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I am looking into fitting a jet kit to my bike and from what I have read whilst researching a good few forums, the best solution appears to be Ivan's …login to view the rest of this post

As a Frenchman, I have always thought the UK police was pretty fair and alright really.

I have never had to deal with them for anything other than moto…login to view the rest of this post

Classic. Further proof that if there's a way to f**k something up, someone out there will do it.

Pleased you're happy with it, have fun. I really enjo…login to view the rest of this post

quick update.

I got my bits back from Revs racing in Halesowen and fitted them to the bike.

the forks felt right, but somehow the rear was way too soft,…login to view the rest of this post

ah, I probably should have mentionned, for the jets I was planning to put an order in with Ivan's jet kits.

thanks chaps.

I am trying to think lateraly here , mainly to try and avoid the $20 shipping,

do you see any reputable kits in this list?

its an ebay.fr …login to view the rest of this post

Hi chaps,

I am after some advice on carb rebuilding kits, does anyone have any recommandations?
at the moment, all I have found is this:
http://www.…login to view the rest of this post

Just a quick update, should it prove useful at a later date.

I bought a second hand ohlins shocker
https://www.ohlins.eu/en/motorcycle/shock-absorber-Ro…login to view the rest of this post

whilst murking through the internets looking for information, I came accross the following thread:

http://www.yamahar.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3143 …login to view the rest of this post

Godders wrote:
Yep, they used internal parts from a 675r Daytona, dropped straight in and apparently transformed it. I thought they said they revalve

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Hello,

I am now a couple of months into the ownership of my 4XV with 19k on the clocks and its time to get the wallowy nature of the beast dealt with.…login to view the rest of this post

The vast majority of us on here can't ride an R1 to its potential, so yiu are not on your own buddy, infact ive got slower as I've got older . Enjoy your R1 and the forum


in my case, the older I get, the faster I used to be...

and to be fair, unless your bike lives on the track, you'd have to ...

I once got nicked on a dual carriageway connecting the north car parks to Schiphol airport doing just over twice the posted limit.
my fault, assumed the limit was 120, turned out to be 70kph due to the possibility of airport vehicles using it.

Long story short, the dutch cops were ok and let me ...

I used to live round the corner in Sneek.

if I can give a piece of advice to anyone going and intending to ride the aafsluitdijk (the big motorway in the sea that connects the north of holland to the friesland region) is to keep your speed down.

Because its just a long piece (15 miles) of motorway ...

Welcome in you ANDY & BREN ? :think:

Ah, I just assumed they would be regulars here.

Bren aka the baron of the nurburgring of performance bikes fame?
http://www.slidersguesthouse.com/about.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Andy Carlile as in https://rideapart.com/articles ...

thanks chaps for the reference for Geoff. He seems like the sort of man I need to speak to.

As for me, I am a 36 year old frenchman, been riding for about 10 years now.
I used to ride kwaks, spent a little bit of time at the nurburgring with Brendan of sliders fame. Chatting with him and Andy ...

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd29/djuwenda/R1/IMG_20150224_113056233_zpsdnaoxmxl.jpg

Here she is.

the non standard items are
YZFR grips
carbon look bar end weights (the irony... carbon weights??)
carbons fenders and fairing infills
mini indicators on the back
a plate which does not look to ...

Hi there,

I have bvought my first r1 last month. Its a 99 4vx, white and blue in good used condition with 19k and some good service history

it came with new michelins pp3, new complete clutch (basket diaphragm etc), valve clearance, oil change all done in the last 500 miles.

So far I am ...