lifelong biker decides to shorten it by buying R1
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:33 am
Hi all
I am Jack from Sunbury in Middlesex. just taken ownership of a 1998 4XV with a nice V and M paintjob will chuck up a pic or two soon. 20k on the clocks had been stored for 4 years so rebuilt carbs, drained vital fluids and flushed tank. got insured, went out
, shat myself 
, laughed like a drain 
, came back, took tranquilisers 
and now been doing the same for the past week (650 miles aready
Loving the immediate, aggressive acceleration
, finding the bike a pleasure to work on 
, like the insurance (£220 fully comp with MCE) 
, best bike I have ever ridden by far. my bike history below... looking forward to chewing the fat with you all
1987-88 AR 80, (badged as a 50 oopsie) skimmed out so much cylinders were transparent...
1988-90 Sickzuki GS125 - like riding a yule log, bomb proof because it never went above 50 mph down hill with a team of dwarfs pulling it!!
1990-92 FZR 750, now we are talking, fast, flick able, learnt every nut and bolt licence lost twice on it in two years for speeding once because judge did not agree that whilst my licence was valid it was the wrong colour and once because on getting full licence I decide that also gave me the go ahead to legally ride like a total tool (I was very young)
1994 - 2000 Honda Fireblade Urban Tiger- nuff said I grew Velcro on my balls with this bike, nearly killed me twice, once when it fell on me in the garage and once when for no reason it made me try and ride the length of the Cat and Fiddle, A537 Buxton to Macclesfield road at warp factor 13, this is when I learnt that bikes are usually faster than I am... 8 weeks in traction in Royal Surrey County Hospital, in bits literally mainly because trying to masturbate in a mixed ward in traction is not particularly easy....
2003-2005 a mixture of Bandits choppers and boring old sh!te to try and calm me down.... BOOOORING YAWN
look below I even look depressed
2005 -2007 FZR 750 resto project, fell in love again with Yams, note the picture below is of another I briefly owned in 2013 which was a bloody shed when I bought it... still have a weak spot for restoring FZRs now...
2007 -2008 2001 Fireblade again... this time I managed to not turn it or me into scrap, however it felt in the words of the hawkwind song silver machine "antiseptically clean" BLOODY FAST but boring and well a bit whiffy TBH a bit of a
in the looks department but held value well and built like a spinsters knickers!!!
2008 - 2012 more boring farty stuff and yes even a Virago!!!! OMG
2012 Sicksuki RF900, I liked this... a bit lardy and a back end that looked like the starship enterprise after it had been written off hitting an asteroid, big solid 5 geared straight line comfy rocket... took corners like gazza takes giving up the booze...
2013 z1000d hardtail chopper, THE MOST LETHAL BIKE I HAVE EVER OWNED!!! 130 MPH on a hard tail with bin lids for brakes and forks that you needed a telescope to look down. thought I looked very cool. had piles for weeks after each ride... TERRIFIED OF IT till I blew the engine to pieces 2 miles from my house... nearly had a coronary pushing it home
present till I probably crash through the pearly gates backwards in a flaming ball of hot metal and bone splinters... THE WONDERFUL R1.... photos below cheers all speak soon
I am Jack from Sunbury in Middlesex. just taken ownership of a 1998 4XV with a nice V and M paintjob will chuck up a pic or two soon. 20k on the clocks had been stored for 4 years so rebuilt carbs, drained vital fluids and flushed tank. got insured, went out
, shat myself , laughed like a drain , came back, took tranquilisers and now been doing the same for the past week (650 miles aready Loving the immediate, aggressive acceleration
, finding the bike a pleasure to work on , like the insurance (£220 fully comp with MCE) , best bike I have ever ridden by far. my bike history below... looking forward to chewing the fat with you all 1987-88 AR 80, (badged as a 50 oopsie) skimmed out so much cylinders were transparent...
1988-90 Sickzuki GS125 - like riding a yule log, bomb proof because it never went above 50 mph down hill with a team of dwarfs pulling it!!
1990-92 FZR 750, now we are talking, fast, flick able, learnt every nut and bolt licence lost twice on it in two years for speeding once because judge did not agree that whilst my licence was valid it was the wrong colour and once because on getting full licence I decide that also gave me the go ahead to legally ride like a total tool (I was very young)
1994 - 2000 Honda Fireblade Urban Tiger- nuff said I grew Velcro on my balls with this bike, nearly killed me twice, once when it fell on me in the garage and once when for no reason it made me try and ride the length of the Cat and Fiddle, A537 Buxton to Macclesfield road at warp factor 13, this is when I learnt that bikes are usually faster than I am... 8 weeks in traction in Royal Surrey County Hospital, in bits literally mainly because trying to masturbate in a mixed ward in traction is not particularly easy....
2003-2005 a mixture of Bandits choppers and boring old sh!te to try and calm me down.... BOOOORING YAWN
look below I even look depressed
2005 -2007 FZR 750 resto project, fell in love again with Yams, note the picture below is of another I briefly owned in 2013 which was a bloody shed when I bought it... still have a weak spot for restoring FZRs now...
2007 -2008 2001 Fireblade again... this time I managed to not turn it or me into scrap, however it felt in the words of the hawkwind song silver machine "antiseptically clean" BLOODY FAST but boring and well a bit whiffy TBH a bit of a
in the looks department but held value well and built like a spinsters knickers!!!
2008 - 2012 more boring farty stuff and yes even a Virago!!!! OMG
2012 Sicksuki RF900, I liked this... a bit lardy and a back end that looked like the starship enterprise after it had been written off hitting an asteroid, big solid 5 geared straight line comfy rocket... took corners like gazza takes giving up the booze...
2013 z1000d hardtail chopper, THE MOST LETHAL BIKE I HAVE EVER OWNED!!! 130 MPH on a hard tail with bin lids for brakes and forks that you needed a telescope to look down. thought I looked very cool. had piles for weeks after each ride...
TERRIFIED OF IT till I blew the engine to pieces 2 miles from my house... nearly had a coronary pushing it home
present till I probably crash through the pearly gates backwards in a flaming ball of hot metal and bone splinters... THE WONDERFUL R1.... photos below cheers all speak soon
honest your honour...... 
