Hi, I'm Richard.

[Tricky90]

37 years old from Maidenhead, Berkshire.
My bike history is fairly short.
GPZ500. YZF600r Thundercat. VFR750fv. CBR1100xx SuperBlackbird and now the R1.

The new bike is a 2004 YZF R1 5PW (I think) in blue. 37k on the clock.

This is my first sports bike. I got it as a straight swap for the bird. I'm still not sure what drove me to do it but I think it's because I didn't want to go through my biking life having never had a litre sports bike. First impressions are very good, performance is as I expected, fast and light but what has surprised me is that it is relatively comfortable.
Below are photos of my last bike and the R1.




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[R1Clarky]

That's a much better intro welcome in mate & enjoy the R1 - we all do
Enjoy forum membership & join in as much as ya can cos u get out what u put in


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[samr1]

Hi Richard nice looking R1 can see y u swapped the blackturd enjoy ur stay


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[pod]

Welcome in

[Steve R1]

Nice intro Richard, welcome to the forum, R1's are awsome , enjoy your new toy and the forum , any questions just ask.

Oh and good luck with the sale of the plate

Oh and the double post nightmare has hit you too, don't worry, it happens to all if us, we don't know why, it just does it at times ... I guess that means you are now officially one of us

[Steve R1]

Nice intro Richard, welcome to the forum, R1's are awsome , enjoy your new toy and the forum , any questions just ask.

Oh and good luck with the sale of the plate

Oh and the double post nightmare has hit you too, don't worry, it happens to all if us, we don't know why, it just does it at times ... I guess that means you are now officially one of us

[Steve R1]

Nice intro Richard, welcome to the forum, R1's are awsome , enjoy your new toy and the forum , any questions just ask.

Oh and good luck with the sale of the plate

Oh and the double post nightmare has hit you too, don't worry, it happens to all if us, we don't know why, it just does it at times ... I guess that means you are now officially one of us

[Steve R1]

WTF it did a triple post that time ...

[jompy]

Welcome in Richard
Or is it Rich , wouldn't want to offend anyone ! Those 5pws are a great bike & looks like yours was slightly late registerd , I bet your glad you swapped that big heavy ugly Shirley (Bassey) for it

[Bub]

Hi Rich and welcome

[Madturk999]

Hi mate welcome to the forum

[Luke03R1]

Hi, I'm Luke

[LOCKE]

Welcome in Richard. Good choice of bike. Enjoy.

Colin

[Chinny]

Welcome to the forum Richard, you not to far from me. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing at the mo lol

[Tricky90]

Thanks for making me welcome.
Most my mates call me 'Tricky'.
She's must be late registered because her first registration was July 2004 but the model is 2002-2003. Would love to know her manufacture date.


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[Tricky90]

Thanks for making me welcome.
Most my mates call me 'Tricky'.
She's must be late registered because her first registration was July 2004 but the model is 2002-2003. Would love to know her manufacture date.


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[jompy]

Tricky Yamaha have a webby where you can enter your vin number & it will tell you when your bike was built & what recalls were do e on it but be fucked if I can find the page again

[Moise]

Welcome, I bought a 4xv last year and still have a ZZR1200, which I must sell. Don't think you'll miss the Blackbird at all...