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Went to the garage to have a little cold test drive on it just wish it was summer already…login to view the rest of this post

Best French ones are often bought at a local drive through restaurant …login to view the rest of this post

I think you'd best move over here , we complain about the weather but it's better than yours :whistle:
We had a genuine English teacher here, I asked her hows the weather like in Britain, is it really raining or foggy all the time, she just said no no :lol:
Went to Alps by car last summer and I ...

Steve R1 wrote:I did just over 65,000 miles on my 5vy in under three years, and 45,000 miles on my 4c8 in under two years.... both bikes were fine

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Has anyone experience with the Tourmax coils? Are they cheap knock offs or good aftermarket ones? One of my 4C8's coils blew last summer and I think I…login to view the rest of this post

and which problems you have had on the journey.
I have seen only forum posts myself of the "real high mileage" ones, my own 4C8 R1 is at 59k km.
Only pr…login to view the rest of this post

You're right, they are quite terrible :mrgreen: the blue one had carbon leovince's slip ons when I rode it. The owner of the bike said that it was too loud with them. Strongly disagree :lol:
She had an other R1 earlier, sold it and tried FZ1 for a short while. Buying hangover was almost instant, it ...

I had a slooooow 125cc in my younger years, RD125 twin. Managed hardly to get 80 kph (50mph) on the clock in normal conditions. Was so pissed back the…login to view the rest of this post

Okay, thanks for the info!
If I understood you correctly, you meant remapping the fuel system. My bike has powercommander 3 and it has been custom mapped on dyno.
I bought the PC and Akras second hand & with the map already in it. So, I have no dyno charts or anything as proof (thanks to the lazy ...

Hello,
just found this forum, seems to have much R1 related info & discussion which is nice to see. 8-)
I've owned my 2007 R1 for 3,5 years now and been slowly upgrading it (it was bone stock when I first bought it)
Now, almost 30 thousand kms later (total now at almost 60k) it has some minor mods ...