, im picking up my first yamaha 2000 r1 in a few days its been street fightered due to a crash back in 2001, it has 26k on clock and will be posting pics soon 
this forum looks really nice , i was torn between an r1 and a gsxr but decided to go for a better built bike overall
haha jompy your bike looks amazing i was never really a fan of a street fighters but these R1s work so well and look amazing im gonna have a look to see if i can find more info and pics of your bike on the forum is does look awesome 
Theres more than that if you really look , we've had a few streetfighters on hereSteve R1 wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:28 pm Golly gosh... we now have two people on this forum, well one person plus primate, who believe a butchered R1 ... or half one (as we call them on here) looks beautiful.... each to their own.. lol
Being serious now, bikes are bikes and a half one is still an R1... just without its clothes .... and yes, they do look stunning [emoji3]
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Thanks bud , to be fair i bought it streetfightered back in 2009 , i first saw it in 2008 i think it was but couldn't afford it but in 2009 i needed a better bike for 2 up and talked my mate in to selling it and i paid over the odd but it was well worth ityammyfighter wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:20 pm hey guys thank you for the warm welcome
, im used to riding full fairing sport bikes or drz400s how will it feel riding the r1 which has been street fightered, ? the one im buying tomorrow was written off in 2001 but has been on the road ever since it only has 26k on the clock i started with a 1974 DT250byammyfighter wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:15 pm gotta admit jompy that bike suits you
they weren't far wrong , i've never looked back even when the engine blew Sweet , yeah the KTM used to do that and the R1 , copper didn't believe me about the R1 either after i'd gone past his unmarked caryammyfighter wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:18 pm i started on a cg125 and from there went to a cbr600 for a while, then a kawasaki zx9r b1 which weighed the moon lol, then to a drz400 then after getting pulled because for some reason the police didn't beleive me that the bike wheelies on its own lol, so now coming back into sport bikes
Yes he nicked meyammyfighter wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:13 pm haha lmao did u get pulled by the unmarked car ? as thats what pulled me lmao, honestly i am looking forward to getting an R1 my friend has just bought an 08 version and i can't sadly save up 5k that fast i have just over £2k to spend on a nice one if truth be told.
jompy which R1 engine do you prefer out of them you have ridden ?
he said why did you pull the wheelie and I replied I didn't mean too and he said come off it yes you did so rather than explaining all about sports bikes and the fact I was in the wrong gear I just ate loads of humble pie in stead and to be fair he was sound 
And the only difference between the carbs is the pilot jets. They are #15 in the 5jj vs 17.5 in the 4xv. And does it make a difference!jompy wrote:Yes he nicked me [emoji38] he said why did you pull the wheelie and I replied I didn't mean too and he said come off it yes you did so rather than explaining all about sports bikes and the fact I was in the wrong gear I just ate loads of humble pie in stead and to be fair he was sound [emoji106]yammyfighter wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:13 pm haha lmao did u get pulled by the unmarked car ? as thats what pulled me lmao, honestly i am looking forward to getting an R1 my friend has just bought an 08 version and i can't sadly save up 5k that fast i have just over £2k to spend on a nice one if truth be told.
jompy which R1 engine do you prefer out of them you have ridden ?
To be honest I've only ridden the 4xv and there's not a lot of difference other than I believe on the 5jj they stop you from getting so far back on the seat .
I now have a 5jj engine in mine but the big difference is the carbs , you get more mid range with the 5jj carbs [emoji106]
