About time! 2-wheel goodness

Scort · 7 Dec 2008 at 00:31

Bar any last minute mishaps, I shall be picking this beasty up in the week:

MCN specifications

Engine size: 998cc
Engine specification: 16v in-line four, 6 gears
Top speed: 182mph
Power: 187bhp
Torque: 87.3ftlb
Weight: 177kg
Fuel capacity: 18 litres
Tank range: 146 miles
Insurance group: 17
Front brakes: 2 x 310mm discs
Rear brake: 220mm disc
Front tyre size: 120/70 x 17
Rear tyre size: 190/50 x 17

It’s a 07 edition Yamaha YZF-R1, not registered yet, so will be a 58 reg when that’s done – got it for £7,200 OTR, which I’m pleased about, as it’s not as near to 10k as the Ducati 848 I was looking at buying earlier in the day

I’ll be changing the god awful screen straight away, as it looks odd, plus adding crash bungs, a tail tidy and seat cowl – debating whether it’s worth having an alarm, if I get one fitted, it’ll be for insurance purposes; failing an alarm though, some secure markings maybe.

This is my second bike, the first – an 06 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636, was written off when a driver decided the highway code didn’t apply to them on a roundabout

Chuffed!

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Sparky · 7 Dec 2008 at 00:37

Like that a lot!

cyclops12 · 7 Dec 2008 at 00:38

very nice mate

take it easy on that beastie , its gona be a fair bit quicker than the quacker

Scort · 7 Dec 2008 at 00:43

Cheers guys

Yep, it's already occurred to me – plated wrist, litre bike and upcoming rubbish weather…. I'll be riding as if I were on my test

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Davy644 · 7 Dec 2008 at 00:53

Ive had my eye on the R6/1s As for the price,I thought they were a lot more than that

Awesome machine :cool:

cyclops12 · 7 Dec 2008 at 01:05

Davy644 said:
Ive had my eye on the R6/1s As for the price,I thought they were a lot more than thatAwesome machine

get over to george whites they are doing 0% and 2 grand worth of extras free

http://www.georgewhite.co.uk/?category=30

Freefaller · 7 Dec 2008 at 10:13

I can't fit on it. I look like an ape trying to ride a 3 year old's bicycle

However they are awesome bikes :cool:

Enjoy it mate!

4T5 · 7 Dec 2008 at 10:19

Freefaller said:
I can't fit on it. I look like an ape trying to ride a 3 year old's bicycle However they are awesome bikes Enjoy it mate!

Same

The front end of my mates felt non existant with me on, Full on wheely machine though :cool:

Nice bike mate, Stay up the right way

Scort · 7 Dec 2008 at 10:29

cyclops12 said:
get over to george whites they are doing 0% and 2 grand worth of extras free
http://www.georgewhite.co.uk/?category=30

Technically not free I found out - with said items, it's £8999, without them, the bike is £7999 :confused:

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Scort · 7 Dec 2008 at 10:30

Freefaller said:
I can't fit on it. I look like an ape trying to ride a 3 year old's bicycle However they are awesome bikes Enjoy it mate!

That made me chuckle

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ZX-10R · 7 Dec 2008 at 11:00

Nice one Bud.

I'd Get the Crash bungs and security marking. forget the Alarm unless the saving on insurance covers the cost of the alarm. fit a Alarm in your Garage instead.
I hate alarms they always seem to go wrong leaving you stranded with a dead bike.

Scort · 7 Dec 2008 at 11:23

Thanks

The sales guy I was speaking to said he never bothers with alarms, and tells customers the same; said pretty much the same as you really.

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Scort · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:13

Got confirmation that the bike was registered today, picking it up a week today

Didn’t expect it to take this long though

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Fireskull · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:15

Very Nice, Take it easy out there if your going to ride in this weather

Scort · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:17

Thanks mate, I certainly will

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Fireskull · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:18

We Will have to sort out an ocuk Bike meet sometime next year if its sunny

That or all go along to the same trackday somewhere, got at least 6 planned for next year

Scort · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:28

Yeah, would be nice for a meet, certainly up for that

Blimey, 6

I've not even done Bikesafe yet! I expect lots of pics of the 750 being caned then

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SKILL · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:30

Very nice, rode the R6 and the only thing I didn't like about that was a lack of grunt lower down in the rev range, got the Daytona 675 in the end, but the R1 should fix that and then some

ocuk bike meet would be good, seems to be a fair few of us dotted around now, or trackday, I'm planning to start racing bikes next year in the Formula 400 class so I'm going to start doing lots of track days at various places over the year

Pug · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:31

enjoy mate

Picked up my 08 'blade earlier this year - awesome machine

Werent you tempted to wait for the new one tho in the new year? big bang engine 'n' all?

Fireskull · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:37

Scort said:
Yeah, would be nice for a meet, certainly up for that

Blimey, 6 I've not even done Bikesafe yet! I expect lots of pics of the 750 being caned then

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Of course

got 3 definate so far, Anglesey in April, Rockingham in august and Cadwell in October
The other 3 that I Will do next year: Donny again before it changes, Anglesey later in the year again lol love that track and Brands, but if I can get myself a van sorted will do as many as I can afford

if the TD's go well will see if I can get my ACU license and start a few small series races to see how I do

SKILL said:
Very nice, rode the R6 and the only thing I didn't like about that was a lack of grunt lower down in the rev range, got the Daytona 675 in the end, but the R1 should fix that and then some

ocuk bike meet would be good, seems to be a fair few of us dotted around now, or trackday, I'm planning to start racing bikes next year in the Formula 400 class so I'm going to start doing lots of track days at various places over the year

Have you tried the gsxr 750? if so how does it compare to the 675 Daytona? really need to have a go on one next year as if I like it tempted to get one for racing as you can enter them into sooo many races lol.

Good Luck with the Formula 400! what club is it with?