New track bike at last

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Stone Cold said:

Looking nice BN although the tops of the front suspension looks a bit naff, I know it's electronic wizardry but I would have expected something a bit neater than that but perhaps just me

I agree, the HP4 has a much neater arrangement on the fork tops .

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Steve Bass said:

Happy New Bike Day BN!!

Very VERy lovely. I'm sure you're going to love it to bits. To my eye the new R1 looks very small so I'm not sure what's going to look funnier, you on this or the Fizzy

Out of interest, is the suspension dynamic like the BM or Mechatronic like the Pani??
And be interesting to see what you make of the logger and associated leccy wizardry when you get her out on track..... Quantum leap from the previous version...

Hope the weather picks up for you, be interesting to hear your thoughts...

Ride safe mate.

Cheers Steve.

I'm embarrassed to say that I have not read up on any aspect of the bikes suspension or electronics.

I've not ridden or even sat on it yet, the Dealers didn't test ride it either due to bad weather and salt strew roads so it has less than a mile on the clock.

I'll see what the weather is like next weekend.

[One Amp Andy]

That's a fking stunning bike John, chuffed for you.

[Janluke]

Its looks a quality piece of kit. With this and some interesting new models Yamaha seem on top of their game at the moment.

[LiamB]

Gis a go mister!

Lovely stuff BN

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One Amp Andy said:

That's a fking stunning bike John, chuffed for you.

Cheers Andy

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Janluke said:

Its looks a quality piece of kit. With this and some interesting new models Yamaha seem on top of their game at the moment.

Yep, things seem to be on the up for them, about time they shook things up.

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LiamB said:

Gis a go mister!

Lovely stuff BN

Cheers Liam

[jjones]

Fantastic, looks a lot of fun

[eddd1e]

stunning will make quite a track bike...

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On the way home from work the car outside temperature said 13 degrees so I took the bike out and did about 50 miles, first impression was that it didn't feel like 13 degrees an hour later and the seat height of the bike feels higher than all the other R1's I have owned over the past 18 years.

Quick shifter works really well but the throttle response is a bit savage in 30mph traffic, after riding my 125 for the last few months this feels like the star ship Enterprise, got it onto a long straight bit of road and thought I was revving it to the red line but when I looked down it was only at 9k revs.

Think I'll use the 125 for track days.

[Chipchap]

These things are epic and have such a great sound track too. Fully gadgetted up. A special bike. Enjoy it.

[spareparts]

Well done and congrats, BN! Hope you have many happy (s)miles with her

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Cheers lads.

Just about to clock 200 miles so far.

[snorky782]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Cheers lads.

Just about to clock 200 miles so far.

Still think this is just awesome.

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snorky782 said:

Still think this is just awesome.

A good mate of mine picked his up yesterday. Both will be on track together in the same colours.

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Biker's Nemesis said:

A good mate of mine picked his up yesterday. Both will be on track together in the same colours.

I didn't see anything on FB

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snorky782 said:

I didn't see anything on FB

That's because I haven't posted anything. (he'll not do it, he too modest) Anyway, you'll see them both on track soon enough.

[mckeann]

What has he done with his ZX10R????

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mckeann said:

What has he done with his ZX10R????

Still got it Neil.