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Hi guys,

just a short presentation - joined the forum some days ago:
my name is Henrik and I'm from Denmark.

Been riding/racing since 1984 (TZ, TZR, RD, XT, MT03, NC30, NC35, RC30, VF1000R, R6, R7, RSV4)
2013 I won the Scandinavian Superbike Championship on my RSV4 (10 wins in 10 races).

RSV4 is sold now, and in 2014 I used my 15 years old R7 - still my favorite :-)
The bike has been used by MGCompetition (Yamaha France) in WorldEnduranceChampionship, so there is quite a lot of endurance modifications (rear wheel can be changed in 10 seconds singlehanded, and the front in 20 seconds)
Engine is being maintained by Kev Stephenson (UK - long time Yamaha engine developer and now BSB team manager/engine tuner).

But....then the new R1 2015 came...so I made a deal with Kev to swap my R7 stuff with a new R1 'race prepared'.
Delivery is late february.....really looking forward to try the beast.
We'll start out with a Akra race exhaust and FlashTune (which Graves should be working on) and a CRC fairing/seat.

My first choice was the R1M, but then we talked about the standard R1 instead.
We might replace the suspension anyway, and for datalogging we use Aim EVO4...so the standard R1 was the best match (BSB teams will use standard R1's too).

Racing is in central europe - sweden, germany, cz, italy, hungary, spain, portugal etc.
Never been racing in UK (yet)...favorit track is Mugello.

Happy to join this forum.

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Welcome in bud, looks like you have a wealth of experience to bring to the forum!
More pics though please [emoji6]
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Thanks :-)

Some more pictures of primary R7 and backup R7.
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Welcome in m8 nice bikes cracking video


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Welcome in Henrik
Well theres an introduction and a half :clap:
to be honest i think i'd have to keep one of the R7's , the new R1 will be great but it will still be a blinged up R1 but the R7 . . . . . . . well it's an R7 aint it . . . nuff said ;)
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Welcome in sir. Great intro . Some of our racing types I'm sure will be bending your ear.
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Hello mate, welcome,
Nice bikes.
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Welcome on henrik nice intro & some sweet bikes there ;) enjoy the forum mate


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Welcome to the forum Henrik, awsome introduction :clap: :clap: :clap: and I'm sure that there is a lot you can teach us over here in Blighty or infact the other members we have from all round the world.

Like Jompy said, or as we know him .... Monkey face..... I would keep one of your R7's they are so so special.

We do have a strange sense of humour over this side of the North sea , and there is a lot of good humoured banter on the site, we have a good laugh and sometimes a moan but we all do actually get on, help and support one and other, which lets face it, is what biking is all about.

Anyway, welcome to the firum and I for one look forward to your riding advice, because again, one of the great things about bikes is you never stop learning, the more you learn the better yiu get and the more you enjoy the bike...... A perfect win win scenario.

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Hi, where in Portugal have you raced?


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mark-mtb wrote:Hi, where in Portugal have you raced?
2 year ago - Portimao.
Really really special track....first day you'll spend learning all the blind corners, and on day 2 it gets funny :-)
The trip was 3 days at Almeria, 1 day travel between tracks, and then 3 days at Portimao.
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Yep, Portimao is like that, fun when you get to know it.


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Great intro and you have owned some of my favourite bikes :clap: :clap:

Did you sell both R7's for the R1

Some racing history you have there, Best get over here mate, we have some classic old style tracks for you to try.

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Welcome in mate. Your knowledge will be appreciated by the forum. Enjoy your stay.

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Welcome to the forum Henrik
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Welcome in Henrik,those R7's are beautiful as im a huge fan of them myself,well done and congratulations on the championship,hope you enjoy the site :clap:
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Welcome to the forum Henrik and thank you for the nice intro.
You have had and have some beautiful machinery fella , wouldnt mind a go on the r7s myself :clap: :clap: .
I look forward to seeing how the new r1 turns out for you
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