Oh,original parts that may make some blush with envy:

1-Replaced the clutch plates at 10k km,same one since

2-Original steering head bearings

Problems I had:

1-Tach clusters cant last on that thing (on my 3rd and its broken)

2-Freakin tires keep disappearing on me

3-Freakin brake pads are melting like [insert whatever suit your vocabulary here]

 

WOW, guess thats proof that Yamaha builds quality

 

:thumbup With the shortened riding season we get here in Canada you must really do a lot of riding to rack up that kind of mileage. You are a REAL rider
I will ride till they salt the roads here (usually around beginning of December)

 

Amazing !

how many miles do you cover per day or do you just ride on the weekends ?

Also why did you mention rings ? has your bike started spewing a hint of smoke ?

 

damn bro...

good stuff..

 

Don't you work, that's like 2,000 miles a month if you wrode through winter? Respect, my 50 mile commute seems like nothing!

 

do you have a family...and do they ever see you? LOLOL

 

That is impressive - both on your and the bikes behalf!

 

That's really amazing millege dude... how old is your ride ? damm I could never imagine doing that in my car. !!! :lol

:rock on

 

salute to you dude. wow that's some serious riding.

 

age

Impressive amount of miles...

How would you say from the engine power...Still there ?Feeling ???
Have you dynoed it ?

 

99 model,102 000 miles/5 years

20 000 miles/yr 7.5 months of solid riding/yr= 3k miles/month...but that is not the reality,I had a 6 months vacation in 99 (paid vacations!)I do repeatedly rides that make my body ache for days...mostly alone because the local guys seem afraid to ride or something......mostly on weekends,and in my month"s vacation I dont let go of the thing a dang minute...its not that much of mileage if you look at it.

The power is still there,but there is no real way to know how much is gone since it would go down slowly.....still can do acceleration power wheelies,can cork the clipons when I whack the throttle too hard,spin the rear.......normal stuff for a liter bike.

No dyno run for the last 2 years,since I figured the ramair stuff;I was suppose to do one this summer to see how much the nitrous is making,but the camchain started to rattle,and you dont want that thing to whip and destroy everything........

Oh yeah,it does the occasional black puff of smoke,but that happends mostly when I ride slow for too long,may be jetting related.....It does gulp oil,but at a lesser rate since the jetting is fihgured out (no more bogging) and the krankvent.....

What else.........

Oh yeah,I dont have much family nor friends (haha) and I"m planning to visit my Ontario neighbors more next year.

 

A true die hard. I love hearing stories like this. Give's me hope. So tell us what kind of close calls you've had. Ever been down?

 

Been down 2 times ON the bike...yeah;

2 lucky ones too.

1st one,I side-swiped a BWM driven by a teen which did a u-turn on hazards flashing lights just as I was passing...surprised the hell out of me too.....

2nd one was this past July when i was rear-ended by an asshole in a hurry......only scratched the paint job and frame sliders.

Bike fell off the stand 1 time in 99,was bumped 2 times too in 99;1 time never saw the event,the bike was brand freakin new,2nd time it was hit by a friend"s truck driven by one of his emplyee who did not bother to check around even if it was a bike shop.....just backed off and gassed it.

Plain luck in all events since the frame was untouched...not even the rear frame tweeked.

 

I did 500 miles in two days last weekend (toyota 200 at WS) and I don't think I would do it again on the R1 as I still cannot feel my nuts. You my friend are nuts with 100k on your bike. Ride safe, Les

 

To further prove Yamaha's worth..............for those that care (I know there are a couple of Warrior owners here....hehe), I just rolled over the 30k mile mark over the weekend. Had the bike for a year and a half. Runs like a charm. Damned rock chips on the tank pissing me off though....LOL

 

You better come over to Ontario next summer Martin:yesnod
Toronto ride 3rd annual hehe....

Oh by the way do you have any broken gauge clusters left?
I got a crack in mine but still works just need a new face plate over the LED portion

Actually my ride might be a right off, I'll find out this week so far $8400.00 in damages
But no frame or motor damage, hope to by her back , custom paint here we come:jump


Highside

 

I second that motion, Martin - join us for the third annual R1 ride; and the second annual Quebec ride:jump

 

That's friggin' amazing, dude. Truly inspiring . . . and to think I was fretting about the measly 16,000 miles on my '01. Thanks for the work/parts breakdown. See? This is why this forum is great.

-R

 

Yeah,got a top cover,but I think there are some very small prestone stains on it.....from before the hose clamps recall.....lol

As for the riding position thing,I got PVM adjustable clipons as well as Harris adjustable rearsets.....which help a lot......all available through our fine sponsor EMA-USA.

.......But they are both adjusted in the most extreme positions though.....the rearsets are adjusted at the highest position,but to releive my ankles,I drilled the holes bigger so I could move the top attachment point 1 position further forward instead of both at the furthest rearward point...helped getting them a bit higher and releiving my aching ankles......

The clipons are adjusted 4-5 mm lower,more toward the front and at a bigger angle.......according to my natural wrists position.

 

Oh,I may be adding a piece of 1/4-3/8 gel inside the seat next year;its really great,the piece tappers off to nothing at the front.

May work,may not work...we"ll see.

I may also have some spare pieces......

Oh,and I was planning to put a Graves cam in there,and maybe HC pistons,(around $1300usd for the lot + labour)but Chuck told me that with this mileage,my cases might be oval and may blow my motor in the process;

I feel absolutely no vibes from the bottom end........at all.

I"m curious about this.

 

Oh,and I was planning to put a Graves cam in there,and maybe HC pistons,(around $1300usd for the lot + labour)but Chuck told me that with this mileage,my cases might be oval and may blow my motor in the process;

Hey Martin, since you already have the compression raised through head skimming, hi-comp pistons would be a problem unless you're willing to take some off of them for proper p to v clearance. Unless you know someone that has done this already it will be very time consuming to find the proper numbers.

I was told by the Canadian Yamaha race team manager that '02-03 piston/rings are the way to go. The pistons are larger in od (.0008) and the rings are a much better quality than pre '02 pistons. I put them in my '00 and so far work very well.

Chuck is right about the cylinder bore - you need to ensure that you don't have more than .0005" out-of-round or taper, and not too much wear in the bore overall. My cylinders measured up fine and the piston clearance worked out to about .0007". Min. clearance a spec'd by the '02 shop manual is a min. of .0004" so my bores are nice and tight.

Graves intake cam requires springs and they can give you lobe center numbers to work with your setup. I have a YEC intake cam with numbers that have been proven by the Yamaha team. The YEC cam was recommend as it is machined from a blank (not hard surfaced and reground) and is more suitable for street use ie. a little easier on the valve train.

If you need to know anything, just ask me, I've been through the whole thing!

ps; if you do find the cylinder bores tapered or worn, you can either buy new cases (as a set) or have the bores replated. Millenium technologies out west is the place to go for this.

 

Saved this as a doc.......care to pm me the details and prices?

YEC stuff is not available in Quebec......dealers are not plugged as you guys......or they are just lazy SOB"s.

 

Martin, the number to call is (905) 430- 9444. The shop was formerly called Brooklin Cycle but there have been some changes and they go by Durham Precision now. It is the headquarters for the Yamaha superbike team headed by Rob Egan (hes the guy to talk to). He did the machine work to my bike, very good stuff.

If you have the head decked (.0015 in, .0020 ex) the YEC cams will degree in at 107 in 104 ex. With those numbers they also remove the center leaf out of a YEC head gasket for a little more compression. Doing this necessitates putting a "jet" in the oil return hole in the case as the center leaf had the restriction hole in it (the jet is a genuine 160 Mikuni). These are all tricks that the team has learned to get the most out of the motor.

If you use the YEC gasket thats fine, the cams should degree up the same. Call Rob and inquire re: buying a set of cams, they are clearing all the old motor parts out to make way for the new one.

They usually deal in cash so you may have to send them a money order to get the parts.

As an FYI, they also used a set of "long" rods in the superbike motor this year with the stock head gasket. Rob said the motor made better midrange power than the head with raised compression and the stock length rods.

On his dyno the motor was making 165hp easily, and as his dyno generally reads low compared to others he estimated the motor would have been close to 180. It will be interesting to see what he can do with the new engine. 190 should'nt be a problem!

 

Um, maybe it's time to put the '99 out to pasture. You can keep
her, but just let it graze. :fact Now, go out and pick up a new
04. You deserve it with that many miles. :bow