Hi, am new to the forum so wanted to say hello.
I run an R1M, 2015 model on the road and with a few track days every year. Mainly in Europe as they are a little more relaxed and the weather is a bit more predictable.
Bike is amazing. Fast with great suspension. have just done some track days and found moving to suspension setting M1 and added a bit more compression to the front worked a treat. It stopped it from bottoming out the front forks. Rear felt OK on the standard M1 setting but chewed up rear tyres. I used 3 rear tyres in 4 days which gets expensive...
Have changed the front pads to some Brembo's which have improved the feel/ confidence significantly. The braking on track was ok but I did feel the ABS coming into play in some of the harder braking areas ( on track only ). on the road the brakes are absolutely fine.
Managed to get down to high 2:01's at Portimao which is pretty good. I think some tuition is needed to go any faster!
Will post some photos when I get the bike back and have given her a decent clean!
Newbie - R1M 2015 model
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Steve R1
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Re: Newbie - R1M 2015 model
Welcome to the forum mate, I too love my M, though she hasn’t been on track... don’t want to drop her... yeah I know she could be dropped on the road, and yeah tracks are safer... no cars etc...
Anyway she is road only and to me she is a very capable road bike.
I generally use power 1 and suspension A2 or when it’s damp, wet or heavy traffic power 2 and suspension A3... in that mode she can cope with whatever the road or weather throws at us
Looking forward to seeing the pics
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Anyway she is road only and to me she is a very capable road bike.
I generally use power 1 and suspension A2 or when it’s damp, wet or heavy traffic power 2 and suspension A3... in that mode she can cope with whatever the road or weather throws at us
Looking forward to seeing the pics
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Re: Newbie - R1M 2015 model
welcome in pal - enjoy the forum & get some pics up when ya can 
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Re: Newbie - R1M 2015 model
M1 puts the dampers effectively in passive fixed rate mode
Best mode on track in the dry is a1, then adjust if required - i run slightly higher damping on front - the adjustment is reverse of what is intuitive so you reduce the level on screen to increase damping
Welcome to the club. Mine is 2016 r1m.
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Best mode on track in the dry is a1, then adjust if required - i run slightly higher damping on front - the adjustment is reverse of what is intuitive so you reduce the level on screen to increase damping
Welcome to the club. Mine is 2016 r1m.
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