Some of you may remember me posting awhile back about me riding a yamaha r1 and how much I wanted one. Well yesterday my dream came true , i was either considering buying a 97-98 240 or buying a used r1, well I decided on the r1..Took out a loan for 9000 and bought it off ebay, its a 2001 champions edition r1. Going to pick it up later this week

 

Congrats on the bike, but for $9k why not just get one from a dealer?

 

Congrats and go0d luck with it! Be carfeul

 

*drool*

i'm jealous but have fun!!

 

i only paid a little under 8000 for it, gonna use the other 1000 for a ram air box kit and a slip on micron exhaust , and btw a new r1 is $11k, oh yea and I got the bike to my house now. Its sooo fking sweet, and the best part is........Its mine

 

just be careful

 

yea the thing scares the hell outta me, its too fast lol. Im still lovin it tho, not often when u can pay 8000 to get somethin that can outrun 99.9% of production cars

 

congrats man. I don't know how to ride, but I will be getting a R6 next year to learn on and use. It has been my fav bike forever now.

 

yea might not want to get an r6 to learn on, ive been learning on a kawasaki zx-6, and before that a honda shadow. The r6\r1's are so light and have such good throttle response that it might not be smart to start out with. Might be better to buy like a $500 beater bike

 

yeah I am gonna have to agree with you on that. I am picking up a piece of crap this summer, once I start working again. I wouldnt want to learn on a nice bike, I would probably just fu*k it up.

 

The R1 is a nice bike. My best friend works at a company in Europe called QB Carbon. He owns a Ducati 748R and MV Agusta F4s. As for the R6 starter bike.......good luck. Knowing me I would wreck the thing the first ride, Thats why I have a Derbi GPR 50R and an Aprilia RS50.....Small,light,cheap($3500 new),and somewhat fast....90mph at the most.....

 

sweet! since i already have a car, i was thinking of saving up a little to get a used r6 this summer but after frequenting clubwrx.net and nasioc.com for 3 months, I decided to sell the 95 alty and buy an 04 WRX. it also helped that Im entitled to any subaru at invoice (minus the sti) Anyway-sweet choice! post some pics and be careful!

 

y not the sti!?

 

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