Congrats and welcome.

 

congrats and welcome to the mad house. first thing flush the radiator and change the oil, plugs, air filter, etc etc. then see if it still gets THAT hot.

 

Congrats on the pick up, if it ran within temp then you are good. Don't wear jeans and you'll be better.

 

welcom to the forum, yea all r1 frames gets hot i would change all the stuff like they said above but if its not getting over 220F in traffic then your fine

 

welcome

 

Welcome and congrats :thumbup

All that power makes lots of heat....it's worth it. :lol

 

2000 R1 my first R1 also Red white & black !



All that heat comes from power,so USE it, you will LOVE it,congrats !

 

Welcome to the Show! Comets Are HOTTT!

 

Welcome. Is it a factory R1 or modded? Also post some pics plz....

 

Thanks for all the feedback on my r1 re overheating except for shorts and flip flops ! We call em stubbies and thongs in Oz dude.
I pulled the fairings off, got the radiator out and flushed it out, heaps of crap came out so that made me feel better.I've changed the oil and filter, the oil that came out still looked ok but I replaced it with motul 5100 and used a k and n filter.
Air filter might be a problem, when I pulled it off it wasn't dry, having the crankcase breather leading into the air box has me concerned that maybe the engine is a bit tired it's just short of 60 k
One other thing, when I climbed on my sportster to get parts i realized what a slug it is !
It's kinda like getting out of a Ferrari and climbing into a John Deere tractor.
Not sure if the sporty's gunna get much action now the R1's come into my life

 

Yeah, I am just joking about the shorts and flip flops. :crash Welcome to the addiction! :hellobye

 

Welcome to the "Nut Farm". :ncont:
Congrats on your new toy.
Good to have another Aussie on here. :flex:

 

How many is enough?



Yeah thanks mate
Seems like you've got a few bikes too, I promised the missus I'd start selling a few but it's hard to let them go.
There all gunna play second fiddle to the R1 for a while thou
I spent most of the day in the shed just getting familiar with where everything goes after pulling off the radiator and cleaning it out as well as changing the oil and filter, it sucks that I have to go back to work next week so that'll slow me down a bit:fork

 

Welcome :hellobye

yes they run hot in stop start traffic... fixed by riding fast and not stopping :fact :crash

 

Welcome to the forum, enjoy the new ride.

 

Welcome to the community

 

My 01 got hot as hell in the frame I totally remember that.

 

Welcome! Mine gets hot, but it doesn't sound like it's as bad as yours. Mine's an 07, so maybe it's something they fixed later on. Good luck though! You're going to love it!