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.

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.

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.

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.

d.chatten · 24 Oct 2008 at 15:32

I can understand where you're coming from, but, it puts out 123BHP and it will out run a 2007 CBR1000RR to 100MPH, i know, i've done it, the acceleration is just amazing.

d.chatten · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:14

Euro_Hunter said:
Lovely bike, I have its smaller brother

Nice bike, i like the new Hornet 600 a lot, i was thinking of getting one before the CB1000R was available, i was also looking at the Hornet 900 but the CB1000R and Hornet 600 look so much better with the new styling and USD forks.

d.chatten · 20 Feb 2009 at 23:26

Antnee said:
Hey d.chatten, just seen this thread. You a member on HondaCB1000R.com as well then? I've got a black non-ABS too, but I've got to part with mine

Hi Antnee, yes i'm a member of HondaCB1000R.com, great site and you do a great job on the forum, i'm sorry to here you have part with your bike, i hope you haven't got bored with it, but i suppose thats a daft question.

d.chatten · 21 Feb 2009 at 00:08

Scuzi said:
Like others have said, the exhaust is a bit marmite. All new bikes seem to be adopting this new shape and it just doesn't look right.

Apart from that I love it - much more than the equivalent CBR. How have you found it over the past 4 months?

I know what you mean about the exhaust, i quite like it but i'm going to fit an after market can, hopefuly an IXIL Hyperlow like in the pic below.

All i can say is this bike is phenomenal, the stability going in and out of bends is fantastic, it's smooth and very quick under acceleration on a strait and when exiting bends.

d.chatten · 3 Jun 2009 at 12:25

Well i have had an after market can (G&G GPS) fitted to my bike for a while and i have just realised that i haven't posted any pics, the next thing is a de-cat pipe and power commander, then maybe a tail tidy.

Hope you like.

d.chatten · 3 Jun 2009 at 14:01

Thanks for the positive comments guys, @lmfy2k, i've riden naked bikes for most of my 29 years of riding so the wind blast doesn't bother me that much, as for the wind deflector, it does help a bit (not much, just a bit), i've had sports bikes in the past but they don't do it for me, not as much fun in the twisties LOL, BTW, i use to own a Bandit 600 K1 and loved it, one of the most solid bikes i've owned.