My new bike > Honda CB1000R

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 01:08

I thought i would post some pics of my new bike (Honda CB1000R) seeing as most people seem to be posting pics of cars, mind you, i think my bike is worthy, LOL

Hope you like my new bike.

Sparky · 24 Oct 2008 at 01:14

Will let you know when i get a 2nd laptop to view the rest of the pics on

Looks nice though.

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 01:20

CS||nuTs said:
Will let you know when i get a 2nd laptop to view the rest of the pics on

Looks nice though.

My mistake, images now resized.

Sparky · 24 Oct 2008 at 01:22

Now that looks nice, brand new?

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 01:25

CS||nuTs said:
Now that looks nice, brand new?

Thanks for the heads up, and yes, it's brand new, well ex-demo so i didn't need to run it in.

Rilot · 24 Oct 2008 at 08:08

Oooh ABS.
What's ABS like on a bike? I've never ridden a machine with it fitted before.

Spie · 24 Oct 2008 at 08:19

Nice bike. Good to see more naked street bikes.

Rilot said:
Oooh ABS.
What's ABS like on a bike? I've never ridden a machine with it fitted before.

It's the same as a bike without, until you lock a wheel, then it could save your life. Can't think of a single disadvantage.

Flukester · 24 Oct 2008 at 08:36

looks mean as hell

is the engine a blade mill with beefed up midrange ?

Foghorn Leghorn · 24 Oct 2008 at 08:53

It is the blade engine detuned, been having a look at these at Chester Honda. Very nice bike, now if only they made it with a V twin or V 4 engine.

Fog

voodooGT · 24 Oct 2008 at 09:07

MMMM sunny Scarborough!

Knubje · 24 Oct 2008 at 10:24

That bike is mint. My boss has it in white, looks awesome. Wouldn't mind a spare 10g's so I could get one myself

Shoei · 24 Oct 2008 at 11:04

Nice bike, just need to fit a nice "less quiet can" to it.
Has is got Honda's linked braking system as well?

Trojan · 24 Oct 2008 at 11:08

Nice looking bike. Is that at Scarborough?

jimblowscash · 24 Oct 2008 at 11:09

that bike looks sweet, i love the back wheel... BUT whats it like to ride ? i had a buell cityX with no faring, and it was murder over 100 MPH with wind buffering..

Oh and for the speed nazis it was on a track day etc etc

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 11:22

Rilot said:
Oooh ABS.
What's ABS like on a bike? I've never ridden a machine with it fitted before.

I find the ABS are brilliant, they seem to bite harder at higher speeds.

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 11:29

Flukester said:
looks mean as hell

is the engine a blade mill with beefed up midrange ?

Yes, it's a 2007 blade motor retuned for more low to midrange, it can really go some, 0-60 in 2.9 done by some motorcycle mag gerno.

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 11:30

Shoei said:
Has is got Honda's linked braking system as well?

Indeed it has.

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 11:31

Trojan said:
Nice looking bike. Is that at Scarborough?

You're right, it is Scarborough.

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 11:34

jimblowscash said:
that bike looks sweet, i love the back wheel... BUT whats it like to ride ? i had a buell cityX with no faring, and it was murder over 100 MPH with wind buffering..

Oh and for the speed nazis it was on a track day etc etc

It's not to bad, as with all naked bikes, you have to fight the wind at anything over a 100MPH, the thing is, when you feel the acceleration on this bike you don't mind one bit about the wind.

Freefaller · 24 Oct 2008 at 12:31

The only thing I don't like about the "new" bikes are the exhausts, they just do nothing for me. I do like big fat pipes on bikes.

However nice street bike, looks mean and it's a lovely engine, chassis' pretty tight too.

I'm not a fan of ABS on bikes unless it's a new system, as the previous ones use to apply the brakes to both the front and rear wheels and from the VFR800 I tested it didn't seem to give you much control over the brakes independently at times, especially when pushing on... however, if the new ABS systems work well then all in favour for it if it doesn't become too intrusive.

My new bike > Honda CB1000R

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