Another little clip from today. Enjoy! It's still processing and will have better resolution in about 20 minutes...
YouTube - 3_13_10 Montezooomers.wmv
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Hey Cliff, you ride that R1 like a Vtwin Love the sound... nice vid!
Another little clip from today. Enjoy! It's still processing and will have better resolution in about 20 minutes...
YouTube - 3_13_10 Montezooomers.wmv
squids :rof:
Hey Cliff, you ride that R1 like a Vtwin Love the sound... nice vid!
That's awesome guys, wish I could have made it out there with y'all
CKY: Glad you're okay man.
BTW, the red stripes on the back fender, what did you use for that? They look really nice.
That's awesome guys, wish I could have made it out there with y'all
CKY: Glad you're okay man.
BTW, the red stripes on the back fender, what did you use for that? They look really nice.
Keep an eye out for us on a ride! We'll post it here...
Yeah that stripe job looked cool!
CKY (Alex) did a great commando roll and was safe! That's the most important part on any trip. Everyone makes it home safe. The at least 60-70 mph gusts caught me off guard on Weds. when I was turning around on Montezoooma. I was stopped on a large sand shoulder and the gust caught me sideways and I went down. Nothing but sand for my foot to slide on. Lucky just a scuff on my mirror and slider.
Another little clip from today. Enjoy! It's still processing and will have better resolution in about 20 minutes...
Yes, It's all down hill and don't need that much from that motor to push it to speed. It's got torque and you'll have a tendency to treat it like a twin except the motor produces very impressively through most of the RPM range. Winding up or down is a different experience than any twin or I4 I've ever ridden because of the lack of torque inertia. These motors are easy to redline because the lower note the motor makes sounds like you're at a lower RPM as compared to an I4 but in actuality your RPM is higher than it sounds. The sound, in the video you're hearing, is the vibration through the fuel tank and the bike sounds more like a little chevy smallblock with a street cam. The motor's stroke has been shortened from previous generations as well and so they enlarged the bore. It has tall gearing and so launching requires more clutch ride out of the hole if you don't want to chug and this motor chugs like a twin from the gitgo but the similarity ends there. From what I am am gleaning from R1 forums, these motors can have clutch and auto cam tensioner problems that are supposed to be soon addressed by Yamaha. I'm thinking some of the problems are rider error. I still keep an ear out and I tend to baby it a little in it's infancy. Pretty much all bikes some have specific character flaws and work arounds.
The more I ride and get to know it the more I like it. Also my body seems to be getting much more used to the different riding position.
All in all I think Yamaha did something great with this bike and the motor reminds me of Povarotti singing "Nessun Dorma" but in Japanese!
Cliff:
Around 3:30, the bike in the very front...was that someone from our group?
My Dainese G2 Wave back protector saved me from any injury. Absolutely the best 45 bucks I've spent for any riding gear.
Pinstriping just takes a steady hand, an eye for detail, and little imagination.
I was just messing with you bro... with that much power on tap you obviously will never really use it on the streets... especially going at around 60mph down a twisty mountain road...
Another reason for you to join us in 2 weeks at the track (Willow Springs April 3rd!!!) so you can really enjoy that engine! :BLAA: