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Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 12:48 pm
by NorthernTaffy
Hi all,
Just wanted to say hi and hoping to learn lots of things about my new/old 2000 R1 which I have just purchased, this will be about my fifth carbonated R1 since I got one back in 1999.
Still an animal - No electronics all the way!
Jase
AKA NorthernTaffy
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 1:06 pm
by Danf1
Welcome taffy see you picked up a faster red one. Loads of good info on this site and remember there’s no such thing as a stupid question.Look out for the admin chimp he’s fairly harmless (although he does ask stupid questions).
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 2:42 pm
by jompy
Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above ☝ warned you about and it's all true
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out
Gotta love the carbs ❤
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 4:45 pm
by R1Clarky
welcome in pal [emoji4] the bike looks tidy
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 5:00 pm
by Moise
Welcome to the forum. There's quite a few of us here with carbed R1's, they still go OK. I have a 99 that's done about 70,000 miles. I should probably change it for something newer with lower miles, but I've been thinking that for 3 years now and still have it.
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 7:15 pm
by newsh
jompy wrote:Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above [emoji121] warned you about and it's all true
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out [emoji106]
Gotta love the carbs [emoji173]
It’s a 5JJ Jompers but still all true!
Welcome Taff!
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 9:35 pm
by jompy
newsh wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 7:15 pm
jompy wrote:Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above [emoji121] warned you about and it's all true
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out [emoji106]
Gotta love the carbs [emoji173]
It’s a 5JJ Jompers but still all true!
Welcome Taff!
mines half a 5jj
and the 5jj carbs are better
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 9:50 pm
by R1Clarky
great choice is the 5jj [emoji6][emoji6]
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 10:29 pm
by Danf1
jompy wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 9:35 pm
newsh wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 7:15 pm
jompy wrote:Welcome in Jason
I'm the Chimp the Taff above [emoji121] warned you about and it's all true
Hope you enjoy the 4xv , i'm sure you will as you should know them inside out [emoji106]
Gotta love the carbs [emoji173]
It’s a 5JJ Jompers but still all true!
Welcome Taff!
mines half a 5jj
and the 5jj carbs are better
I think you’ll find Yours is 1/4 5jj as it’s only half a bike
did I say that out loud
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 9:34 am
by polar
Hi ya Jase and welcome to the mad house, not really this forum is the best one you will ever find.
Hey i even get one with the guys on this forum and i dont normally like anybody
Ive only very recently got into carbed R1s and have learned so much off these guys and i hope to learn something from you too mate.
Chill out and enjoy
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 9:38 am
by Stu14b
Welcome in mate. That's a tidy looking bike, I very nearly bought myself one in the same colour scheme a few years back.
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 8:07 pm
by Redjj
Hi, welcome and enjoy the mad house [emoji3][emoji106]
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 8:40 am
by Steve R1
Welcome to the forum mate, beautiful bike you have there and I see she is one of the faster red ones, Clarky thinks the blue ones are fast... but he has never tried red.... oops... didn’t mean that to sound like that.... sorry red [emoji15]....
I think I’d better stop digging
Oh and re monkey face, we just throw him a banana every now and again, that kerosene him happy . He also likes the odd cup of tea
Welcome
Stephen
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 2:13 pm
by R1Clarky
lol sh!t- our secrets out red [emoji38]
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Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 5:20 pm
by NorthernTaffy
Thanks guys. Lovely welcome. I wi;l be uploading more soon. Looking for a steering damper at the mo. I know about the Ohlins with Harris kit ones but are there any alternatives that don’t require robbing a bank? I will post this in tech too. Thanks for the welcome again.
J
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 5:25 pm
by jompy
have a look at the sprint dampers , they're still not cheap
Re: Hello from the north; where winter has passed!
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 6:00 pm
by Danf1
They pop up on eBay frequently I’ve seen them go for less than £150 with a fitting kit but this time of year they can go a lot higher.
There’s a couple on eBay now at around £200 ohlins with a Harris fitting kit and the kits polish up well without much effort. When you consider the damper alone is over £300 now I’d say that’s a fair price for this time of year.
