R1 review

r1_dav3
08-18-2005, 08:21 AM
hey people, im new to this forum and ive had my 04R1 for a week now and this was the first day it wasnt raining.. ive been riding it all week tho ive learnt to ride 4 (out of 5) bikes in the rain now and i rate it and so did my first riding instructor who was a 60 yr old englishman and good 2nd hand bikes are cheaper in winter if you take your time and i realised somethings today when i was sitting stoned in the garage looking at the red immobiliser LED flashing at me in the dark and the cure is saying over and over again 'and the both of us knew how the end always is' and thinking how much i love this bike that with this bike, i can smoke anyone unless they are on an R1 ZX10 or GSXR1000 if i dared ride it hard enough i am sitting in a lane split behind some guy on some late 90s 600 looking thing and he nails it which is nice of him, cos he leaves me plenty of room to move away from traffic at the lights so i squeeze it on, line him up and squeeze a little more to pass him then as i passed him i squeezed it a little more and gently lifted the front wheel and just held throttle and the 04R1 just smoothly lifted to about 45 degrees at 130kmh and stayed there so i could see him in the rear view and when i finally saw he was catching me up i chopped the throttle and clicked into 2nd and then lost sight of him round the sweeper that the front seemed to drop down just in time for the R1 is the *f word here* bomb but dont look at the red immobilisor LED too long when stoned *shudder*