here's us later in the day...

Usually we're about 4 or 5 guys more but they all faded 'cos the
weather was crappy earlier in the morning....but it turned out to be a great
day. :thumbup

 

top was me

here's the other lads....

 

Re: top was me

All that gear and he is wearing sneakers :no and he says pay attention Suzuki riders

 

But orificer!

All that gear and he is wearing sneakers :no and he says pay attention Suzuki riders

In actual fact the pics were from the day before when just went cruising around.
Hence the sneakers. The next day (Sunday) was when the above took place, and I was
wearing my Sidi boots. My bad on gettinig the photo's mixed. I still only wore jean pants though.
Don't have a nice set of full leathers yet. Saving up. Having said that though - at least I'm wearing
a jacket, helmet and gloves. More than most it would seem. I guess you can't please everyone. :finger

 

My remaining (theft-damaged) bike is an FZR1000. It is certainly heavy (very) compared to the R1, and is lacking some HP, but it does have a beast of a motor. There is a reason the FZR 1K got bike of the year for 3-4 years running in Motorcyclist magazine, and all the endurance racing titles to boot. A really skilled rider can hustle an FZR through corners on the road with its excellent brakes, and rock-solid handling just as quickly as a rider on a new bike. The only mods I would need to run as fast on the FZR as my R1 would be: 1) tighten up the front-end, i.e. springs, valving 2) drop to a 180 rear tyre 3) go up a couple teeth on the rear sproket 4) work out a bit to increase my upper-body stength.



The last thing I have to say is, why be so surprised that the FZR is so fast? After all, it's a Yamaha.

 

Yes the FZR 1000 is a good bike I got rid of my 1995 FZR1000 when I got my R1. And I was used to guys saying we'll see ya tomorrow cause the were going to hit some twisties. But with the forks lowered I could fly on that bike it was stable as hell through corners. You just have to crank it over fast on the inital turn in.

 

oh yea.......i have a '97 yzf1000 and it's been called a battleship....station wagon and a dinosaur, but it still hauls with the best of them. people wonder why i am hesitant with selling it. as sarcastic as i am, my license plate reads, "IMSLOW", and the people riding with me usually gets a good view of it.

 

Yes I still miss mine. And I loved those 6 piston calipers for brakes.

 

People people people.

The bike does not make you a fast rider in the twisties. The skill of the rider on any given bike will determine that. I personally witnessed yesterday a DUAL SPORT bike in the middle of a freight train of bikes giving the other riders fits. The train included F4i's , Gsxr's, and a Mille. Dual Sport rider was in the middle of this very fast train.

Put any highly talented rider (ie last name Bostrom, or Hayden, etc) on any motorized 2-wheeled vehicle and they will make any of us look like beginners in the twisties.

 

Agreed mbam... case in point:

Spokane raceways two weeks ago. Some jackass on an R1 (dammit--why couldn't he have a Gixxer?) nearly ran a girl on a Monster 900 off the track. She comes in shaken up, a local racer is pissed, hops on the Monster, and then proceeds to lap the R1 guy. TWICE. Afterwards, he went up to the R1 guy and said, "tell all your friends what it feels to be lapped by a 750 Monster," and then walks off. Yes, we know it was a 900 Monster, but it looks exactly like the 750, it was just more humiliating that way.

 

LimitedR1
I had the exact same bike,95 FZR1000,
Man I miss that machine!
I may try to find another just for the collection.

 

DjfLoyd

What's your lap time around Kyalami?
Then I'll tell you where the problem lies - you or the rider on the FZR.:lol

 

1) tighten up the front-end, i.e. springs, valving 2) drop to a 180 rear tyre 3) go up a couple teeth on the rear sproket 4) work out a bit to increase my upper-body stength.

Drop to a 180? It came with a 170.

 

FZR1000 beats lot of other manufacturer bike. It is heavy and it is very stable especially corners. A friend of mine had one. He really missed it after sold it and bought Thunderace.In Thunderace he cannot get the correct balance drop the bike adn sold it.:thumbup

 

DjfLoyd
What's your lap time around Kyalami?
Then I'll tell you where the problem lies - you or the rider on the FZR.:lol

Have'nt done Kyalami in years (last I did it was on my Thundercat -
then I was doing 2min 30 to 2min 40 I think. My mates did it the other
day and they did 2min 22's - I know I can beat that ).

Zwartkops on the other hand I did 1min 15. Russel Wood and lads
do that in 1min 4 I think.

Just to avoid confusion here - I big up respect whoever that guy was - it's obvious
he can ride (and well at that). Just kinda scary to make an old bike like that
shunt so fast.

 

Your R1 has still got a lot of untapped potential in it.
Trevor Crookes (local racer) jumped on a buddy of mine's 99 model and turned 1min 55s laps. During Supersport races (600cc and 750 cc twins) they turn 1min 49s laps. WSB's were doing 1min 41s - sick

Sadly my times are more than a few secs off that pace.

I think that FZR without any major mods on it, had a decent rider on board.:rock

 

Drop to a 180? It came with a 170.

Oops. I haven't been back there to look at the rear tire in a while... so used to bikes coming with 185s now...

 

Yes mine had a 170 out back but I went to a 180 looked better and didn't seem to hurt handling any.

 

My old FZR 600 had a 140 rear and I walked a few CBR900's in the twisties with it, among may 600's obviously. I always got a thumbs up or the finger after. That was one of the best bikes ever. You had no choice but to learn to ride better or you were last everywhere you went