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hi all , im kev and im from renfrew in the sunniest and driest part of the united kingdom , SCOTLAND , ive just bought my r1 2000 model and i pick it up on friday and it cant come quick enough . my last bike was a blade (98) and before that it was an R6 . Pics will follow as soon as i pick it up . The bikes totally standard but it wont stay that way for long lol. looking forward to getting to know you all :D


thats right officer its an r1 and really fucking fast
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Welcome in Kev
we need to see pic's of your bikes past & present & some more biking history , your going to love the 5jj ;)





Right which wankers doing the scotland wind up with all the newbie's tell them to say they're from scotland ?
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Welcome in Kev. Plenty of Scots in here so you will be right at home. Enjoy your new toy.

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Welcome in Kev, life in AAAR ONE land will be sweet I promise yah :D
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LOCKE wrote:Welcome in Kev. Plenty of Scots in here so you will be right at home. Enjoy your new toy.

Colin
thanks for the welcome guys , from coventry originally and i really cant wait (seriously) to pick my new toy up , i need to go and set up a photobucket account to upload my photos (seems alot of effort when the pics on my pc) so as soon as i get round to it and start taking pics of my bike (need to strip it and clean it to my standards 1st) il post them . Its the blue/white colour scheme with 17500 miles on the clock , been a biker since i was a child , 1st ever bike was a yz125 and was always out tearing up the fields with it , past my test at 21 and my 1st road bike was gxsr 1100 , had a rgv250 vfr400 r6 and my blade before the r1 which im the most excited about . Always up for a blast (as long as its not raining) so hope to get out with a few of you 8-)
thats right officer its an r1 and really fucking fast
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if you like hooning around get a steering damper on it if there's not one already fitted & get in the 5jj section loads in there about them
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Welcome Kev and congrats on your new purchase, cracking bike the 5jj, just be careful with the gearbox
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hash29 wrote:Welcome Kev and congrats on your new purchase, cracking bike the 5jj, just be careful with the gearbox
thanks for the welcome , iv had a quick blast on it and selection seemed smoothed , what do i need to look out for :?:
thats right officer its an r1 and really fucking fast
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Welcome Kev^^
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kev1970 wrote:
hash29 wrote:Welcome Kev and congrats on your new purchase, cracking bike the 5jj, just be careful with the gearbox
thanks for the welcome , iv had a quick blast on it and selection seemed smoothed , what do i need to look out for :?:
Jumping out of gear , normally when in second gear, very common fault is 2nd and 5th gear dogs bending.
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hash29 wrote:
kev1970 wrote:
hash29 wrote:Welcome Kev and congrats on your new purchase, cracking bike the 5jj, just be careful with the gearbox
thanks for the welcome , iv had a quick blast on it and selection seemed smoothed , what do i need to look out for :?:
Jumping out of gear , normally when in second gear, very common fault is 2nd and 5th gear dogs bending.
ok thanks for the heads up , car mechanic to trade(i hate cars) so i dont mind having to strip and sort what ever goes wrong (hopefully nothing) :)
thats right officer its an r1 and really fucking fast
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kev1970 wrote:
hash29 wrote:
kev1970 wrote:
hash29 wrote:Welcome Kev and congrats on your new purchase, cracking bike the 5jj, just be careful with the gearbox
thanks for the welcome , iv had a quick blast on it and selection seemed smoothed , what do i need to look out for :?:
Jumping out of gear , normally when in second gear, very common fault is 2nd and 5th gear dogs bending.
ok thanks for the heads up , car mechanic to trade(i hate cars) so i dont mind having to strip and sort what ever goes wrong (hopefully nothing) :)
Yeh lets hope you have a good one fella, like i said a great bike , i had a 5jj in 2001 new and kept for nearly 3 years and loved every minute on it
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Welcome in Kevin..... Nice to know there is the odd English north of the wall :P ... You will love the R1 and I know our Scottish friends will look after you ..... They are a decent bunch of chaps.... And they love R1's also. The forum is great, lots of helpful tips, banter and good he pored p!ss taking..... All in the name of fun.
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kev1970 wrote:
hash29 wrote:
kev1970 wrote:
hash29 wrote:Welcome Kev and congrats on your new purchase, cracking bike the 5jj, just be careful with the gearbox
thanks for the welcome , iv had a quick blast on it and selection seemed smoothed , what do i need to look out for :?:
Jumping out of gear , normally when in second gear, very common fault is 2nd and 5th gear dogs bending.
ok thanks for the heads up , car mechanic to trade(i hate cars) so i dont mind having to strip and sort what ever goes wrong (hopefully nothing) :)
Hi and welcome,Same here mate,i am always working on cars and hate them now,but when you do a service on the R1 you will wish it was a car believe me lol,unless you have very small hands..
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kev1970 wrote:
LOCKE wrote:Welcome in Kev. Plenty of Scots in here so you will be right at home. Enjoy your new toy.

Colin
thanks for the welcome guys , from coventry originally...

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LOCKE wrote:
kev1970 wrote:
LOCKE wrote:Welcome in Kev. Plenty of Scots in here so you will be right at home. Enjoy your new toy.

Colin
thanks for the welcome guys , from coventry originally...

Boo :naughty: ;)

Another English north of the wall :P ... We get everywhere :lol:
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kev1970 wrote:
LOCKE wrote:Welcome in Kev. Plenty of Scots in here so you will be right at home. Enjoy your new toy.

Colin
thanks for the welcome guys , from coventry originally
That's ok Kev you should get on with Bub,us lot are always sending him too Coventry but the bastard keeps escaping and coming back. :D
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Welcome in Kev ;)
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Ok so I pick my bike up tomorrow :) and I'm hoping the weathers good , off for the full day so maybe get thru a cpl of tanks of fuel , I will let u all know how I got on :))
thats right officer its an r1 and really fucking fast
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Welcome Kev! I'm a newbie as well, everyone seems really friendly and there's some good banter here. Hope the weather stays good for you!


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Hope the weathers better there for you than it is here
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Let us know how you get on with the new bike kev.

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Hi Kev, I'm a newbie as well so lets see how this forum goes.....so far I've got to say it's looking good. :dance:
Hope you had a good day on the bike chief.
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PaulSum7 wrote:Hi Kev, I'm a newbie as well so lets see how this forum goes.....so far I've got to say it's looking good. :dance:
Hope you had a good day on the bike chief.
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i have had a great day on my bike :dance: should have bought it years ago , what a great bike to ride , so much better than the old blade i had , hope the weather holds up tomorrow so i can do today all over again , been away from bikes since i sold the blade so im aching all over especially my back , still its not going to stop me going out all day tomorrow (weather permitting ) and sunday, i love my5jj :D
thats right officer its an r1 and really fucking fast
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i don't ride mine over winter & when i get on it again it's like holy f**k this is fast lol
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