Who owns a cross-plane crank R1? Thoughts? Any issues?
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tight5 said:
the only 09 problem I've heard has been the clutch .
if you buy from a dealer , there is some protection if it goes tits up .
definitely recommend one for the road .
Cheers mate - I'm off work next few days so going to have a gander at a few.......if you buy from a dealer , there is some protection if it goes tits up .
definitely recommend one for the road .
Need one in my life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxZcyGpEY4Q
Great bike. I had to have the Cam Chain Tensioner replaced twice by Yamaha under warranty as it gets noisey, bike had covered 7k miles when I sold it...
Agree the clutch is a bit awkward at low speeds and I think some people had issues with the headlights burning the nose cone? I had a recall letter from Yamaha after I had sold the bike regarding this.
Get Akra's on there and they are immense
Agree the clutch is a bit awkward at low speeds and I think some people had issues with the headlights burning the nose cone? I had a recall letter from Yamaha after I had sold the bike regarding this.
Get Akra's on there and they are immense
these did it for me , within half an hour of watching I'd gone to my dealers and placed an order .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh_485SEJq4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n5mDDAUj5c
( on second vid the red bikes are the quaint conventional firing order )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh_485SEJq4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n5mDDAUj5c
( on second vid the red bikes are the quaint conventional firing order )
Edited by tight5 on Wednesday 1st October 11:19
I'm sure you don't need any more persuasion now, but I had a grey 2012 model in Singapore for 18 months and absolutely loved it. It was super easy to ride around the pathetic 90 kmh roads of Sing, and then very capable once unleashed on Sepang (a dozen times in my tenure).
I would say if you plan on taking it on track, the brake fluid definitely needs changing for something more suitable, that and some more aggressive pads, as I found the stoppers were frankly a bit weak when compared to those found on an S1000 RR or Panigale. That said despite the supposed horsepower deficit I rarely got left behind on Sepangs extremely long straights - MSS bikes excepted.
Had Yoshi R77 cans on mine, which definitely filled out a little midrange torque and improved the noise immeasurably, the weight of the standard cans is actually not excessive though, being titanium.
The traction control is totally unintrusive, although in the lower settings you do feel it keeping the front wheel on the deck quite obviously, I would have it wound wide open at 130 mph in 4th gear exiting turn 3, believing myself to be some sort of a god, when I realised the little orange light was blinking at me frantically in a 'you couldnt do this without me' kind of way. ;-)
I did have my suspicions about the clutch as it felt perfect to start with, and over the next 4000 km or so, it developed a bit of a 'gritty' feel as I fed it out, and sometimes would cause a bit of a jump instead of a smooth application of torque to the back wheel. Never felt like it was going to fail outright though.
One other tip - range on the light is 57.2 km...
Some pics:
I would say if you plan on taking it on track, the brake fluid definitely needs changing for something more suitable, that and some more aggressive pads, as I found the stoppers were frankly a bit weak when compared to those found on an S1000 RR or Panigale. That said despite the supposed horsepower deficit I rarely got left behind on Sepangs extremely long straights - MSS bikes excepted.
Had Yoshi R77 cans on mine, which definitely filled out a little midrange torque and improved the noise immeasurably, the weight of the standard cans is actually not excessive though, being titanium.
The traction control is totally unintrusive, although in the lower settings you do feel it keeping the front wheel on the deck quite obviously, I would have it wound wide open at 130 mph in 4th gear exiting turn 3, believing myself to be some sort of a god, when I realised the little orange light was blinking at me frantically in a 'you couldnt do this without me' kind of way. ;-)
I did have my suspicions about the clutch as it felt perfect to start with, and over the next 4000 km or so, it developed a bit of a 'gritty' feel as I fed it out, and sometimes would cause a bit of a jump instead of a smooth application of torque to the back wheel. Never felt like it was going to fail outright though.
One other tip - range on the light is 57.2 km...
Some pics:
Edited by civiclegend on Wednesday 1st October 15:45
civiclegend said:
Thats probably about right. 21 litres or 4.8 gallons. 200 kilometre range when ridden properly, deep into the reserve.
26 mpg. Joyous way of burning fuel however - Not once did I care.
I'm more considering fuel usage from a commuting perspective... fast road / track I wouldn't care at all.26 mpg. Joyous way of burning fuel however - Not once did I care.
It does look heavy and slab sided in some pics, but walking around the bike it was much better in the metal. I would've said that my '05 ZX10 and '02 R6 by any estimation were better proportioned bikes, but the R1 would make them look very out of date. The missus also genuinely seemed to like the way it looked... go figure.
Mr OCD said:
I'm more considering fuel usage from a commuting perspective... fast road / track I wouldn't care at all.
I've literally just got back from huddersfield to hawes and back. A lot of riding which I'd say would be classed as spirited commuting speeds followed by settle/hawes/buttertub pass and back of faster riding. From a completely full tank the light came on at 105 miles. No idea what mpg that is but It's 'better' on fuel than my old zx6 and hornet. But then I think that's because I'm not riding it properly yet, and when riding the 600's I was constantly up and down gears right up near the redline. 
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