Am I Ready ?

I have been riding a 05 sv650s for a year. I have the oppurtunity to sell my bike and get an upgrade. I am thinking either the 06'GSX-R600 or the 06'GSX-R750. I do not have any complaints at all on the sv. Do you guys think the 750 will be to much right now? Is the 600 that much different from my sv?  

If you're happy with the bike you're on, stick with it.

If you're ready to move up, test ride your prospective choices and move up.

It's not that complicated.    

That's a question you really have to answer for yourself, do you feel ready? You've done your time on a good starter bike, but time is not always the difinitive answer.

The 600 will be night and day difference from the SV BTW.  

I prefer to count miles instead of time.  You may have ridden an SV650 for one year, but how many miles did you actually ride?  I started out with a Kawasaki Ninja 250, rode it for 3400 miles, then rode a SV650 for 11,500 miles before I bought a GSX-R1000 and I've ridden it for 11,900 miles so far.  All of my miles were HARD riding for fun, no commuting or touring--and every ride I went/go on, I am always trying to educate myself by trying new things.  It worked because I knew that I could handle the GSX-R1000 and I was right.  Follow what your fear tells you (it's there for a REASON) and start out slow no matter what.  Good luck!  

Go for it.
But I would say go for the 600.  Trust me you will think it totally bad a$$ compared to the SV, not to knock it though.  600s are fun, I kinda wish I still had mine.  Because you can spend more time trying to push and learn new things than trying not to fuk up on a big bike.  Just my opinion.  

I agree with Bill and Navy--the 600cc sport bike will be stunningly fast compared to the SV650, so if your question was what will give me a good kick in the pants compared to my SV, there's your answer.  Not sure (if I were you) that I would attempt the 750 until you've gotten a lot more experience.  If you ride a 750 or 1000, you have to have cat-like reflexes in case the rear tire starts spinning up on you and coming around.  As you get more and more practice, you could develop those reflexes and do controlled rear wheel spins--but even then you have to keep up the practice to stay in that "zone".  You can't afford to get lazy.  

Good point about the miles zyglob. Time means nothing if all you do is ride to bike night once a week.

My personal opinion here is to go with the 600, but that doesn't mean that you ca't ride the 750. There's a big differnce between being able to ride it and being able to handle it. When learning, it's always better to make small incremental steps. You learn faster and more thoroughly. You'll be a better rider faster. IMO.  

Thanks for all of your advice guys. Don't think I'm gonna get the gixr. I put a deposit down on the Daytona 675. Seems like a great all around bike and it is beautiful. Oh yeah, I've put over 10000 miles on my sv  

i am 16 and i am getting my Cbr1k this month. Just get whatever u think is right for u  

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These crazy kids...  

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i am 16 and i am getting my Cbr1k this month. Just get whatever u think is right for u

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16 years old and buying a CBR1000?! No 16 year old kid that is not named HAYDEN is ready for a bike like that, I don't give a !?$& how much MX experiance he has! "Just go for it" he says, yeah good advice idiot. Where does a kid like get money for that bike anyway? Hey the bike looks cool and all his friends will be impressed so by all means get in way over your head, do something stupid and make us all look bad and raise my insurance. Sorry for being so harsh, but this kind of situation has always bothered me!  

I was wondering why the intention of this thread didn't make sense...

http://forums.sportrider.com/ubbthreads/...part=1&vc=1