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Well, since everyone else is simply post whoring their bikes, here's my '04 not long after I got it new! :D
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OH BABY!

 
Well, since everyone else is simply post whoring their bikes, here's my '04 not long after I got it new! :D

Hey now, that's twice I've been called a post whore and I've got less than 20 posts here! :D

 
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Well, since everyone else is simply post whoring their bikes, here's my '04 not long after I got it new! :D

Hey now, that's twice I've been called a post whore and I've got less than 20 posts here! :D
Just call it as I see it! lol How's the FJR working out?

Pretty good actually. I took it out on it's maiden voyage (to me) this morning. Rode about 250 miles. Man,,, I gotta get my "sit bones" used to this stuff again.

The bike is basically stock with the exception of Staintune slip-ons.

First impression FWIW:

~ I don't like the Metzeler Road Tecs,,,,,,, prolly not the best judge but I'm a Michelin guy through and through. Get this,,, I just ordered a set of Conti Road Attacks. Hell, I dunno. Wanna try sumpin' different I reckon?

~ That's a LONG throw on the throttle tube. Sheesh,,,,, but when it lites up,,,, it'll float the front end in 1st. :D

~ Maybe I'm just used to a track bike suspension but I gotta do sumpin' with the suspension on this thing. Waaaaay too cushy. Actually, I sorta liked it.

~ I've got my little "testing" route that I take with bikes and I was surprised at how well the FJR felt even with it being undersprung for me. That's a good thing.

~ I was surprised when I looked at the trip-meter and saw that I'd already clicked off 100+ miles. No monkey butt, no stretching,, just need more roads.

~ I think I'm gonna be a FARKLE ho.

~ Gettin' back to my "roots" so far as riding is concerned. The little group ride I was 'sposed to go on didn't turn out very well. Nobody showed up but me. LOL,,,, that was okay. I really did want to ride by myself anyway. None of this "store to store" crap.

~ I think I'm reliving the day I got my new '78 CB750K and struck out for Deal's Gap,,,,, before it was "Deal's Gap".

~ Thank God I've made it this far.

~ Shit,,,, I'm out of prunes.

 
Man these are sweeeeet. Will probably only get one bike though (FJR), unless anyone has been able to hang some saddle bags on em.

 
Here's my '04 I had for about 2 years and put almost 10K miles on it

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A hoot to ride but a little impractical for touring. Sold it and bought the FJR.

It was scary fast. 172 hp at the crank and about 155 at the rear wheel

 
I seriously doubt Yamaha will ever make a better looking R1 -> than the red '05. Newer R1's may end up getting a bit faster, but they won't be any better looking! :D

 
Nice training wheels! :rolleyes: Hey Geezer, how come you ain't piped in here on your favorite topic, yet?
I am trying to have some restraint commensurate with my advanced years...... :rolleyes:

Actually, I have been sitting on a GSXR at my local dealer whenever I stop in. I like the hydraulic clutch on the GSXR, and I almost convinced myself that I can be comfortable on it for short rides. The R1 just plain looks a lot nicer. I tried to convince Danielle that she could replace her SV with a liter bike but she's not convinced.

 
I seriously doubt Yamaha will ever make a better looking R1 -> than the red '05. Newer R1's may end up getting a bit faster, but they won't be any better looking!
Strongly concur, and not just because I have that very bike... it's the '04-'06 body lines that are so awesome. During the reviews that came out after the bike was first revealed, many a moto-jounalist said the body work looked "almost Italian in nature". There is a lot of consensus that the '04-'06 R1s are among the finest looking Japanese sportbikes ever produced.

IMHO, I don't care for the way Yamaha re-did the side cowlings on the '07 R1s.... they broke up the smooth, flowing bodywork in a significant way.

 
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I seriously doubt Yamaha will ever make a better looking R1 -> than the red '05. Newer R1's may end up getting a bit faster, but they won't be any better looking! :D
Don't you mean '04> ? '05 - '06's look like '04's! Just raggin on ya! lol

 
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I seriously doubt Yamaha will ever make a better looking R1 -> than the red '05. Newer R1's may end up getting a bit faster, but they won't be any better looking! :D
Don't you mean '04> ? '05 - '06's look like '04's! Just raggin on ya! lol

Post whore. :D

I gotta agree though,,, the 04 to 06's are the best. Not that I'm biased or anything. :yahoo:

 
There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them - but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one. That is why they are dangerous.
Song of the Sausage Creature

Hunter S. Thompson
Love that quote by HST, and I feel the same way.

I haven't read that in years. Thanks for the link. I'll be saving it.

I can go to bed tonight with that "twinge" in my eye again,,,, and won't soon forget it.
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Im kinda partial to Yamaha's Blue.....

After my first Track day at Road America, I am starting to have a huge longing for a track bike....

Which years are the Blue R1's....?

I'm sure that I would probably be smarter by getting into a smaller cc bike... like an R6.. but ultimately, for my first time out on the track, in the novice class, the track people were questioning me as to why I was in novice, and pushed me up to the intermediate class....

Im a yamaha man through and through, so don't suggest any other brand...... :)

Warp

 
My friend owns the R1, he rode his wife over to a diner we were meeting at. His wife hated being on the back of the R1 so he asked me if he can ride

his wife back on my FJR and I take the R1.... When we got back he asked me how I liked it... I told him his speedometer looked great!!! Because that's all

I can see!!!! I couldn't get my neck cranked up enough to see the road! HOW DO YOU GUYS RIDE THESE THINGS!!!

OK, I am vertically challenged but MAN! My neck was killing me for 2 days after that ride!

He said the Feejer was like riding a Caddy...

 
My baby - a 2005:
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OMG can I have seckz with your bike!! lol

Gary, you rode an R1? I would have never pinned you as someone who would ride one...come to think of it, I wouldn't imagine war child would either :p

Alright, youz azzholes, stop it. :D I'm trying to sell the HD to buy an FJR. Now it looks like I better have a Black '08 FJR *and* and a Red '05 R1. "But honey, I got TWO bikes for the price of ONE, see?!?!"

Seriously, I may have ruined my keyboard with the drool. Yeah, drool. Honest. :)

 
I want one too, but I wouldn't trade my FJR for one, which unless I win the lottery, I would have to do to get one.

Maybe a little play bike...like a TTR would be better...and safer. Even the FJR often makes me feel like I am 18 again sometimes. That can be good and bad.

 
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