Excited

[TonyF]

Off to pick up my 2015 s1000rr this morning.
Hope the rain holds off !!

[evo8]

Lucky sod, just remember to take it steady when you first ride it or you could end up doing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detai...

Not jealous at all, nope, not one bit

[sc0tt]

Enjoy. Im off to pick up my r1

[TonyF]

evo8 said:

Lucky sod, just remember to take it steady when you first ride it or you could end up doing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detai...

Not jealous at all, nope, not one bit

Jeez, that was unbelievable !!
Won't be doing that then....

[TonyF]

sc0tt said:

Enjoy. Im off to pick up my r1

Excellent, enjoy and ride safe.

[sc0tt]

TonyF said:

Excellent, enjoy and ride safe.

And you buddy. Pics later

[Mr OCD]

Happy new bike day!!!

[Oggs]

Enjoy mate will have to sort out a blast on the bikes soon..... when I've got my new bike.

[StuB]

TonyF said:

Off to pick up my 2015 s1000rr this morning.
Hope the rain holds off !!

Hope you had a great time & let us know first impressions & comparison as well lots lots of gratuitously shiny bike pics.

[podman]

Did you get a good run back on it?!

[rich_b]

Lucky you! Nice day for it

I taxed my blade this morning and was looking forward to a good run out... got a few hundred yards down the road and it started feeling a bit stodgy.

Bloody screw straight through the back tyre

[TonyF]

StuB said:

Hope you had a great time & let us know first impressions & comparison as well lots lots of gratuitously shiny bike pics.

Well, all tucked up now but an epic ride home. Feels better mid range than my 2010 model and feels more comfortable to ride. Heated grips and cruise control were a godsend as was quite cold and a fair bit of motorway on the way home.
The amount of techno on the dash/bike is mind blowing and will take some time to work out !!
Will get some piccies up soon.

[L9 ACP]

Do these not need running in at painfully low revs?

Just going off the comment that the bike feels strong in the mid range.

Got my Daytona in jan and struggling with the running in procedure as its so boring and tenuous

Or do you just give it balls and go for it from the off?

[3DP]

TonyF said:

Well, all tucked up now but an epic ride home. Feels better mid range than my 2010 model and feels more comfortable to ride. Heated grips and cruise control were a godsend as was quite cold and a fair bit of motorway on the way home.
The amount of techno on the dash/bike is mind blowing and will take some time to work out !!
Will get some piccies up soon.

Congrats!! Get some pics up ASAP!

[3DP]

anonymous said:

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Motorsport method and go for an early change of the first oil. I usually do first oil change at about 250 miles and then ride it normally after that as it's run in.

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

You'll see tonnes of contradicting answers though. All I can say is that none of the bikes/cars I've used this method with have used oil or blown up and have all produced 'good' power for a standard bike when on the dyno.

[spareparts]

anonymous said:

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+1

[J B L]

3DP said:

TonyF said:

Well, all tucked up now but an epic ride home. Feels better mid range than my 2010 model and feels more comfortable to ride. Heated grips and cruise control were a godsend as was quite cold and a fair bit of motorway on the way home.
The amount of techno on the dash/bike is mind blowing and will take some time to work out !!
Will get some piccies up soon.

Congrats!! Get some pics up ASAP!

Yep. The S1000RR has gone from nowhere to pretty much top of the pile when looking at brand new sportsbikes.

[spareparts]

J B L said:

3DP said:

TonyF said:

Well, all tucked up now but an epic ride home. Feels better mid range than my 2010 model and feels more comfortable to ride. Heated grips and cruise control were a godsend as was quite cold and a fair bit of motorway on the way home.
The amount of techno on the dash/bike is mind blowing and will take some time to work out !!
Will get some piccies up soon.

Congrats!! Get some pics up ASAP!

Yep. The S1000RR has gone from nowhere to pretty much top of the pile when looking at brand new sportsbikes.

Really? Even faster + more user friendly =/= desirable sportsbike. There are too many equally fast sportsbikes which are far prettier, more characterful, etc than to draw such a conclusion. And by 'equally fast', I'm saying that unless you are Michael Rutter or same rider calibre who is testing the bikes at 10/10ths as he does for PB magazine, 0.25-1sec a lap here'n'there makes absolutely no difference to anyone here on BB, those you'll meet at a TD, or at the local bike meet.

The S1000RR still appeals as much as a faster Tefal iron.

[Andybow]

Enjoy the new bike! Can't beat collecting a new un !
+ 1 for the riding in of the engine, I only ever do about 100-200 miles and get rid of that oil, seams to me the best way to run a bike in, I've never had any problems of twenty years of buying bikes. A mate of mine buys a new track bike every season, he runs the engine on a stand up and down the gears a few times, then changes oil, he's never had a problem either.
Engines these days are pretty much bulletproof, nothing like an old AJS !!!!

[J B L]

spareparts said:

J B L said:

3DP said:

TonyF said:

Well, all tucked up now but an epic ride home. Feels better mid range than my 2010 model and feels more comfortable to ride. Heated grips and cruise control were a godsend as was quite cold and a fair bit of motorway on the way home.
The amount of techno on the dash/bike is mind blowing and will take some time to work out !!
Will get some piccies up soon.

Congrats!! Get some pics up ASAP!

Yep. The S1000RR has gone from nowhere to pretty much top of the pile when looking at brand new sportsbikes.

Really? Even faster + more user friendly =/= desirable sportsbike. There are too many equally fast sportsbikes which are far prettier, more characterful, etc than to draw such a conclusion. And by 'equally fast', I'm saying that unless you are Michael Rutter or same rider calibre who is testing the bikes at 10/10ths as he does for PB magazine, 0.25-1sec a lap here'n'there makes absolutely no difference to anyone here on BB, those you'll meet at a TD, or at the local bike meet.

The S1000RR still appeals as much as a faster Tefal iron.

Yes, really. And that's exactly for the reasons you mention. This bike is now the perfect bike for me, because:

1/ When I use my bikes on the road, any person with as much skills as contained in John McGuiness's little finger would blow me into the weeds.

2/ I go on track once every 2 years or so... I get utterly destroyed by 14 year old kids on 125cc. I just want to see what my shinny new bike can do which is usually 90% more than I can.

==> for these 2 points, any sportsbike would work for a rider like me (and another 98% of the riding population)

3/ I use my bike to cover long distances, but not regularly. Family in France, biking holidays with mates. Heated grips! Cruise control! Comfy self adjusting suspensions! Sign me up for all this. As much as none of the 98% aforementioned riders want to admit it, anyone able to blow nigh on £20k in a brand new toy is going to be middle aged or close with a few joints starting to ache and not willing to endure torture all the way to Route Napoléon.

4/ Looks are in the eye of the beer holder. I like it now. Especially in black.

==> BMW have got that bike spot on, it's a marketing tool aimed at the bloke with money, not quite ready to move out of sportsbikes.

I equally love MV F4 and RSV4 but as a single bike owner/proposition, I find the Beemer hard to beat on paper.
I might ride it one day and hate it but going by the online reviews so far, I keep being drawn back to it.