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Not a vast amount but noticeable. Just different really. Both i4s though. YMMV with a twin.
I had a Suzuki GSR 600 which I loved, it was my first bike. The throttle was a little snatchy when easing off but other than that it rode great, steered like it was really light and felt like it just went where you were wanting it to go without any input. It was a screamer though, not much power low revs which I actually prefer around town. It still shifts but you're not going to accidentally pop the front wheel coming away from lights. It really kicks in around 5k revs and keeps pulling right up to redline which from memory was around 12.5k. It had around 90-95bhp and weighed 190kg iirc. Sadly someone turned across me without indicating whilst I was filtering on it and it gouged the exposed alloy frame writing it off.
Replaced it with the Kawasaki Z750 which is more like 115bhp and 220kg or something. It had much more linear power, pulling hard early on and no "vtec kicked in yo" feeling half way through the revs. It felt like a rocket ship to me, I did have a few squeaky bum moments when accelerating gently around corners in the wet on cold tyres. I found though when leaning it over in the bends that it felt like it wanted to get back upright so needed constant input which gets a bit tiring and I noticed the extra weight. The brakes left a lot to be desired too. It was also bloody uncomfortable to sit on
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Was there that much difference? Always assumed the 650-900 genre was basically similar power to i4 600 but less need to wind them up to get it.