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Newbie here..

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:50 pm
by stevewidds
hi peeps im steve and have just bought my first R1 its a w plate 99 quite tidy 27500 miles..im in keighley west yorkshire and hoping to use it for the road and the occasional trackday..and have some questions already lol.. :music-rockout:

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:21 pm
by LOCKE
Welcome in mate. Ask away, plenty of knowledgeable folk on here. Get some pics up of your new toy.

Colin

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:27 pm
by PMc.R1
Not another Steve :lol: welcome along for the ride mate, sure someone will answer your questions, tell us all more about your biking history :D

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:34 pm
by R1Clarky
welcome to the madhouse steve ;) - ask away mate :)

ride as much & often as ya can

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 11:53 pm
by Scrapman
Welcome to the Steve Biker Forum mate.

Honestly, how many of us Steve types are there in here now ?
Must be about 34,000 ?? :think:

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:56 am
by Sheepracer
Welcome in buddy

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Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:36 am
by Steve R1
Welcome to the forum Steve, cracking name is that :clap: :clap: , tell us a bit about your biking history, what you love about your R1 and ask any questions you want, someone will have the answer .

Join in the banter and have a laugh too, some of the guys are at Donington on the 24th March and there are other forum track days organised for later in the year.

Anyway welcome

Stephen :D

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:37 am
by Chappo
welcome along mate, ;)

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 4:41 pm
by jompy
Welcome in Steve
" Those 4xv's are a lovely bike , they share a lot of parts with the 5jj like frame, wheels & engines are similar , things that are different are ECU , bodywork i.e. tank , fairing , seat unit & headlight also the radiator & wiring looms are different .
Make sure you look in the 4xv & 5jj sections .
Check the main 20pin white plug on the wiring loom that sits behind the left hand fairing to make sure its in good order & been greased as these can cause problems , the HT leads can break up when old where the plug cap screws on & cause misfire all you need to do is cut 5-10 mm off the end & screw the cap back on , also DON'T tighten the sump bolt up to 42nm its a lot less more like 15-20nm .
get the service manuals and parts micro fiches for both the 4xv & 5jj downloaded , use the online PDF link & down load the parts manuals from there .
http://www.partzilla.com can be helpful for online parts micro fiches for getting part numbers & checking prices in the states as theyre prices are cheaper or you could try https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/browser/ ... bike/yzfr1
enjoy :)"

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:44 pm
by stevewidds
Thanks everyone for the welcome...my bike history is all sorts from bmw r1100ss boxercup to kawasaki zx12r to 1250 bandit which i still have now, this is my first r1 and cant wait to get some miles under my belt..ive done a few trackdays mainly at cadwell park also oulton park and cant wait to get the r1 on track. unfortunately the tacho/rev counter doesnt work so that is going to be one of my first jobs to try and diagnosis unless any of you know of it being a common fault of if anybody has any clocks forsale.....................................PS Hi to all the steve's. :D

Re: Newbie here..

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:07 am
by samr1
Hi Steve welcome


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