roadstar warrior

**R1madness** · 1st February 2006, 07:51

Hey peeps, I am thinking of trying a roadstar warrior for a while. I have a badly broken foot that will stop me riding sports bikes

for a year or so but a custom style might be ok. It has got to look the shizz (good) i love the big dustbin muffler on it. but whats it like to ride? I dont expect it to be a sports bike but it still needs to go around corners and stop. A NOS bottle will take care of the lack of forward perpulsion and i suppose i could upgrade the shock and forksprings ,oil etc.
How do i ride? Well lots o 2 up work is done. 600 to 1000k days are not out of the ordinary. (Yes you can do it on a R1). I like to punt along (hence the NOS). A bit of commuteing (but not much anymore). The odd rally (only go to the ODD ones hahaha). Oh yea it will be forced down the 1/4 mile as well (again hence the NOS) as it needs to defend my Southern Nationals 1/4 mile Drag title.
Regards
Ian

**vs04** · 1st February 2006, 09:45

A nos bottle! so you want more than a broken foot then.

**R1madness** · 1st February 2006, 13:18

Na its just after the R1 i think the lack of forward perpulsion will bore me to death. Hence the NOS.

**vs04** · 1st February 2006, 14:48

Originally Posted by R1madness

Na its just after the R1 i think the lack of forward perpulsion will bore me to death. Hence the NOS.

I think the lack of forward prepulsion will be your saving grace,nos and bike does not sound like a good mix imo.

**Waylander** · 1st February 2006, 17:42

Dude, the Warrior has pleanty of go for you. Even comming off an R1. May not have the same top speed but horsepower is damn high for a cruiser and torque is freakin unbelievable.

There is a guy in Hamilton who has one and he says any time you want the back tyre to let go just flick the throttle hard.

**vs04** · 1st February 2006, 19:52

Originally Posted by Waylander

Dude, the Warrior has pleanty of go for you. Even comming off an R1. May not have the same top speed but horsepower is damn high for a cruiser and torque is freakin unbelievable.

There is a guy in Hamilton who has one and he says any time you want the back tyre to let go just flick the throttle hard.

If he has nos hooked up to it i think his bowels will be letting go before the back tire does.

**R1madness** · 2nd February 2006, 09:10

A few words about myself to qualify my desire for NOS.
1 I am an ex road racer (16 years experiance)
2 I have been riding for 30years and never not had a bike during that time
3 I hold the southern national 1/4 mile title and record.
4 You can never have enough HP
5 Handling is a state of mind.
Yea nos takes some getting used to but i have used it before. If you set it up properly you can have it feed in progressively off a relay and revs vrs pressure system. So it will begin feeding in at a known rev automaticly in a preset gear. Its not rocket science to set up but it is rocket fuel.
Please do not focus on the NOS part of the deal. I am really interested in what current riders think about its capabilitys as a "real world bike". I can then modify it to suit myself. How does it handle? Will it stop? Is it comfortable for 2 up 1000k days? Have you had any problems with it? Whatys the cornering clearance like (for a cruiser)?
Thanks everyone

**vs04** · 2nd February 2006, 16:32

I hope i have,nt offended you mate ,just having a bit of fun nothing else.

What do you mean by [real world bike].

**Waylander** · 2nd February 2006, 17:16

Originally Posted by R1madness

I am really interested in what current riders think about its capabilitys as a "real world bike".

Good luck cause I don't think anyone on the site has one and other than the guy in Hamilton I saw (I did tell him about the site) the only other one I know of in the country is at Red Baron in Auckland.

Originally Posted by R1madness

How does it handle? Will it stop? Is it comfortable for 2 up 1000k days? Have you had any problems with it? Whatys the cornering clearance like (for a cruiser)?
Thanks everyone

Handling is suposed to be a bit odd because of the difference in tyre sizes from the rear to front but not so much that it gets annoying. Comfortable for 2 up 1000k days? Fuck no. I wouldn't even ride across town with a passenger on it. The rear pegs are so high up that any pillions knees are gonna be in your armpit. You possibly could drop the pegs down a bit but you would have to either have the exhaust come straight back instead of angled up, wich would cut the cornering clearance alot, or put small short exhausts on it like in the attached picture.

The cornering clearance stock is actually quite good. Not sure on the exacts but I damn near laid the one at Red Baron on it's side (slowly lowering it) before anything touched down.

Here is a review on it from a while ago.
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/25oct...rwarrior1.html
And continued...
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/01nov...rwarrior2.html

**R1madness** · 3rd February 2006, 07:49

VS04, na man no worries, just thought i had better quailfy myself a bit. Cheers for the thought.

Waylander. Thanks for the links. The misses is short (like me) and finds the R1 good on long trips so i guess it will be a matter of trying to find one to sit on to try it for size. I guess slow steering and big weight will make it a hoot to ride once i got the nos on. The thing i like most about it is the low long look. Should make for some cool rear wheel steering photos. I love to smoke the rear out of slow corners but the R1 just wheelstands and drives forward.

What is a real world bike? I guess it is different for everyone but for me it is as follows
Is it fun to ride
It MUST be able to be riden every day.
The maintenance must not be excessive (i can and do do all my own)
Can it carry 2 people for a reasonable distance (600K to 1000K in a day)
Will it start every time i hit the button
can it tackle all roads that i come across (even the R1 has been along a lot of gravel roads 2 up)
Is it FUN to ride
Will it smoke any car i line up against (hence NOS)
Is it FUN to ride

Thats real world for me.

**vs04** · 3rd February 2006, 13:55

Originally Posted by R1madness

VS04, na man no worries, just thought i had better quailfy myself a bit. Cheers for the thought.

Waylander. Thanks for the links. The misses is short (like me) and finds the R1 good on long trips so i guess it will be a matter of trying to find one to sit on to try it for size. I guess slow steering and big weight will make it a hoot to ride once i got the nos on. The thing i like most about it is the low long look. Should make for some cool rear wheel steering photos. I love to smoke the rear out of slow corners but the R1 just wheelstands and drives forward.

What is a real world bike? I guess it is different for everyone but for me it is as follows
Is it fun to ride
It MUST be able to be riden every day.
The maintenance must not be excessive (i can and do do all my own)
Can it carry 2 people for a reasonable distance (600K to 1000K in a day)
Will it start every time i hit the button
can it tackle all roads that i come across (even the R1 has been along a lot of gravel roads 2 up)
Is it FUN to ride
Will it smoke any car i line up against (hence NOS)
Is it FUN to ride

Thats real world for me.

Sounds like a cruiser to me.

**nudemetalz** · 3rd February 2006, 15:06

Originally Posted by Waylander

I wouldn't even ride across town with a passenger on it. The rear pegs are so high up that any pillions knees are gonna be in your armpit. You possibly could drop the pegs down a bit but you would have to either have the exhaust come straight back instead of angled up, wich would cut the cornering clearance alot, or put small short exhausts on it like in the attached picture.

I reckon these look awesome for a cruiser and a lot of the look is the huge R1 type muffler. Without that I reckon they look rather ordinary & mundane.

**Waylander** · 3rd February 2006, 16:24

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

I reckon these look awesome for a cruiser and a lot of the look is the huge R1 type muffler. Without that I reckon they look rather ordinary & mundane.

True and beleive it or not but that huge muffler doesn't really block the sound of the engine. It does cut down on the "bark" of the exhaust but you still hear the "roar" when you rev it up.