Got a new toy!!

[jbretthorton]

I bought a lowsided 03 R1 from a friend in SC.. The damage was purly cosmetic, clean title, low miles (7800) runs like new!!!
All stock with the exception of the exhaust midpipe and can (that I shortened)
Totally different ride than ol'red (2010 VMax)
Power delivery is WAY different, you have to get the rpms up around 7000 +, all the way up to 12,500.
Likes to wheelie
Brakes great, handles great.... Fun toy!
Also get about 42 mpg!! Woo Hoo!!

 

[CustomMax]

Nice, i'd like to ride one of those newer sportbikes just to see how they compare to the last on I rode back in the late eighties. But, congrats!!!

 

[Fire-medic]

I have a twenty-year-old VMax and a twenty-five-year-old FZR1000. They both have a bit over 20,000 mi ea. People who don't know these bikes are amazed when I run them hard in the presence of much newer bikes and they are capable of staying w/the newer stuff unless the other rider digs deep into the tach range because I am right-there still. Sure the bikes are newer and faster, lighter too, usually, but I always enjoy telling them how old the rides I have are. If you keep your bike in good shape, you can ride them for many years. I look at it from the viewpoint of, "no bike payments, and fast-enough for me." I would rather-have two bikes as I do than have one newer bike. Actually, I have a lot of other bikes as projects, & one day I will get-around to them.

I would like a CBX from the twin shock era, but they are expensive to fix. Also, people ask $$$ for them in any shape. One of my acquaintances bought a leftover still-crated CBX from the dealership in about 1984-85 for $4K! He still has it.

 

[Dr.n2o]

CBX's are awesome bikes. I would love to find one for a decent price. check this one out.....Conjoined cbx engines...v12 :biglaugh:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEe6c3KIUB4

 

[SpecOps13]

Well Brett, Congratulations.. Now you've got two insanely fast bikes....:clapping:

 

[Dr.n2o]

Nice R1 by the way JBrett...sorry for the hijack...The performance capabilities of modern sportbikes is absolutely unreal. Good luck and have fun with it ! Like Fire Medic said, I love riding with and sometimes beating newer bikes with my 23 year old muscle....That WTF look at the next light is priceless :ummm:

 

[RaWarrior]

Modern sportbikes are unreal. Make the vmax feel like a pig in a poke. Not so much in the acceleration category, but the handling is telepathic on newer stuff. Just think about a corner and it's leaner over like it's on rails.

The thing is, the faster and more capable a bike is, the better the rider has to be to really take advantage of it. I've smoked a R6 up one particular twisty mountain pass. I've also gotten smoked by a different rider on essentially the same bike on the same road.

Granted anybody can just floor it in a straight line, but launching some of these hyper powered bikes now can be a tricky affair unless they have traction/wheelie control. Not like the vmax where it's essentially just dump the clutch and go.

 

[jbretthorton]

The power delivery on the R1 is way different. Ol'red will eat its lunch, I think.... the power is VERY smooth on the R1, Everytime I look down at the mph I say Shit!
Hard to tell speed on this thing
But you guys are right.... It handlkes like a dream and I have not even begun to set the suspension up for me yet...

 

[SpecOps13]

I can foresee a fuller garage in your future, like Kyle has....

 

[MagnaVMax]

I absolutely LOVE the 03 R1's... Beautiful bike man!

 

[CaptainKyle]

Be right over to take it for a hooligan ride .unk:

 

[Rusty McNeil]

Awesome!:eusa_dance:

 

[naughtyG]

Lucky bugger! Nice ride Brett, enjoy

Now if I could only get my Max to arrive...

 

[jbretthorton]

Thanks guys, the bike is tons-o-fun
I think ol'red might be getting jealous?
Come on Kyle, its time for another ride anyway... k maybe when it cools off a bit!