Newbie South West London

[Bailey]

Hi all,

Just a quick message to say hello! I'm Guy, 29, based in South West London (just near Richmond). Been riding bikes since I was a young and foolish teen and find myself stood in my garage staring at my new love more often than not.

I'm new to the Yamaha scene having just bought an 05 plate R1. I moved from the dark side having previously owned a K1 Gixxer 6, and I have to say I haven't once looked back!

I'll keep it brief for now, it's getting on a bit and I'm going to trawl through the previous posts in technical to see if I can find anything to help solve my 'unable to see out of mirrors at high speed' issue

Looking forward to chatting with you lot soon

All the best,

Guy

[pod]

Mine fold in at 150 the buggers. Welcome in

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[Luke03R1]

Hey welcome in

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[Siamblue]

Hi and welcome,quite a few of us from around the London and the home counties.

Gary

[jompy]

Welcome in Guy
Good intro bud all we need now is pics

[Bub]

Hi mate and welcome


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[Steve R1]

Hi guy,

Welcome to the forum mate, this is a great site and lots of good humoured banter and p!ss taking..... None of it's serious.

Re pods issue of his mirrors folding in at 150..... He he's never experienced that himself...... When he was out last time going fir it, three pedal cyclists flew past him....... Seriously..... but it did happen when he lent his bike to PJC..... Thing is it went out in one piece and came back in a few more pieces

Seriously welcome

[hash29]

Hi guy,

Welcome to the forum mate, this is a great site and lots of good humoured banter and p!ss taking..... None of it's serious.

Re pods issue of his mirrors folding in at 150..... He he's never experienced that himself...... When he was out last time going fir it, three pedal cyclists flew past him....... Seriously..... but it did happen when he lent his bike to PJC..... Thing is it went out in one piece and came back in a few more pieces

Seriously welcome

Steve you nut job..
Welcome in Guy , enjoy the forums mate and get stuck in. i am in croydon so not to far from your good self

[Mark YPVS]

Welcome Mate,
Im just down the road in Sunbury

Mark

[Bailey]

Hi all,

I've been a member on a forum before (e30 BMW) and I have to say you lot seem like a much friendlier bunch! I've taken a couple of pics of my bike as requested - for some reason they seem too large to upload directly, I'm sure I'll get the hang of this soon but apologies in advance for any wrong doing!

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fortunately my mirrors aren't folding in at speed but they do make identifying makes/models of cars impossible which needs to be sorted sooner rather than later. The previous owner recently fitted two new tyres and had the garage stiffen up the front forks at the same time so I suspect it may have something to do with that. One for the tech section I think!

[LOCKE]

Nice bike mate. Welcome to the forum.

Colin

[jompy]

Bikes looking good buddy

[Chinny]

Welcome to the forum Guy& nice bike


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[Skidlid]

Loving the ride. Welcome along buddy

[2002r1jon]

Welcome in Guy

When you say "stiffened up the forks" do you mean more than just twiddling with the adjusters?

What tyre pressures are you running?