No one knows anything huh.

 

I have one, I broke my leg on my MX bike and I am modding the hell out of my R1 right now. Here is what I am adding:

Graves slide stops, stacks, and intake cam. Milling the head and a valve job.
Ohlins rear shock, Graves linkage, race tech gold valves and stiffer fork springs.
Marchesini forged mag wheels, ABM rotors, 520 chain kit.

I will post up some pics when its all done! I don't see a lot of these around my town either, there is an R6 but I don't know anyone else with the black/red R1.

I don't know that it is truly a limited edition, and this seems to spark some debate in the forum, apparently thousands were made in this color scheme and some forum members insist that there is nothing LE about it, however it was marketed at dealerships as a Limited Edition color scheme. As soon as I saw it for the first time I fell in love. I may get another bike in the future but I will never sell mine.

 

My buddy has a red/black flammed R6 i dont have a pic though :dundun:

 

pics

this is my buddies 03 r1, its completely stock, he just bought it at a steal of a price (5k with only 3k miles on it!!!! from a car dealership). and yes the paint scheme is a limited edition color

 

Im getting mines for about the same price as your bud (hellion850). I was confused about the LE thing because i no there were some yellow with the black graphics there were LE as well. I dont see many of either around much.

Is there anything else special about having an LE bike aside from the paint scheme.

 

Is there anything else special about having an LE bike aside from the paint scheme.

I don't know why people call this bike an LE. The only LE's were the '01 Champs Edition and the '06 retro black/yellow with the Ohlins suspension. Both of these bikes have the number plate indicating what number out of 500 it is. The '03 black flamer does not. There is nothing limited about the '03 black flame R1. It did cost and extra $100 for the cool paint, but I settled for the liquid sliver.

 

well i know for the 06 LE it had a slipper clutch as well as the paint scheme but i know nothing about the 03 LE. as far as i know, no difference except for a kick ass paint scheme

 

My baby is the 03 LE! I've only seen like one other around here also! I'll post pics and mods later. I will say she does grab attentio; even from newer bikes!

 

There are no other differences besides the color. It's still an amazing color, people love it everywhere I go. Maybe if I get a new bike one day I will paint it to match!

 

ill post pics of my old one, i loved the bike

they called it the LE but it really was just the paint and there were plenty of them not sure why they called it that

 

 

thank god for the responses.

 

I Have One.. I Love It.. Like Everyone Else Said There Aren't Many Around..

As Far As The List Of Mods. I Have To Many To List..

 

 

What Skeeter said... and for the record this is a total ongoing subject.

Nothing "Limited Edition" about the Flame paint job. It was just a different paint job that cost more than the blue or silver paint.

Anyways... here's mine...:rock

 

Here is my dirty girl. I'll post more when I get some pictures of her clean.

 

I see you added flames to the seats not bad and its different.

 

My previous 03 R1 :rock

 

All right here is the list of mods...

Puig light smoke double bubble, pigspotter mirrors, pazzo levers, harris grips, aftermarket barends, spiegler braided lines, hyperpro steering damper, progrip tank pad, vortex frames sliders, T-Rex Clutch slider, gilles rearsets, powdercoated passanger pegs, full Akropovic race exhaust, galfer rear wave rotor, Graves ramair box, Graves velocity stacks, BMC race filter, Graves slide stops, Graves Smog block offs, Graves cams & valve springs, port and polished head, milled head, Falicon super crank and Rods, Power commander, Ignition module, Carbon ram air covers.... I think that is it....

 

Nice mods, I am doing some similar stuff to mine right now. Would you mind telling me how much you milled the head? And what you used for cam timing? I angle milled mine .015in and .020ex. I haven't decided what I am going to use for cam timing yet, I should have the head back from the machine shop tomorrow and I will put it together this weekend. How much HP did you get?

 

I Rock We Have Had This Convo B4.. I Should Be Getting The Bike Back This Week.. Once I Break In The Motor I Will Let You Know The Hp #'s And Then I'll Do Another Run After The Tuning And Let You Know The Outcome...

 

So i never see these bikes around at all.

You know its kinda weird I've only ever seen one of them here in abq, and I only saw it once...I see them other places I go but never here that is kinda strange.

 

i cant believe a certain someone with a single sided swingarm, bst's and some ohlins gold has responded to this thread

 

Never saw the first time this thread was going.

 

Cant believe the person has or hasnt responded and that list of mods ****** is impressive id like to see a reciept for the cost of all that shit. I would also like to see a dyno sheet when you get it going good luck on the build.

 

here's my wife's object of jealousy and rage

 

the dyno sheet i will put up after i break in the motor.. I am going to do a dyno run b4 and after tuning.. I will post both...

As far as the reciept goes I don't even wanna see that I think I am at about $6,000 so far and there are still a few things left...

 

Jesus, the -03 dated badly.

 

Maybe not as pretty as the new R1, but still much better looking than any other!