2004 YZF R1

[dss3]

Yeah mate if i could take the manual off your hands in exchange for a beer that'd be mint!

[Zed]

Well I'm surprised to see this thread resurrected. Congrats on the bike, they are great and I do miss mine.


Since I wrote the original review I did a lot more ks on the bike on road and track. I also learned to wheelie on it and got my knee down for the first time too. So great bike.

They are quite easy to wheelie, but do not have the same low down grunt as say a gsxr1000, and the first gear is very tall. Power wheelie in 1st roll on hard from 6krpm up. In 2nd and maybe 3rd slip clutch from 7-10krpm and she'll just pop up. If you think you've over cooked it let the throttle go and she'll come straight down, even when it's at 12 oclock.

To adjust the rpm light (which is a waste of time btw) ignition on do not start, press the button on the left of the console, hold it in until the tacho needle jumps to the increment you want and then release. I think that's right. I have the instruction manual for the bike somewhere, it's your is you want it.

These bike are not crash resistant.

Good to read Fraser. Do you miss your old R1?

[swanman]

Good to read Fraser. Do you miss your old R1?

Damn right.

[Cibby]

Ok.

Seen as how i am now an expert on R1's (sat on one last night, rev'ed it a bit, rode behind it for a few hours) I thought i'd ahh.. post my review.


Ahh.. i can sit on it, it sounds hot, ummmm... it looks good, i look good on it..

what more of a review do you need??

Oh and it does great wheelies.

[dss3]

Time for a few mods now. 1st thing is to kill the cat... i.e. remove the catalytic converter from the exhaust, pretty simple to do and frees up the exhaust a smidgen and gives a slightly deeper note.

2nd mod is to remove the stock pipes and fit a larger ID perferated core. Standard is probably 1-1/2" (38.1mm.) I will be popping off the ends and replacing this with a 2" (50.8mm) core. This provides for a substantial increase in HP for little cost. Perferated core can be picked up from exhaust places like Coby for about $15/m. Basically you are getting the benefits of expensive aftermanket pipes for the price of a bit of pipe and some rivets. Not to mention the most important reason.... noise!

Next will be the removal of the "spade" on the rear and fitting of a integrated taillight to do away with the rear indicators. Will fit number plate up under tail section between pillion pegs.

Will post some pics when the jobs done and report findings on exhaust mods. Oh, be sure to adjust your fuel settings (done on the dash computer) to allow for your new free breathing pipes. :-)

Daryl