474kz
New Member
Hello all,
Im sort of at cross roads and not sure what the best option is so I thought I'd ask. I've got my Open License and have a 13 FZ6R Lams in Australia. I mainly use the bike for commuting to work and back in city traffic (50kms a day) and sometime take it for a ride on the highway & mountain roads.
Im at the point where I'd like to keep one bike for the next few years and Im considering un-restricting it / leaving it as is or trading it in for something like a VFR (looking at roughly a $3k changeover)
So questions I have:
1. For those of you guys that have un-restricted your bikes, what was the difference for the low and mid? Im assuming acceleration improved (from a complete stop as well as overall)? And of course the top speed would have too (although I generally dont ride > 130km/hr - I want to stay in good books with Brisbane cops)
2. I understand that the resale value drops a bit. How much I am yet to ascertain for a fact - dealerships speculate about 1k? but they've also told me it would cost 2k to restrict but it only costs 300. Anyone out there derestrict theirs (legally) and then sell it?
3. Would it be better to just swap it for a bigger bike? For those of you guys with bigger bikes who do you insure with and what's the ball park annual premium? I've got a clean bill of health and currently pay $503 I think off the top of my head for my 13 FZ6R.
Any thoughts on this would be highly appreciated. Have a great day.
Cheers
Im sort of at cross roads and not sure what the best option is so I thought I'd ask. I've got my Open License and have a 13 FZ6R Lams in Australia. I mainly use the bike for commuting to work and back in city traffic (50kms a day) and sometime take it for a ride on the highway & mountain roads.
Im at the point where I'd like to keep one bike for the next few years and Im considering un-restricting it / leaving it as is or trading it in for something like a VFR (looking at roughly a $3k changeover)
So questions I have:
1. For those of you guys that have un-restricted your bikes, what was the difference for the low and mid? Im assuming acceleration improved (from a complete stop as well as overall)? And of course the top speed would have too (although I generally dont ride > 130km/hr - I want to stay in good books with Brisbane cops)
2. I understand that the resale value drops a bit. How much I am yet to ascertain for a fact - dealerships speculate about 1k? but they've also told me it would cost 2k to restrict but it only costs 300. Anyone out there derestrict theirs (legally) and then sell it?
3. Would it be better to just swap it for a bigger bike? For those of you guys with bigger bikes who do you insure with and what's the ball park annual premium? I've got a clean bill of health and currently pay $503 I think off the top of my head for my 13 FZ6R.
Any thoughts on this would be highly appreciated. Have a great day.
Cheers