I wanted a 600 that I didn't have to lower.

Had an F3 and considered Honda as my first choice. Sat on the RR and couldn't even stand it up because it was SO ridiculously tall.

Started shopping around.

Fell in love with the ZX6 and the rest, as they say, is history!

We bought the Ninja because we needed a beginner bike and it was dirt effing cheap. We kept it for 4 years and 25K miles because there was no reason to get rid of it and that little thing was fun as hell!

Is it bad that I jumped from a Buell Blast to a modded R1 and have only ridden a 600 once. It was my friends F3 and it was around the block.

Totally wrong thread Snookums!!

Pretty much left the initial search up to my husband...he is the expert.
After he picked one we went and looked at it and he test rode it...looked good, right price...win-win.

I knew it was meant to be when my husband got an email the following week from a coworker who had no idea we bought the bike and asked if Mark knew anyone that would be interested in a Ohlins rear shock for a 92 FZR 600 for $100. :panic:

We were meant for each other. :beers:

Well I've always loved Hondas, I wanted a liter bike because of the torque and it fit my riding style and I liked the lower end grunt, plus this particular bike was to replace my mustang so I wanted torque. I use this bike to commute back and forth to work which is about 60 miles round trip on the highway and like the extra grunt of the 1000. The 2004-2007 body styles were my favorite and I found my bike a 2004 with only 2000 miles on it for a great price and it was clean, my friends thought it was a brand new bike when I brought it home. I drove to Atlanta (roughly 3 hours each way) to pick it up.

I also have a Ninja 500 that I bought to teach my wife how to ride and I use it for commuting and general riding, just thought it was a great all around bike.

We then purchased a Honda F4I because, I love those bikes and the fact that they are comfortable, and a bit more practical than the RRs but still capable performance wise.

I have a Honda 650 and a Hondamatic 750 at my shop that were his.