I have finally got myself a road bike. After a long time of humin and arghing. It is an 03 Yamaha R1 and boy does it go :eek: See the link on my website for pics :thumbsup:

http://www.valleystr...hread.php?t=236

Does anyone have any useful tips for the bike, does it have any quirks i should know of, don't forget this is my first road bike so even the simplest of things i probably will not be aware of :excuseme:

WTF, I really want to see this work of art.. but got this

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Can you just post the pictures here?

nice bike. i have been looking at them myself. i love the color.:thumbsup:

Best tip for that bike, go easy on the throttle until you're familiar with it. It can easily put you on your backside, which would be harmful to such a nice looking bike. Enjoy it.

sweet, nice ride!

Jaycycle said:

Sorry, i have had so many spambots trying to join up and post that it was getting tedious manually deleting them. So tonight i banned all IP addresses starting with 74 i guess your IP number starts with 74 :excuseme:

Does the moderator there know something I don't. :confused:

Just kidding, nice bike. Be careful over there and stay away from the speed cameras. :busted:

--Bill.

cbrewer954 said:

+1 - the liter bikes demand more respect/control.

cbrewer954 said:

I had a taste of that on my first day, going up a motorway i decided to overtake a car that was doing around 50. This time i wanted to hear the exhaust note above 5000 revs so leaving it in 2nd i opened it up a little and then the front end came right up on me :crazy: As i am no stranger to wheelies on my KTM it didn't bother me at all, infact dare i say it i thought it was pretty cool, though it wasn't my intention to do a wheelie:naughty: as soon as i got the front end back under control i looked at the speedo and it was reading 92mph :eek: That is the fastest wheelie i have ever done :busted:

If i went down on the bike i would be devastaded, not so much for me as i have free health care via the NHS but my bike unfortunately isn't covered by the NHS and that will hurt my pockets. :lol:

wow that thing is trick

cardiffdrz said:

Oh thats your site? Cool. oh yeah and it does start with 74.

NICE looking bike. That is so sick man.