
That is a nice 25+ year old bike. I tried to ride one when they were new and I had an FJ600; I'm just too tall for the FZR.
First new bike I ever bought was that EXACT bike. If I weren’t in the midst of a financial schellacking from building a house..
It's been for sale for over a year at that price. If it were a little more realistic I would have gotten it by now.
I don't actually know. I know back in 90-91, I ran 35's at an AMA Willow Springs national my first year of racing with a 89 FZR600. The Vance and Hines guys and Jeff Farmer were in the low 30.xx's. My kid with modern tires, set the SV track record out at Willow with a 27.19 and then backed it up in another race with a 27.21. The track may have slightly changed, but it still looks like the same old POS I raced back in the early 90's.
Same old POS probably, but tires have changed a lot since 1989 On a fast circuit, with the same tires, I'd say the FZR would have the upper hand. The SV probably has more grunt to pull out of slow corners.
I race my 600 typically in classes full of SVs. It really seems down to the rider. Even with the better topend on the FZR,the SV is lighter and seems to outhandle an FZR that hasnt gone the R6 frontend route etc.,essentially making up for the topend loss with higher corner speeds and better handling. Either way I still love racing FZRs. That 600 in the ad does look nice.
You can't give FZRs away over here. Because registration and insurance costs the same as a newer R6. Of course, they are never in that condition, so I guess $3000 would be reasonable for someone that wants some old school sports bike. They are not quite in fashion enough yet though. I paid much more for my NC30 which is nowhere near as nice in condition, but it is way more rare.
