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Hello from the north; where winter has passed!

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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!

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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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Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above ☝ warned you about and it's all true :lol:
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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welcome in pal the bike looks tidy

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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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jompy wrote:Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above Image warned you about and it's all true :lol:
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out Image
Gotta love the carbs Image
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It’s a 5JJ Jompers but still all true!

Welcome Taff!
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newsh wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 7:15 pm
jompy wrote:Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above Image warned you about and it's all true :lol:
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out Image
Gotta love the carbs Image
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It’s a 5JJ Jompers but still all true!

Welcome Taff!
mines half a 5jj :lol: and the 5jj carbs are better 👍
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great choice is the 5jj

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jompy wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 9:35 pm
newsh wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 7:15 pm
jompy wrote:Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above Image warned you about and it's all true :lol:
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out Image
Gotta love the carbs Image
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Welcome Taff!
mines half a 5jj :lol: and the 5jj carbs are better 👍
I think you’ll find Yours is 1/4 5jj as it’s only half a bike :o did I say that out loud😱
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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 :whistle: :lol: :lol:

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.

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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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Hi, welcome and enjoy the mad house
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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 Image....

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lol sh!t- our secrets out red

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Post by NorthernTaffy »

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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have a look at the sprint dampers , they're still not cheap
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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.
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