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New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:42 am
by Cursed
Morning people,

After having owned my Suzuki GSXR 600 K6 for the last 5 years I thought it was about time for a change.

I got back from a week in the isle of man last weekend, spent the last week looking at various options and yesterday I chopped in the GSXR for a 2010 R1 :dance:

Unfortunately I couldn't take it away there and then so i'm collecting it Friday, Mon - Thu is going to drag!

Dean.

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:25 am
by samr1
Hi Dean welcome this will be the longest week of ur life enjoy it when u get it and post some pictures [emoji106]


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Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:31 am
by Bub
Hi Dean and welcome to the forum pal





Send me a PM with your post code to be added onto the forum members map

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:34 am
by jompy
Welcome in Dan
Hmmm that long wait will drag , you got anything else you can ride ? ( and before anyone says anything I meant other than the Mrs )

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:35 am
by Steve R1
Welcome to the forum Dean and congratulations on your purchase of a 2010 sausage. ..... Let me explain,

Cross plane R1's have Big Bang engines , Big Bang = banger = sausage..... Yeah we have a strange sense of humour on here :lol:

Yep we are as mad as a barrel load of frogs, not the French kind :lol: this is despite what some people thing a very friendly forum, no clicks , quite a few dicks though, the guys are very knowledgable and helpful.

As Sam says the next few days will drag, but just think, you will sone have your new R1 and boy it really will put a smile on your face. Do you have any pics of it, or your old bike, we don't mind GSXRs on here, well we like all bikes really :)

Anyway welcome

Stephen

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:35 am
by petepassion
Hello, welcome to the forum.
That R1 is going to feel very different to the 600 :dance:

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:43 am
by Chinny
Welcome to the forum Dean


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Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:37 am
by R1Clarky
Welcome in dean - just keep ya self busy mate & the week will fly by don't forget to take your time to get to know ur new bike b4 ya go mad on it & as the lads have said get some pics up & enjoy being part of the best bike forum by far ;) ;) :)


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Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:29 am
by ivano
Hi Dean, I'm new on the forum and I've just bought a 2012 R1...waiting for it coming from Italy.
And, just like you, I cannot stop thinking about it...
Anyway guys, sorry for my english

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:39 am
by samr1
Hi ivano jump on over to newbie page do a proper intro with a bit of biking history etc ,we don't bite ( most of the time ) but welcome in anyway


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Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:11 pm
by jompy
ivano wrote:Hi Dean, I'm new on the forum and I've just bought a 2012 R1...waiting for it coming from Italy.
And, just like you, I cannot stop thinking about it...
Anyway guys, sorry for my english
ivano your english is better than Cilla's (steveR1) and pinnit's but then thats not very hard :lol:

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:11 pm
by Cursed
Cheers for the warm welcome guys.

I'll get some pics up of the er.... sausage :shifty: when i've picked it up, in the mean time, here's some pics of (what was) my GSXR.

Cadwell Park last year

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Isle of Man this year

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Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:15 pm
by Cursed
jompy wrote:Welcome in Dan
Hmmm that long wait will drag , you got anything else you can ride ? ( and before anyone says anything I meant other than the Mrs )
I also own a CRF250L, just a little power difference!

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:19 pm
by jompy
Well you just missed a forum get together at cadwell last month :naughty:
CRF250L wouldn't mind one of those as a second bike for the wife then i could get my CRM250 back on the road & we could do some green laning together !
a few of the lads have supermoto's or dirt bikes . . . . .
you'd best get some pic's of the CRF up before i ask the admin to ban you :lol:

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:27 pm
by Cursed
I'll oblige as you've asked! (Well threatened, but lets not split hairs eh? :lol: )

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It doesn't always go to plan mind you...

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Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:38 pm
by jompy
Your going to fit in well here :clap:
first pic i saw was the last one :lol:
cracking pic's , how you finding it off road , there was talk of it being under powered but i think it'd be fine for greenlaning

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:53 pm
by Cursed
It is a little under-powered but for most green laning it's fine, benefits from an after market exhaust and a slight gearing chane. Only issue I really come across is the comparative lack of ground clearance and its a bit heavy when you compare it to the full blown CRF250X or a KTM etc..

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:35 pm
by petepassion
jompy wrote:
ivano wrote:Hi Dean, I'm new on the forum and I've just bought a 2012 R1...waiting for it coming from Italy.
And, just like you, I cannot stop thinking about it...
Anyway guys, sorry for my english
ivano your english is better than Cilla's (steveR1) and pinnit's but then thats not very hard :lol:
From talking to Pinnit at Cadwell, as far as I could make out, I think he comes from Kazakhstan, unfortunately I don't speak Kazakhstani so we mostly nodded and drank beer.

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:00 pm
by jompy
petepassion wrote:
jompy wrote:
ivano wrote:Hi Dean, I'm new on the forum and I've just bought a 2012 R1...waiting for it coming from Italy.
And, just like you, I cannot stop thinking about it...
Anyway guys, sorry for my english
ivano your english is better than Cilla's (steveR1) and pinnit's but then thats not very hard :lol:
From talking to Pinnit at Cadwell, as far as I could make out, I think he comes from Kazakhstan, unfortunately I don't speak Kazakhstani so we mostly nodded and drank beer.
Cock he said "NEWCASTLE" same problem though bud ;)

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:13 pm
by petepassion
Nah, definitely sounded Kazakhstani to me :lol:

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:25 pm
by Cursed
Is it Friday yet :pray:

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:39 pm
by samr1
No but ain't this week dragging


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Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:01 pm
by jompy
2 more sleeps ;)

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:12 pm
by Cursed
Thing is, i've got the Drive from Essex to Yorkshire.. Pick up the R1 and a Yam of a completely different kind that my dads bought (XVS1300A Midnight Star), then Yorkshire back to Essex.

Hope the weather's alright and im not completely shattered to go for a little ride in the evening!

Re: New R1 owner

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:23 pm
by jompy
Midnight star ! couldn't you talk any sense into him ?