Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
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Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Hi all,
Just wanted to say hi and hoping to learn lots of things about my new/old 2000 R1 which I have just purchased, this will be about my fifth carbonated R1 since I got one back in 1999.
Still an animal - No electronics all the way!
Jase
AKA NorthernTaffy
Just wanted to say hi and hoping to learn lots of things about my new/old 2000 R1 which I have just purchased, this will be about my fifth carbonated R1 since I got one back in 1999.
Still an animal - No electronics all the way!
Jase
AKA NorthernTaffy
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Welcome taffy see you picked up a faster red one. Loads of good info on this site and remember there’s no such thing as a stupid question.Look out for the admin chimp he’s fairly harmless (although he does ask stupid questions).
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above ☝ warned you about and it's all true
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out
Gotta love the carbs ❤
I'm the Chimp the Taff above ☝ warned you about and it's all true
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out
Gotta love the carbs ❤
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
welcome in pal the bike looks tidy
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Welcome to the forum. There's quite a few of us here with carbed R1's, they still go OK. I have a 99 that's done about 70,000 miles. I should probably change it for something newer with lower miles, but I've been thinking that for 3 years now and still have it.
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
It’s a 5JJ Jompers but still all true!jompy wrote:Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above warned you about and it's all true
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out
Gotta love the carbs
Welcome Taff!
Old enough to know better.
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
great choice is the 5jj
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
I think you’ll find Yours is 1/4 5jj as it’s only half a bike did I say that out loud
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Hi ya Jase and welcome to the mad house, not really this forum is the best one you will ever find.
Hey i even get one with the guys on this forum and i dont normally like anybody
Ive only very recently got into carbed R1s and have learned so much off these guys and i hope to learn something from you too mate.
Chill out and enjoy
Hey i even get one with the guys on this forum and i dont normally like anybody
Ive only very recently got into carbed R1s and have learned so much off these guys and i hope to learn something from you too mate.
Chill out and enjoy
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Welcome in mate. That's a tidy looking bike, I very nearly bought myself one in the same colour scheme a few years back.
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Welcome to the forum mate, beautiful bike you have there and I see she is one of the faster red ones, Clarky thinks the blue ones are fast... but he has never tried red.... oops... didn’t mean that to sound like that.... sorry red ....
I think I’d better stop digging
Oh and re monkey face, we just throw him a banana every now and again, that kerosene him happy . He also likes the odd cup of tea
Welcome
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I think I’d better stop digging
Oh and re monkey face, we just throw him a banana every now and again, that kerosene him happy . He also likes the odd cup of tea
Welcome
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
lol sh!t- our secrets out red
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Thanks guys. Lovely welcome. I wi;l be uploading more soon. Looking for a steering damper at the mo. I know about the Ohlins with Harris kit ones but are there any alternatives that don’t require robbing a bank? I will post this in tech too. Thanks for the welcome again.
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
They pop up on eBay frequently I’ve seen them go for less than £150 with a fitting kit but this time of year they can go a lot higher.
There’s a couple on eBay now at around £200 ohlins with a Harris fitting kit and the kits polish up well without much effort. When you consider the damper alone is over £300 now I’d say that’s a fair price for this time of year.
There’s a couple on eBay now at around £200 ohlins with a Harris fitting kit and the kits polish up well without much effort. When you consider the damper alone is over £300 now I’d say that’s a fair price for this time of year.