After having a GSX1400, a very nice bike, for 4 yrs i stumbled upon an offer on a b-king that i just could not resist. Prior to buying a b-king a couple of weeks ago i could not afford it, but it went on sale at a huge discount so i traded my old (2006) gsx1400.

The gsx1400 is indeed a very good bike, with exellent pillion comfort, but in every other matter the b-king outperform.

A question i would like to ask is when it is due to wot without any harm for the engine. I have changed the oil and filter at app. 100 miles. I have certainly given it some runs way above the stipulated 5000rpms, but is nevertheless uncertain. The b-king actually begs me to nail it. Honestly.

Thanks for reading/Kurgan

Welcome Kurgan - I too crossed from the GSX1400 to the King, and what a buzz it has been!! The 1400 is way better for pillions but if you just want to ride, the King kills it. And I do agree, the King does beg a good nailing everytime I get on it.

Is that the Euro version of the Busa? I too had one and sold it to get the King and it was the best think I did. Way more comfortable and can be made almost as fast as the Busa which has better aerodynamics going for it. Anything over 120MPH and you better fit a wind screen!

welcome! lot's of good folks and info here!

That GSX is awesome!!!

Congrats!!

Welcome Kurgan.

ekms377 wrote:

That GSX is awesome!!!

I've come close to buying one a few times.
Not as aggresive as the King but the much better pillion seat / grab rail
and the larger fuel tank would make it a good bike to run as well as.
Not made now but a few clean tidy 2nd hand ones about and they were
only about the same price as a 1200 Bland-it.

Quite popular with the streetfighter / modded bike guys too......

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18976

I had a ZRX1200 last year and the BKing is a bit above the performance on that. I just like the look of the old school standards....and I like the GSX!

Hello Kurgan and Welcome.

My previous bike was also a GSX1400 and although the GSX is a great bike the B King is in a different league, I’m sure you will not regret the change.

That said, I went crazy on the oil changes early on. At 100, 300, 600, 1000, and 1500 miles, my bike got fresh dino oil. At the 100 mile change, the oil was filthy and full of metal flake... same at 300. 600 was pretty clean, and 1000 looked pretty well new. Any new motor is going to have some metal filings that shear off (especially in the transmission) in the first few hours of running. Again, my opinion, but you want to get that crap out of there as quickly as is possible, hence all the oil changes.

10,000 miles and the bike runs great. I change the oil every 2000-2500 miles and it's as clean as I could hope for, which, to me, says the motor seated in pretty well.

Congrats again... hope some of that babble helps you.[/quote]

Thanks for the reply, it did help. When I buy a new bike, not very often, i am always hesitating wheter to ride hard or not. It seems to end somewhere in between during the break in. What concerns me is that the dealer changed my dino oil into fully synthetic, motul v300, at the first service, 700 miles. I guess that most of the breaking in has occured. I feels a bit akward to go home and change the oil i payed quite a bit for. The mechanic insisted on that oil. Hope its ok anyway. I runs like a dream. Could need some power on top though.

Can someone ship me one over here to the USA?