Heat issue on 04
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Here In the USA you will need to wait for summer before 04 owners start to complain of heat problems. In OZ it Is summer now and 04 owners are frying their :butt
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no problem yet
my girl hasn't had any real complaints except for the compactness of the ride. I've asked her many times about heat and she's not complained once.... of course we've only logged about 400 miles... it's only been a week man!!! She has said that she's touched the heat shields a million times and she was thankful they were there because she can imagine how hot the pipe would have been. anyway, I hope that was helpful.
my girl hasn't had any real complaints except for the compactness of the ride. I've asked her many times about heat and she's not complained once.... of course we've only logged about 400 miles... it's only been a week man!!! She has said that she's touched the heat shields a million times and she was thankful they were there because she can imagine how hot the pipe would have been. anyway, I hope that was helpful.
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compactness...
she says that her legs feel cramped. the bend in her knees is too severe.... and by the way... she's a pretty small girl to begin with... she's about 5'5 and 120 lbs..... she says the seat is comfortable, she just doesn't like how much her legs get folded up.
she says that her legs feel cramped. the bend in her knees is too severe.... and by the way... she's a pretty small girl to begin with... she's about 5'5 and 120 lbs..... she says the seat is comfortable, she just doesn't like how much her legs get folded up.
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:lol :lol :lolredneck1089 said:I want a girl friend with an R1
I can imagine the heat issue will be a minor problem. I fitted under seat exhaust on my 02 R1, but the exhaust system pipes did not run directly under the driver seat, but alot side the bike like an RC51. From my experience of the 02, I found a good amount of extra heat feeding into my legs on the side of the bike.
I can only speculate that with the 04, having the heat travel directly upward to the driver seat, you have to consider the blockage from the plastic to the seat itself.
you might find more heat coming from the sides of the bike to your legs as I experienced on my 02..possibly then flowing towards your ass while riding.
I have no doubt my ass will be one hot cookie during hot summer riding, although I highly doubt it will be as extreme as some journalist are reporting. I think it seems as a big issue because this was never a problem with previous R1's, but it shouldnt be any worse then a Ducati, considering the duc seats themselves are thinner then paper, and doesnt leave much room to push the heat left to right..then travel entirely upwards.
I can only speculate that with the 04, having the heat travel directly upward to the driver seat, you have to consider the blockage from the plastic to the seat itself.
you might find more heat coming from the sides of the bike to your legs as I experienced on my 02..possibly then flowing towards your ass while riding.
I have no doubt my ass will be one hot cookie during hot summer riding, although I highly doubt it will be as extreme as some journalist are reporting. I think it seems as a big issue because this was never a problem with previous R1's, but it shouldnt be any worse then a Ducati, considering the duc seats themselves are thinner then paper, and doesnt leave much room to push the heat left to right..then travel entirely upwards.
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You know, Maybe thats why the pipe runs away from the drivers ass...like so..
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one workd. carbon-fiber. Had and ackrapocib slip on badk in tha day. no heat, snice and cool when u touch int. but my ti araty gets pwerrty hot! dont touch it. but it sools off pretty fats too!
dont mine me, ive just had too much 151 oh oh and dite cok!!! bitch
Dr/atkins aint got nothing on this guy...new PR on squats! 315lbs 8 times!
dont mine me, ive just had too much 151 oh oh and dite cok!!! bitch
Dr/atkins aint got nothing on this guy...new PR on squats! 315lbs 8 times!
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:lol :lol :beerLooneybomber said:
that knee burning has nothing to do with the underseat exhaust system or even the pipe system itself. that has to do with the frame being hot. The fact that the frame is black, it will attract more heat during the sun. If you wear shorts your going to get burned. This is an issue with all black framed bikes..not just the R1.draco1 said:
this even holds true on my 02 R1...but if you wear pants its not a big deal.
whoever prints this stuff really has nothing better to do or doesnt know what else to talk about. I mean to complain or even talk as if this mild burning issue is a problem with the bike itself is ridiculous.
its common sense, dont wear shorts, all frames get hot, especial if you have a black frame...
these little minor compliants your hearing about the new R1 are simple stupid...it goes to show me at least how well the New R1 really is..because if you have nothing other then to complain about heat issues, and your knee getting burned...which for one is common sense, and two you cant work over the heat issue, its not something that yamaha did wrong..thats what happens when you put under seat exhaust on a bike..and please, dont wear shorts when you ride...otherwise you will get burnt...on any bike..not just the 04 R1.
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Hey NSXER,
That girls name isn't Cara is it?
That girls name isn't Cara is it?
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