04 R1 - quick review [Archive]

130wide

27th March 2004, 21:09

Went for a 250k ride today.
Whakatane - Rotorua - Tauranga - Whakatane
Heaps of grunt, massive front brakes, awesome handling, sounds great. :)

Yamahamaman

27th March 2004, 21:15

Went for a 250k ride today.
Whakatane - Rotorua - Tauranga - Whakatane
Heaps of grunt, massive front brakes, awesome handling, sounds great. :)
Were you pillion - or did Tony let you loose with it? :buggerd:

wari

27th March 2004, 21:16

That WAS quick !!! :gob:

130wide

27th March 2004, 21:34

Tony let me loose on it.........thank you Tony.
I thought Tony's 03 superbike was quick, the 04 is just as quick stock standard.

I'll let you know when we get it to Puke for a Friday practise.

As for the short review, I'm better at riding then writing.

Zed

27th March 2004, 21:41

Went for a 250k ride today.
Whakatane - Rotorua - Tauranga - Whakatane
Heaps of grunt, massive front brakes, awesome handling, sounds great. :)
So how many stretch stops did you have...and where were the aches & pains? :confused2

Firefight

27th March 2004, 21:48

Tony let me loose on it.........thank you Tony.
I thought Tony's 03 superbike was quick, the 04 is just as quick stock standard.

I'll let you know when we get it to Puke for a Friday practise.

As for the short review, I'm better at riding then writing.

So, whens your one arriving Richard ?

F/F :crazy:

wari

27th March 2004, 21:49

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I'll let you know when we get it to Puke for a Friday practise.

...
Can we come and watch ? :cool:

Holy Roller

27th March 2004, 21:57

What trading in your old faithful turbo :banana:
Bout time someone got a new bike to park in the staff bike park at work :2thumbsup
Looking forward to a ride :ride: if you get one.

130wide

27th March 2004, 22:11

Won't be getting one this week as lotto don't front up for me.............I'll post a message when we go up for a test.
First shipment won't be here for a couple of weeks, the Silver R1 Tony had at Paeroa had way less power then this one, as the silver one was preproduction.

A bit of weight on the wrists but thats about it, no more then most other sportbikes I've riden, no other problems.

Holy Roller

28th March 2004, 09:42

Went for a 250k ride today.
Whakatane - Rotorua - Tauranga - Whakatane
Heaps of grunt, massive front brakes, awesome handling, sounds great. :)
What a fantastic day for a ride,
but had stock take and that took all day and most of the night.
May get to the easter egg run if I don't go to Auckland