Bike advice question

[Daggerdave]

I would love to try a 250, but for getting around in the beginner class where passing in turns is a no no, its nice to have the power to just motor them.

Thanks for the help guys!  I think Ill spruce up the 2000 for now and see how that turns out.

[jp233]

get a 250, screw the beginner class, learn to ride it even decently and you can hang with most bikes, make passes any damn place you feel like it,

picture the same beefy gsxr750 suspension/brakes on a bike that weighs 240 lbs = TZ 250

and I used to race a gsxr750..... 250 is WAY MORE FUN

[Super Dave]

Yes

Always giving the alternative view...

My answer is no.

Lots of variables.  

I have raced many bikes.  Some I really liked.  My current R6 is at the top.  My CBR600F2 from 1993 was very good.  As was my 600 Katana in 1988.  In 1989, we changed the Katana's suspension and wheel combination making it not as good.

Other things.  In 1988, Doug Polen raced for Yoshimura on 1987 GSXR's in Superbike as the number one rider.  Additionally, Davide Tardozzi raced an FZ750 in the early World Superbike Championships when the FZR750R's were avaiable.

It will always go back to set up.

The new components can make the current bike work better IF they are worked to get the chassis to work better for your feel and comfort.

My CBR600F2 was massively bent.  Worked very well though with the set up we had.  Won lots of races and championships, and I was a regular AMA competitor.  The next year, I raced a new ZX6E...couldn't get that to work right.  Went backwards in many ways.

I guess the question is:  do you have the ability to set up the bike...the ability to recognized what needs to be done, the forsight to recognize what the feelings are from the chassis, and the knowledge to change things on the bike to get it right.  

If not, I ususally recommend GMD Computrack like http://4and6.com

I know where I want stuff, basically, but I really don't care to spend a whole long time trying to get it in the ball park.  I'd rather start close to the center and then refine.  

Your bike is certainly good, but it could be better.  The new suspension components won't necessarily make it great, but it will allow you the opportunity to make it better if the geometry and spring rates can be done up to work the right way.