New track bike at last

[Yazza54]

Mint, didn't realise you were getting the M

[MotorsportTom]

Steve Bass said:

Nice one John.. An M to boot!!

I know you'r e a fully paid up Yamaha fan but they are cracking bikes. There's a ton of them here at Phakisa today on all manner of pipes and they sound lovely.
Just not as lovely as the V4 you understand

Enjoy mate, she's a stunner

I agree with Steve re noise.

Saw a couple racing this weekend with Bemsee and while they sound absolutely ace they just didn't quite sound as good as the RSV4 in the same class

I doubt you're that bothered by that and I'm sure you'll love showing a lot of folks up on track with it.

If I join you on a TD can I have a go? pretty please?

[sc0tt]

Looks good john.

Let me know if you need those tyres scrubbing in.

[Baryonyx]

Biker's Nemesis said:

I hope so. Can't go wrong with a yellow R1

I always thought your old yellow R1 looked mint. Yamaha should have offered that as a proper colour.

[Steve Bass]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Steve Bass said:

Nice one John.. An M to boot!!

I know you'r e a fully paid up Yamaha fan but they are cracking bikes. There's a ton of them here at Phakisa today on all manner of pipes and they sound lovely.
Just not as lovely as the V4 you understand

Enjoy mate, she's a stunner

Cheers Steve.

BTW, you're gonna have to read up on the electronics for me and tell me how to work the thing.

That's an easy one..

Dial everything back until you fall off.
Then turn it up a notch and see.

Repeat as necessary

[jjones]

sc0tt said:

Looks good john.

Let me know if you need those tyres scrubbing in.

Looks good john.

Let me know if you need those fairings scrubbing in.

[fergus]

Biker's Nemesis said:

moto_traxport said:

Awesome John - didn't realise you were waiting for an M model!

What's the deal with the brakes on these when tracking them? Do people still run the linked UBS ABS system or unplug the lot and put a set of lines from the master cylinder to the calipers in an old fashioned style? What do the Superstockers do - they can't just stick on Brembos top and bottom?

A couple of mates are taking the fuse out of the ABS as it cuts in way too early on track, there is a bit of wiring you can buy that knocks the ABS light off the dash.


I don't know what I am going to do with the brakes yet, I may junk all the ABS system and run double lines on the front and a single rear. (that would be a winter job though)

John,

Will the Kit ECU give you a different set of calibration parameters for the ABS ECU to stop the "jump in" reaction from the ECU? The car racing guys have different ABS ECU to use on track to prevent the road biased systems getting very confused when they go over bumps, etc. GT3 cup being an example (excluding other changes to the brake hardware)

[Steve Bass]

Silly question, surely you can just deactivate/switch off the ABS via the menu system????

[mckeann]

Didn't the Honda Uk endurance team run the abs on the blade but update the software to a race mode??? Vaguely remember something about that in the documentary I watched about it

[podman]

Very posh, they are a beautiful looking and sounding thing...Id love a punt on one of that..and the fizzy after!

Q: Out of interest, what made you go for a R1M over, say the RSV4 BMW or ZX10?

Brand loyalty, exclusivity (over the 4s) or should it offer better out of the crate performance?

[3DP]

podman said:

Very posh, they are a beautiful looking and sounding thing...Id love a punt on one of that..and the fizzy after!

Q: Out of interest, what made you go for a R1M over, say the RSV4 BMW or ZX10?

Brand loyalty, exclusivity (over the 4s) or should it offer better out of the crate performance?

No brand loyalty - BN just wanted a bike paint scheme that matched his tattoo and pyjamas.

[graeme4130]

very nice, I'm well jealous

[Biker's Nemesis]

Yazza54 said:

Mint, didn't realise you were getting the M

Cheers Ryan

[Biker's Nemesis]

MotorsportTom said:

I agree with Steve re noise.

Saw a couple racing this weekend with Bemsee and while they sound absolutely ace they just didn't quite sound as good as the RSV4 in the same class

I doubt you're that bothered by that and I'm sure you'll love showing a lot of folks up on track with it.

If I join you on a TD can I have a go? pretty please?

I'll have to live with the inferior noise, its gonna be tough but I'm sure I'll be able to grin and bear it.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Baryonyx said:

I always thought your old yellow R1 looked mint. Yamaha should have offered that as a proper colour.

Thanks.

As I've always said you can't go wrong with Yellow.

[Biker's Nemesis]

jjones said:

sc0tt said:

Looks good john.

Let me know if you need those tyres scrubbing in.

Looks good john.

Let me know if you need those fairings scrubbing in.

Thanks for the offers lads.

[Biker's Nemesis]

fergus said:

John,

Will the Kit ECU give you a different set of calibration parameters for the ABS ECU to stop the "jump in" reaction from the ECU? The car racing guys have different ABS ECU to use on track to prevent the road biased systems getting very confused when they go over bumps, etc. GT3 cup being an example (excluding other changes to the brake hardware)

Fergus

I'm not sure at all yet, I'll get it on track after being run in then I'll start looking at what to do.

I probably will go down the Yamaha kit ECU route once I have got to grips with the bike.

[theshrew]

Excellent - Looking forward to seeing the progress

[Biker's Nemesis]

podman said:

Very posh, they are a beautiful looking and sounding thing...Id love a punt on one of that..and the fizzy after!

Q: Out of interest, what made you go for a R1M over, say the RSV4 BMW or ZX10?

Brand loyalty, exclusivity (over the 4s) or should it offer better out of the crate performance?

I've ridden all the current superbikes and there's not much to separate them apart from the Fireblade and GSX-R being a no go from the start for me.

So it was distance from dealers, and price for what you got, BMW, Kawasaki, Ducati etc are miles from me so its back to Yamaha who are 2 miles from me.

[Biker's Nemesis]

3DP said:

No brand loyalty - BN just wanted a bike paint scheme that matched his tattoo and pyjamas.

I don't have a tattoo neither do I wear pyjamas. (ask Fleegle).