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by kiplingscakes
Sun May 19, 2019 6:59 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Clutch arm
Replies: 3
Views: 1168

Re: Clutch arm

Does this help?

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by kiplingscakes
Tue May 14, 2019 5:57 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Instrument cluster light
Replies: 9
Views: 1868

Re: Instrument cluster light

How did you get on with the cluster? Mine still flickers [emoji53] Had the cluster apart. Clean as a whistle. Cleaned all connections I could find wit…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Mon May 06, 2019 8:37 am
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle
Replies: 213
Views: 8207

Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle

Thank you all. I read the whole post (including waffle) [emoji846] I’m going to call at Halfords today and pick up a bottle!

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by kiplingscakes
Sun May 05, 2019 4:12 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle
Replies: 213
Views: 8207

Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle

I’ve never tried any additives for the bike. Which one do you recommend?

Are you using them with regular unleaded or super?


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by kiplingscakes
Sat May 04, 2019 1:51 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle
Replies: 213
Views: 8207

Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle

Brief update. It must have been the plugs... now changed them and pleased to say the bike feels better than it ever has! [emoji4]. My local Halfords d…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:21 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle
Replies: 213
Views: 8207

Re: Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle

Passing Halfords in a while so I’ll see if they have them. Thank you


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by kiplingscakes
Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:01 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle
Replies: 213
Views: 8207

Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle

Thank you.

I’ll have to look at how the swap is done.

I guess they are all alike but is there a suggested brand/plug that is known to work well with…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Mon Apr 29, 2019 7:08 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle
Replies: 213
Views: 8207

Big bang - Big stutter at early throttle

#horus-222_r1 I just found this old thread. I seem to have a similar issue with my 14BE [emoji53] Left home and gotabout 1/4 mile down the road and th…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:04 am
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Speedo opening
Replies: 12
Views: 1417

Re: Speedo opening

[emoji1417] Can you remember what size Phillips bit you used for the 3 screws securing the cluster?


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by kiplingscakes
Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:43 am
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Speedo opening
Replies: 12
Views: 1417

Re: Speedo opening

No worries. Sorry I cannot remember what driver point is needed. Make sure you have the right size before you start to avoid damaging the screw head […login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:32 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Speedo opening
Replies: 12
Views: 1417

Speedo opening

Strangely enough I’m stood looking at my speedo while I’m writing this. Mine has a flickering backlight in the lcd part of the display. I’ve just seen…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:45 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Instrument cluster light
Replies: 9
Views: 1868

Re: Instrument cluster light

I have the same problem with mine...a gift from the Yamaha dealer when it went for the recall on the headlight cable! It’s flickered (backlighting) ev…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:14 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Flasher relay
Replies: 7
Views: 1316

Re: Flasher relay

You can change the relay before you fit the lights. Will still work fine with the standard lights


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by kiplingscakes
Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:13 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Flasher relay
Replies: 7
Views: 1316

Flasher relay

Hi no worries.. yes you need to change the relay for LED lights, to retain the correct flash rate. I have flush mount smoked ones in the side fairing,…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Sun Dec 16, 2018 3:13 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Flasher relay
Replies: 7
Views: 1316

Re: Flasher rely

It is easy. Just the four bolts holding the mirrors on. Make sure you use a spanner that fits well as those nuts are quite soft.. the same bolts hold …login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:48 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Flasher relay
Replies: 7
Views: 1316

Re: Flasher rely

It’s a few years since I changed mine but if I remember correctly, it’s behind the instrument panel. You have to take the mirrors and screen off to ge…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Sun May 13, 2018 11:02 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Securing carbon fibre tank pad
Replies: 3
Views: 1145

Re: Securing carbon fibre tank pad

Thanks Boz, think I’ll give those a try..


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by kiplingscakes
Sat May 12, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Securing carbon fibre tank pad
Replies: 3
Views: 1145

Securing carbon fibre tank pad

Bought myself one of these koi carbon handmade tank pads a couple of days ago. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180512/17d71e7b28a7d9df281d1460885b6…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Fri Feb 16, 2018 10:26 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Yamaha R1 14b Knocking coming from the right side.
Replies: 9
Views: 1428

Re: Yamaha R1 14b Knocking coming from the right side.

Hi my 2012 bike has only 1200 miles and does not sound too dissimilar to this. Always has. The Big Bang does sound a little ‘mechanical’ on tick over.…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:31 pm
Forum: General Bike Chat
Topic: Ebay buyer issues
Replies: 12
Views: 1242

Re: Ebay buyer issues

Had somebody try a similar thing with me on eBay when I sold a phone a few months ago saying it was not as described. When I got the item sent back t…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:18 pm
Forum: General Bike Chat
Topic: Ebay buyer issues
Replies: 12
Views: 1242

Ebay buyer issues

Had somebody try a similar thing with me on eBay when I sold a phone a few months ago saying it was not as described. When I got the item sent back to…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Sun May 28, 2017 7:04 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Is it a write off
Replies: 12
Views: 1566

Is it a write off

☹️ hopefully you are ok??! My guess is a write off. I'd say there's around 5-6k of damage there


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by kiplingscakes
Mon May 08, 2017 7:16 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Decat & flash advice needed
Replies: 52
Views: 3250

Decat & flash advice needed

The main purpose of covering them, apart from the fact it is something to customise [emoji41] is that as far as I understand, brake fluid degrades aft…login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Fri May 05, 2017 6:10 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Decat & flash advice needed
Replies: 52
Views: 3250

Decat & flash advice needed

Thanks mate. The union jacks are only there because they were £1.50 a pair! I had plain black ones on there before and Nike before that [emoji1]. The …login to view the rest of this post
by kiplingscakes
Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:40 pm
Forum: R1 09-14 14B 14BE
Topic: Decat & flash advice needed
Replies: 52
Views: 3250

Decat & flash advice needed

So brief update... before I took everything apart, did a sanity check on the distance from the end of the left and right cans from the hanger and noti…login to view the rest of this post