just sayin hi

[carl8450]

hi all new to r1 seen as its my first, should pick it up in just over a week as having 2ed gear sorted, come from a vw background so into a little moding but hope to help others as much as I get help that's what its all about many thanks carl

[PJC]

Welcome in Carl, what R1 did you go for Enjoy the site and bike. What modding do you intend to do

[carl8450]

hi early 1998 for road use it is in poor condition but see it and know it needed someone to care for it that's y I got it, its blue with very little decals on it, mirror missing think its had a hard life 2ed gear kept jumping out(lots of time one back wheel I would av said) but it only at 26000k and has loads of history so hpfully not a bag!!!!!!!
mods, I like doin things bit of a tinkerer, but im a big guy so will start with setting up suspension and go from there with moding but will be in for paint at some point
will get pics up of it soon so u guys can show me the way
many thanks carl

[Steve R1]

Welcome to the forum Carl, load if peeps on here will be able to give you advice, sadly I'm not one .

Enjoy the R1

[2002r1jon]

Welcome in Carl Loads of advice on here,not always good though

[LOCKE]

Welcome in big man hope you enjoy the bike when you get it.

Colin

[jompy]

Welcome in Carl
You'll love your 4xv i know i love mine , they're great with out the fairing & with a set of renthals too . . . . . . . . although these lot think i'm a heathen lol

you'll find plenty of info on here & a good site is Borgs link-o-rama just hover your curser over the blue "the links section"
http://borg20011.tripod.com/the_links_section.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[carl8450]

Thanks for replays guys, seems like I found the right r1 forum nice a friendly and don't take to much to heart,
Last bike was a fightered Blade so wanna stick with the plastics on this one,Can't wait to pick it up got itchy rear end (I know I can get cream for it) can't wait to get in seat of MY R1, will be my first time on one any advice????

[jompy]

If it hasn't got one already get a steering damper !

[Chinny]

Welcome to the forum Carl

[Donny]

If it hasn't got one already get a steering damper !

yep get one off those

[Madturk999]

Hi mate welcome

[Damo666]

Welcome to the forum mate

[jompy]

Get your self on a long private road & staying in first gear get up to around 6000rpm then twist the throttle hard *making sure your holding on fucking tight* change gear at about 11,500rpm (if you can still focus on the rev counter ) & carry on up through the box changing at 11,500rpm be warned the front should come up in first & second & it will come up quickly !

[carl8450]

Honestly can't wait arrrrrrrr!!!!!

[hash29]

Welcome in Carl,

Bent dogs from to much time hoisting the front, fkd the gear box on my old 2001 2 times lol . got replacement dogs from bikebandit .com

Good luck with the rebuild

[Casey (Boris)]

Welcome to the forum Carl


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[Bub]

Welcome to the forum Carl

[carl8450]

Tonight's the night ppl, first ride on an R1 is in the dark and freezing cold, silly me just hope I can get it ome in one piece!!!!!!!
To be continued

[jompy]

Good look , enjoy & don't give it a fist full on a damp bend lol

[2002r1jon]

Tonight's the night ppl, first ride on an R1 is in the dark and freezing cold, silly me just hope I can get it ome in one piece!!!!!!!
To be continued

How`d it go then pal?

[carl8450]

hade it back a ok, couldn't use anymore than about 1/4 throttle cause of roads but ya all good but hear we go with question lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rev counter seemed to av a mind of its own not like a fault code I seen about on ere but just all over the place, like it slipping if that make any sense
anyway cheers peeps for all the good wishs and "BRING ON THE SUN"

[jompy]

If your sure it's not the fault code it could be a fubar taco , mine screwed up & wouldn't drop below 3000rpm , ended up getting one off eBay .
If you find someone that can fix then then let me know so I can get my old one fixed , if you do get one from eBay be careful I bought one in kph by mistake , did turn out to be a blessing as it was half the price & you can get them to read in mph using a soldering iron . UK spec tacos can select between mph & kph the one I got couldn't