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by boyd1005
Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:53 am
Forum: General Bike Chat
Topic: R6 wheels on an 08 r1
Replies: 2
Views: 468

R6 wheels on an 08 r1

Looking for help from the collective wisdom out there.
Does anyone know if 2010 R6 wheels are a direct fit onto an 08 R1.
Thanks
by boyd1005
Fri Jun 13, 2014 4:38 pm
Forum: R1 07-08 4C8
Topic: 4c8 -high mileage - who has it?
Replies: 13
Views: 1116

Re: 4c8 -high mileage - who has it?

Wow- thats great to hear Steve. I wont worry at all so.
by boyd1005
Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:16 pm
Forum: R1 07-08 4C8
Topic: 4c8 -high mileage - who has it?
Replies: 13
Views: 1116

4c8 -high mileage - who has it?

Just doing a seat of the pants reliability survey. What sort of mileage are people getting reliably on these older R1's (cant believe their 6 years ol…login to view the rest of this post
by boyd1005
Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:50 pm
Forum: R1 07-08 4C8
Topic: 4c8- valve problems yes or no
Replies: 3
Views: 1017

Re: 4c8- valve problems yes or no

Thanks Donny- just looking for piece of mind with the recent purchase of a 4c8. My bike has 17k on it. Runs great but does a lot of popping on throttl…login to view the rest of this post
by boyd1005
Sat May 31, 2014 11:01 pm
Forum: R1 07-08 4C8
Topic: 4c8- valve problems yes or no
Replies: 3
Views: 1017

4c8- valve problems yes or no

Reading thru the septic tank I mean yank forums i see them complaining a lot about intake valve issues. Are the uk bikes also having such issues?

Tha…login to view the rest of this post
by boyd1005
Sat May 03, 2014 10:15 am
Forum: R1 07-08 4C8
Topic: front brake judder
Replies: 33
Views: 1987

Re: front brake judder

I used one of those T-handled tapered hole reaming tools and pressed it into the hole in the centre of each bobbin. Press it in & Turn it slowly by ha…login to view the rest of this post
by boyd1005
Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:00 pm
Forum: R1 07-08 4C8
Topic: front brake judder
Replies: 33
Views: 1987

Re: front brake judder

My 08 had juddery brakes too. I changed the pads to new sbs -made no difference. Then from reading this post I spent time (a lot of it) freeing up the…login to view the rest of this post
by boyd1005
Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:18 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: Newbie from Galway
Replies: 8
Views: 743

Newbie from Galway

Howdy all. I'm from the West of Ireland and have a 4c8. Great forum. Thanks :D