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1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:02 pm
by Boredstupid
Hi all,
Been after an r1 for a while but never managed to find one at the right time... Until last week when I bought two!
One good runner but a little scruffy, one nice and tidy with a blown motor, got both for a decent price
Had my first run out today and was really impressed
Link to photo after they arrived, if it works
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Nige
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:12 pm
by Blue Camo
Welcome in Nige, and that's just being greedy.
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:46 pm
by Boredstupid
Thanks, it's not greedy, it's an investment
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:55 pm
by Kylezx7r
Welcome mate
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 4:16 am
by Horus-222_R1
Welcome to the forum Nige.
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Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 6:34 am
by Redjj
Hi Nige, welcome to the mad house [emoji3]
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Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:40 am
by R1Clarky
welcome in mate - both in the best colour too
treat everyone with respect unless they prove themselves unworthy:-)
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:35 am
by petepassion
Hi, welcome to the forum.
Dave
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 9:50 am
by jompy
Welcome in Nige
Now all you need to do is find a decent priced motor & you'll have 2 running R1's
Gotta love those carbs
Give us a bit about your biking history & what area your from
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 12:27 am
by Boredstupid
Thanks all,
Bit of messing about with a c90 when I was a boy, brief spell on an rd125lc in my teens ( still miss !)
Took me a while to get my full licence sorted which then quickly resulted in a destroyed fzr400 and 600 a week after getting out of my cast
Couple of early r6s, one caught fire, the other just gave up one day
Done a few track days, tts and foreign trips, lots of commuting...
Based near Mansfield...
Not sure I need two bikes the same, would really like to have one nice bike and a spare set of wheels for wets or slicks (maybe I need to find another for breaking
)
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:40 am
by Bully1969
Welcome in mate, road bike and a Trackbike sounds like a plan [emoji106]
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Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:17 am
by Steve R1
Welcome to the forum Nigel, liking the R1's they could be identical twins
Enjoy your new toys
Stephen
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:18 am
by Steve R1
Welcome to the forum Nigel, liking the R1's they could be identical twins
Enjoy your new toys
Stephen
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:45 am
by jompy
Boredstupid wrote:Thanks all,
Bit of messing about with a c90 when I was a boy, brief spell on an rd125lc in my teens ( still miss !)
Took me a while to get my full licence sorted which then quickly resulted in a destroyed fzr400 and 600 a week after getting out of my cast
Couple of early r6s, one caught fire, the other just gave up one day
Done a few track days, tts and foreign trips, lots of commuting...
Based near Mansfield...
Not sure I need two bikes the same, would really like to have one nice bike and a spare set of wheels for wets or slicks (maybe I need to find another for breaking
)
Your doing well then
Fix one up & sell it then you can either get a real knacker to cannibalize or pick up parts cheap as you go along .
I'm only down the road in Derby
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 12:54 am
by Boredstupid
Well, I had an sv650 for a whole year and sold it for what I paid for it...
But there are others too, a zx7r that I was doing quite well with until I tossed it down the road at a soaking wet Silverstone
The last bike I had was a k1 GSXR 750 which looked decent and I thought was going to be in loved condition considering it just had a top spec ohlins shock fitted...
Drove 3 hours to Newcastle and it was so bad I didn't dare take it off the housing estate on the test ride it was so unsafe to ride!
Didn't really want to go home empty handed so managed to get a few quid off it...
Spent the next couple of months sorting everything out, just got it finished in time to go into the birchalls race trailer for the TT...had a good couple of weeks on the island and a week after I got home it wandered off all by itself, police didn't give a sh!t of course
So yeah I'm due a bit of good luck!
The runner needs a little love but it's solid, just going to get some miles in for now and when I get a chance take the best bits off the knackered one...
Really don't need two bikes just want to make one really nice one and keep a few bits for spare...
The rest will be broken help deal with the hammering my credit card has taken for them
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:37 pm
by HannahRussell
Boredstupid wrote:Well, I had an sv650 for a whole year and sold it for what I paid for it...
But there are others too, a zx7r that I was doing quite well with until I tossed it down the road at a soaking wet Silverstone
The last bike I had was a k1 GSXR 750 which looked decent and I thought was going to be in loved condition considering it just had a top spec ohlins shock fitted...
Drove 3 hours to Newcastle and it was so bad I didn't dare take it off the housing estate on the test ride it was so unsafe to ride!
Didn't really want to go home empty handed so managed to get a few quid off it...
Spent the next couple of months sorting everything out, just got it finished in time to go into the
au.vogueplay.com birchalls race trailer for the TT...had a good couple of weeks on the island and a week after I got home it wandered off all by itself, police didn't give a sh!t of course
So yeah I'm due a bit of good luck!
The runner needs a little love but it's solid, just going to get some miles in for now and when I get a chance take the best bits off the knackered one...
Really don't need two bikes just want to make one really nice one and keep a few bits for spare...
The rest will be broken help deal with the hammering my credit card has taken for them
Hi, I'm Hannah, I just joined this forum. Nice to see you here. I think you'll find all the answers to the questions you are interested in.
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 4:06 pm
by samr1
Hi nige welcome in
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Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 4:07 pm
by samr1
HannahRussell jump on to newbie page and do ur own intro if u not already done so [emoji106]
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Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 11:15 pm
by alexko
Hi Nige,
Welcome
If you can keep both the prices are going up...but get some sort of cover over the poor girls.
Re: 1 new member, 2 r1s
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:01 am
by LOCKE
Welcome in mate.
Colin