X1

[nallac]

Picked up a new toy on friday..

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Swapped my 99 R1 for it....150hp to 103hp

Its slower,doesn't handle aswell,the brakes are crap compared to the R1's.

Its loud,shakes ya teeth out at idle, doesn't like being under 3thousand revs.

Man i love it........

[Edbear]

Goodonyer! Any bike you have a ball riding is a good choice of bike! :rockon:

[MadDuck]

Its loud,shakes ya teeth out at idle, doesn't like being under 3thousand revs.

Man i love it........

Its a great feeling aint it? Good stuff on the new bike :scooter:

[Maha]

I can just see a pack rack on that!!.....:innocent:
Spose we will here you from the Four Sq?....:woohoo:

[AllanB]

Cool - it's got one of those Egyptian header systems too .......

[nallac]

Goodonyer! Any bike you have a ball riding is a good choice of bike! :rockon:
Hell yeah


Its a great feeling aint it? Good stuff on the new bike :scooter:

So much more power than the sporty i had,and more fun


I can just see a pack rack on that!!.....:innocent:
Spose we will here you from the Four Sq?....:woohoo:

Yip need to get a pack rack..
not now i've repacked the exhaust,was just tooooo loud.

[ital916]

Picked up a new toy on friday..

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Swapped my 99 R1 for it....150hp to 103hp

Its slower,doesn't handle aswell,the brakes are crap compared to the R1's.

Its loud,shakes ya teeth out at idle, doesn't like being under 3thousand revs.

Man i love it........

Didnt the dude selling it say that it was leaking oil somewhere. Its a beastly looking bike. I love the x1 lightning...mmmm lightning. POW POW

[nallac]

Didnt the dude selling it say that it was leaking oil somewhere. Its a beastly looking bike. I love the x1 lightning...mmmm lightning. POW POW

yip its got a leak,but i couldn't care less...I've been lusting after a Buell for a while now....

[ajturbo]

what a great bike to own... have ridden one.. and some times i would think it is NEARLY as good as my XB...............

[nallac]

what a great bike to own... have ridden one.. and some times i would think it is NEARLY as good as my XB...............

wouldn't be quite as civilised as a XB,
well not the XB's i've riden.

I wish i lived further away from work....another 2-300ks should do..

[ital916]

wouldn't be quite as civilised as a XB,
well not the XB's i've riden.

I wish i lived further away from work....another 2-300ks should do..

So what mods has it got...whats it like....give us a ride report.

[Mom]

Picked up a new toy on friday..

Man i love it........


You utter bastard :2thumbsup

[StoneY]

Picked up a new toy on friday..

Swapped my 99 R1 for it....150hp to 103hp
Its slower,doesn't handle aswell,the brakes are crap compared to the R1's.
Its loud,shakes ya teeth out at idle, doesn't like being under 3thousand revs.

Man i love it........


You beauty

V-Twins FTW:cool:
(mind you ill die before I ever sell Suzy)

[peasea]

Noisy bloody things, should be banned.

[nallac]

You utter bastard :2thumbsup

Whats that Mom i can't here you..my ears are still ringing.


Noisy bloody things, should be banned.

O hell yeah, noisy dangerous things those bloody motorsicles...

at least it ain't got Harley-Davidson on the side of it....

[scumdog]

Noisy bloody things, should be banned.

And not a tassle in sight.....

[MadDuck]

at least it ain't got Harley-Davidson on the side of it....

I have just so gone off you ... you utter bastard :lol:

[naphazoline]

Cool bike man.Looks the biz.:cool:

[nallac]

So what mods has it got...whats it like....give us a ride report.

Mods,not much as far as i know.
Vance & Hines pipe(with baffles now)
Forcewinder intake.


Rode the R1 down to Bulls on friday morning,
Just over 1100ks for the round trip.

It was a painfully slow trip down trying to keep under instant loss
of license speeds.
The only interesting bits for the R1 where the Bit besides Taupo and the couple of winding bits on the Desert road,
I Don't think mister Porsche driver liked being overtaken around the 25k corner.....what double yellow lines?.

Swapped bikes over and came home friday arvo.


Now the trip home was a lot lot more enjoyable,

The X1 is a hell different bike to ride,

The clutch pretty much in or out,not ahell of a lot of movement on the lever,easy to stall with out giving it a handful of gas.(as i found out).
You have to be forceful with the gear changes,really push that shifter,
especially the 1st-2nd change.
Once you get ya head around it it shifts pretty good.(for a tractor)

The brakes where utter crap,felt like there was wood in place of brake pads.
(fixed that with a couple of flushes and bleeding them,along with filing the pads Down).

It vibrates like a lezzies best friend.
No wonder every thing is loctited on.

It hates being doing under 3k revs, trys kicking and bucking
like ya wifes sister.Nice lumpy cams....

It hates doing any of the speed limits,
50k's(30MPH,speedo is in MPH) to slow for 3rd gotta rev it in second
70-80k's(45-50MPH) lugging in 4th or revving in third
100k's(62MPH) just feels so slow,gottaa be in 4th


It wants to (and could)sit on 80MPH all day long,doing 4k
redlines at 7k(Not instant loss of license speed,which is good)with plenty of power left for overtaking.

All it wants is to be trashed thru the gears to 80-90MPH
then either cruise or rinse and repeat.
loves the corners aswell.

Good on gas too,averaged just over 19k's per Litre.

Got home at 11pm after 1100ks and didn't wanna stop.
wanted to carry on,another 500ks would've done.

It has that awesome down low grunt of a 100hp twin.




Overall I love it.....:hug:

[peasea]

Whats that Mom i can't here you..my ears are still ringing.



O hell yeah, noisy dangerous things those bloody motorsicles...

at least it ain't got Harley-Davidson on the side of it....

It would do if we broad-sided.......tee hee..

[peasea]

I have just so gone off you ... you utter bastard :lol:

When were you on him? Pics?

[peasea]

And not a tassle in sight.....

All the more reason to buy it I guess.

You're still not thawing out down there are you?
(Mind you, neither are the Hawkes Bay crew........)

[peasea]

So what mods has it got.

Shit! If my bike had mods anywhere near it I'd grab a gun.

Oh, sorry, different sort of mods.......my bad.

[buell]

You gonna have a ball :niceone: I have one and it's going to grow old with me :scooter:

[doc]

If it makes it to the next Kiwi. Dont complain about waking up and finding the Forcewinder missing. :devil2: a real Buelligan. Ya just a hoon.

[nallac]

If it makes it to the next Kiwi. Dont complain about waking up and finding the Forcewinder missing. :devil2: a real Buelligan. Ya just a hoon.

It will make it under its own power(if i can get a weekend Pass)

Hoon?, me never......

[Mom]

It will make it under its own power(if i can get a weekend Pass)

Hoon?, me never......

You still on here crowing? Wanker! When are you coming over for me to :drool: in person.


Was good to see you today, sucks with the rain eh?

[nallac]

You still on here crowing? Wanker! When are you coming over for me to :drool: in person.


Was good to see you today, sucks with the rain eh?

Hey Mom did i tell you I got a new Bike?............you should see it...

Now,now Mom, thats not nice calling me a Wanker.(it may be true tho)at least it wasn't Cock aye,

Will have to come and show you an Maha one day soon,it isn't as nice as the
carboned one there today but.

At least the rain was an excuse to leave early and go home and play with the X1.

[Mom]

Hey Mom did i tell you I got a new Bike?............you should see it...

Now,now Mom, thats not nice calling me a Wanker.(it may be true tho)at least it wasn't Cock aye,

Will have to come and show you an Maha one day soon,it isn't as nice as the
carboned one there today but.

At least the rain was an excuse to leave early and go home and play with the X1.

:rofl:

Hmmmmmm, what are you doing tomorrow? I may go for a little pottle with the carboned ones owner :yes:

Well, I wont pootle myself, I will do my nails on the back while Maha pootles. I am waiting for my tank treatment to arrive, the Blue Lovely is in for such a treat :yes:

[nallac]

:rofl:

Hmmmmmm, what are you doing tomorrow? I may go for a little pottle with the carboned ones owner :yes:

Well, I wont pootle myself, I will do my nails on the back while Maha pootles. I am waiting for my tank treatment to arrive, the Blue Lovely is in for such a treat :yes:

Most likely watching Bathurst or should be doing something with the Kiddies
as its the last day of the Hols...

[paddy]

You know, for everything you've said that wrong with it, that is a really good looking machine. (I can't believe I just said that - sports bikes normally don't appeal to me at all, especially black ones.) I love the rear spring, the tank, the wrapped headers. That machine has soul.

[nallac]

You know, for everything you've said that wrong with it that is a really good looking machine. (I can't believe I just said that - sports bikes normally don't appeal to me at all, especially black ones.) I love the rear spring, the tank, the wrapped headers. That machine has soul.



Its not the fastest,or best handling, or best stopping bike i've owned
The R1 was shit loads better,
The CB900 was also better.(they are like a poor mans Buell)

But its the the one i like the most, its got truck loads of soul,
no need to do 160+k's every where just to have fun...
it just oozes coolness(IMHO)and is just a blast to ride.

Its got that great Harley growl/bark but with ground clearance and brakes to stop you.

[Owl]

Very cool nallac!:niceone:

I came very close to buying a new X1 back in 2000, but couldn't quite reach an amicable deal.

Enjoy!