Heres my new toy, trUde the 07 R1
(the blue one)
marvin, the MV F4 1000s was just too beautiful, too fussy, too.... too much for this small hairy piece of fruit. I covered very few km on it and beaded many droplets of sweat over stone chips, leaking vital fluids, fried electrics ETC ETC ETC
Enter trUde, the 2007 YZF1000R1.
Picked her up a few days before christmas, did many kms right away.... over 10,000 in three weeks travelling no-where in particular. What a bike!
Power is fairly soft in the lower half of the rev range, plenty of poke from the new 16 valve head after that. Its not unlike a cbr in that it doesn't feel fast.... Unlike a cbr however, it IS fast
Chassis is amazing! Very stable, refined and confidence inspiring.... best i've sampled. Brakes are equally impressive with bugger all fade, even on the track.
Stock 190/50 was quickly exploded to make way for the 190/55. 190/50 is not a good profile for a bike like this if you intend on leaning it over some, 190/55 made a world of difference, loads more grip.
15,000 odd km i decided to fit a Penske 8987.
The stock suspension wasn't "bad", just a bit cheap feeling, a bit blah..... A quick txt to Shaun had the said Penske on its way (too easy). **i've made the mistake of doing power adding mods first before, i'm sooo glad i didn't make the same mistake.... what these modern bikes REALLY need is decent suspension, bugger the power adders**
Had it fitted last week, the difference was amazing! Now i have previously unfathomed amounts of grip available. On my initial test ride, on roads i ride alot, i felt as if i was going much slower when i was infact going much faster. The bike feels safer, (and strangely faster?) i'm on the gas earlier and have ALOT more grip... everywhere. I'm most impressed. it is a bit harsh at "lower" speeds but really works well once things get a bit more urgent, if you will. I'm going to have a play with a few settings to dail out some of the stiffness on the road. On the track it was f@^k1n awesome!!! Could not fault it at all. Just what i wanted, thanks Shaun
Will need to get some decent track tyres next time, the powers are a good road tyre but not upto the bike suspension combo now... they are the weakest link (excluding the rider).
So yes, i will be keeping this one
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Originally Posted by Dean
, I too kinda have a curvy figure which makes it worse beacuse im a guy. Well the waist kinda goes in and the bum pushes out. When I was in college the girls in my year would slap me on the arse and squeeze because apparently it is firm, tight...
I wear jeans
[SIGPIC]Little-RED-rinding-H O O D 
but no one else seems to think so:spudwhat:
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