Are you calling us old in a slick way?lol I was 29 or 30 cant remember..geesh I have a bday in 9 more days..hitting the big 35

 

Haha, I'm right behind you. I'll be 35 November 10th. Got my first R1 this year.

 

ahah well. not trying to out anyone.:secret: but when you were 21 you know 30 seemed really old. and 35. might as well been riding a lazyboy at that point.

just seeing how all y'all started.

:hammer:

 

LOL its past my bedtime:crash

 

my 1st one was a 98 white/red one 1st of em
got it when i was 20
got the 08 when i was 28

 

LOL , what about the other two years, sure you're dealin' with a full house?

I bought the original 98 red/white in 98, R1's were pretty damn rare at the time. I was 19 and just finished 4 years of "putting in my dues" on an 91 GS500E (40 hp baby!). The ride out of the shop blew my mind, half throttle and the front was space bound, putting a grin ear to ear.

 

:lol


:corn

 

so im old?

 

I purchased my first R1 a 2000 at age 32 before that I had a 1997 YZF 1000 purchased new when I was 29. The R1 was the bike I wanted the Thunder Ace to be but it never was it was a nice bike but the R1 was leaps and bounds ahead of it. I can't imagine owing a big bore sport bike before age 25. I had no fear or no brains or experience. I most likely would have killed my self. I lost 5 riding buddies in a six month period in my early years of riding and they were all younger than me. That being said my first street bike was a 1985 Yamaha V-Max. I purchased it when I was 23 or 24 and started drag racing.

 

Hey bruddah,you da kine?

 

Uh, i think i might take the cake in saying that im in the process of getting an r1 and i'm only 17. Been riding for a year and made my progressions. I'm not a stuck up rich kid as i had a hand me down first bike thats ten years older than me, then built my katana with my grandpa and spent a grand total of about a thousand dollars on it. I'm just glad i started saving birthday money for many many years as a young(er) kid.


i have been told that i ride and and act like someone easily twice my age if that has any credit i dont know hahaha

 

You are in the OC.
We are organizing upcoming rides for your area.
You can sign up with the Dragon squadron here.:thumbup
http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=52

 

I bought my R1 new in 2003 when I was 19. Bought my 06 R6 in April, when I was 24. Now 25.. I'm old.

 

just wanted to say your bike is the nicest i've seen on this site IMO

i just got my first r1 after riding my gsxr600 for a season. i baught it all smashed to shyte and am in the process of restoring my beauty. i'm the ripe ol age of 22, but i'll be turning 23 in a month!! no regrets besides maybe making an offer on anonymousr1's bike first. :crash

 

all i see is kids here :lol i'm 46 and bought my 98 in 98...so do the math.:lol

 

I just turned 40 but I still get asked for ID it's all that clean living:hammer:
as far as insurance Mine droped from $1500 a year for just liability to $500 per year for full coverage when I hit 25

 

i wish i was atleast 25. Insurance would be so much easier!!!!


right now its a huge pain in the ass even on my bike i have now.



I think an R1 will be worth it though

 

My insurance dropped almost $100 a month on the r1 when I turned 25.. I pay $45 a month full coverage on my R1, and $36 a month on my R6.

 

insurance is seriously going to take a toll. But i want to make sure my bike is covered if i lose traction in a turn or something happens by fluke that is "my fault." I just wouldn't want insurance to say nah, we wont cover a low side due to losing traction around a corner

 

I bought an '02 R1, in June '02. I was 20 and it was my first bike. I didn't know anyone who was a rider and could have told me "buy a 600 dumbass".

 

i've had my 07 for a year and 2 months now... bought it in august of 07 When i was 20. Now im 21! hahaha, my first bike i also bought in 07 in march (ninja 650R)....

insurance is great for me! for full coverage on an r1 a 650 and my 06 GTI im paying 270 a month for 9 months for 1 year coverage!

 

at least your still riding

 

24 is when I got my one and only R1... Started when I was about 15-16 on 98 yzf 600.. Im now 26 and not getting any younger..

 

I got my 04 r6 when I was 19 and now have my r1 at the age of 20.

 

got my 02 R1 when I was 51 years old . . . think it was my 2nd. or 3rd. childhood, 57 now :hammer: :lol

 

I bought the 03 R1 new in 03 when I was 32 :fact

 

Ok we are making way for the old guys now :flex:
Bought my 06 when I was 48, I have never grown up :lol

 

I was just barely 26 when I got my R1. It was kinda a birthday present to myself. I traded in my 05 Roadstar Silverado for the R1. just to have it get stolen a month later

 

got my 03 brand new in 03, was 24 back then.

 

Tba

 

22 here bought my r1 in march of this year

 

20 years old

 

24 was I got my first R1.