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Hi I've recently joined up as considering a crossplain as my next bike so having a look to see what the best mods are .
I currently have an s1000rr for the road which has seen a couple of trackdays and an sv650 which is iust coming to the end of a supertwin build so will be my dedicated track bike.
Oh and not forgetting the Honda zoomer which I've had for 18 months and never ridden lol.


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Welcome in Paul ;) got any pics of the bikes?(or the Missus,yours,not mine :lol: )
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Hi mate welcome
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Welcome in paul
Get your self to the big bang section of the forum there's loads of chats about the handling & making it more user friendly .
Get some pic's up & a bit about your biking history ;)
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Welcome to the site Paul, you will not be disappointed with a Big Bang R1
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Welcome Paul, few on here have been S1000r owners, why the change :?:

Enjoy the forum. Looking forward to hearing all about the SV build.
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Welcome in mate. Test and try before you buy you either get the crossplane or you don't.

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Welcome
There's a few of us on here with crossplanes and a fair amount of mods between them!
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Welcome in Paul,yep deffo get a test ride before you buy
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Thanks for the welcome, I've had the s1000rr for 3 years in april so will look to change then.
The BMW had a few niggles early on re gearbox, rotting sump and faulty switch gear but having got over that its been a great bike just time for a change.
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Welcome to the forum Paul


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Welcome paul. Enjoy the forum

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Always wanted a 'Zoomer' :P
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That bm sounds like me at the moment , dodgy box , rotton sump and a faulty switch just about sums it up :-(

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pgm wrote:Thanks for the welcome, I've had the s1000rr for 3 years in april so will look to change then.
The BMW had a few niggles early on re gearbox, rotting sump and faulty switch gear but having got over that its been a great bike just time for a change.
Welcome PGM,
That all sounds very familiar :roll: and I got shot of my S1000RR a few months ago for those same reasons and bought an R1 X-Plane.
Have you had a test ride of the R1? if not i think you'll be surprised with how good it feels to ride. Don't get me wrong the S1K was ballistic in a straight line but other than that it was nothing special.

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Well I haven't ridden an s1000 but in all honesty when I bought the R1 I did wonder what I had done at slow speed it was a pig especially around islands slipping the clutch was the order of the day.That all changed when I had it flash tuned,don't ask me why that question can be answered by r1 Mike better than me also put a de cat pipe on it.All the tea in china wouldn't get me to swap it now,a legendary bike that requires a few mods to get the best out of it.Shove all the rider aids where the sun don't shine they make you lazy rather ride a bike with real character.
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