Dilemma

[munter]

Your opinions please….

OK – I am about to purchase a bike in the next month or so, all going well. (after several years of discussing this with my wife)

My problem is this: A friend of mine has offered me his Yamaha R1 to ride while he has some surgery done on his back. My task is to clean, polish and maintain (in his words – give it a blast every now and again) Wah hoo!.
The problem is this….. He only has third party insurance on the bike. So if I bin it then I either own it or pay for the repairs; which I do not have a problem with - this goes without saying. However the money spent fixing it should I have an off would be the money I would be buying a new bike with.

So it comes down to this… Do I chance it and have a great month or so riding the R1 or flag it and purchase my own bike in the next month or so?

[James Deuce]

Flag it. What was the last bike you rode? Did it have a 1hp per kg power to weight ratio? If not chances are you'll end up paying 20k for a written off bike.

Just my opinion of course, and I'm a wussy compared to most of the daredevils on this site, but I think the risk outweighs the potential gain by a very large margin

[vifferman]

Do you have your full license? If not, don't even think about looking after the R1.
If you do have your full, get him to change the insurance cover to comprehensive and you pay the monthly premium. He can always change it back when he's riding again.
You gotta weigh up the risks and benefits, dude. Might be worth it, might not. Your call, but do some homework first.
Which I guess you are, by asking on here.

[KATWYN]

Do I chance it and have a great month or so riding the R1 or flag it and purchase my own bike in the next month or so?

It will always happen when you borrow someones stuff & or lend something
out....

Wait a month and buy your own - ....or can you put the R1 on your own insurance for a month??? that could be an option (it will only be valid though
if you have your full licence)

[NC]

It's not worth the bill you get after you have slid it down the road in the wet, after giving it to much herb.

I'd pass on it, like a hot Thai curry.

[Ms Piggy]

Definitely flag it. It's not worth the risk. Think of the costs - not only bike repairs/replacement but possibly a very strained if not vanishing friendship in the worse case scenario.

If you have the finance definitely get your own bike. Then you will also feel a lot more relaxed. I'd be slightly nervous every time I hopped on it and then you won't enjoy it nearly as much.

What are ya thinking of getting?

[munter]

Yeah I do have my full license. The last bike I rode was a test drive of a CBR1000. I really enjoyed it too. I have briefly ridden this bike before.
I had not considered getting him to up the insurance and paying the premiums myself.
My wife is also not keen on the idea of looking after this bike.

[munter]

What are ya thinking of getting?

Not to sure.. I am very keen on either a Honda CBR600 or even a Yamaha FZR600

[Madmax]

Any of the large sport bikes can get you in a lot
of trouble fast!
(just look a the throttle the wrong way and it will bite)
to much trouble for one month
get your own one

[Firefight]

I agree with the others mate, shit is sure to happen, just get your mate to change insurance and you pay the difference, enjoy the R1.

F/F

[vifferman]

Had another thought. WHat if your name and nature are the same and you MUNT it?

[munter]

Had another thought. WHat if your name and nature are the same and you MUNT it?

Yeah that would be scary!

[SpankMe]

The last bike I rode was a test drive of a CBR1000.

A test ride of a 1000cc bike does not count as experience. Unless you have been riding 1 litre bikes for a year or more on a regular basis, I wouldn't even consider looking after a bike like an R1.

[The Pastor]

Then again it would be alot of fun, even if you do bin it. The extra nevous'ness will add to the adreniline rush....

[munter]

A test ride of a 1000cc bike does not count as experience. Unless you have been riding 1 litre bikes for a year or more on a regular basis, I wouldn't even consider looking after a bike like an R1.

Yep - I get the general jist of what people are saying - "Dont be a FOOL!" and wait till you get your own bike.

Ah well at least the imagination got a good work out