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  • #1

    My 1st Ltr bike

    I've been riding for only 4 years with about 30,000 miles under my belt, been through 3 Kats (2- 600 and 1- 750), 1 SV650s, 1 500 Ninja and about 4 250 Ninjas.
    Sold my 750 Kat a few weeks ago and yesterday I got my first liter bike a 2004 R1.
    Just came back from my first local ride on the R1 and the first thing that came to mind is how comfortable the Kats are.

    Her are some pics of the R1 it has 9500 miles on it.





    http://www.wickedelements.com



    ^^^^^^
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  • #2
    Very nice!

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    • #3
      Looks to be in perfect condition. Very nice.
      =USAF= Retired




      "If you can be convinced of an absurdity, you can be made to commit an atrocity." -Voltaire

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      • #4
        Nice bike.
        90% of motorcycle forum members do not have a service manual for their bike.

        Originally posted by Badfaerie
        I love how the most ignorant people I have met are the ones that fling the word "ignorant" around like it's an insult, or poo. Maybe they think it means poo
        Originally posted by soulless kaos
        but personaly I dont see a point in a 1000 you can get the same power from a properly tuned 600 with less weight and better handeling.

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        • #5
          nice!
          03/03/2010 - got 99 Kat 750 ,881 miles,blue, STOCK.
          04/03/2010 - 2069 miles. Burley frame sliders, mesh mod, carbs overhauled.
          08/05/2010 - 8562 Miles, SS lines, shovel del., int. brake light
          10/08/2010 - 9862 miles, GSXR cams, futomo Valve
          05/22/2011- 11884 Miles, -GSXR cams -Futomo Valve +advancer

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          • #6
            Nice! The riding position is a learning curve.
            sigpicLife throws you curves......enjoy the ones you get when riding.
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            89 GSX750F(sold....sob)
            96 YZF 1000R

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            • #7
              Youll quickly realize all the previous bikes you owned were easy to put a lot of miles on. Good luck putting 30k miles on that R1. lol I had one and couldnt take more than 50 miles on it without having to stop. Id take my kat over my old r1 anyday
              Ride like there's no tomorrow!!! You never know when your going to run out of "tomorrows"!!!
              Current Bikes:
              1997 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird
              2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX14R Special Edition

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              • #8
                Sweet looking R1 - but many of those SS bikes are not very man-marble friendly at all.
                2006 Katana 750 - Daily therapy
                2005 ZZR1200 - Weekend therapy

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                • #9
                  Great looking bike. I had a couple riding buddies in OR that had 04's in the grey/silver color scheme. I have got to ask, how did you manage to go through 9 other bikes in the past 4 years? Hopefully they were just sold for some reason and not crashed, otherwise you may be in over your head with a liter bike. It's obvious you didn't sell most of them due to being bored, otherwise you wouldn't have replaced the Ninja 250 4 times, or had 3 Katanas.
                  John,
                  '05 GSXR750, '86 FZX700 Fazer, wifes bike '02 R6
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                  • #10
                    Saw-wheat!
                    THE DOC
                    RIP MARC......Ride on in Heaven Brother!
                    Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a
                    mistake when you make it again.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Psycho1 View Post
                      Great looking bike. I had a couple riding buddies in OR that had 04's in the grey/silver color scheme. I have got to ask, how did you manage to go through 9 other bikes in the past 4 years? Hopefully they were just sold for some reason and not crashed, otherwise you may be in over your head with a liter bike. It's obvious you didn't sell most of them due to being bored, otherwise you wouldn't have replaced the Ninja 250 4 times, or had 3 Katanas.
                      No never gone down, just sold the bikes. If I'm able to make some $$ on my bikes I will sale them. The 250 Ninjas are always in demand and there was always someone willing to give me a couple hundred dollars more than I paid for them so I sold them and bought another. Same thing with the Kats sold the first and the following day I found a newer one for less then what I had sold mine so I bought it.
                      If someone offers me $5,400 for the R1 right now ... I'll have to sale it
                      http://www.wickedelements.com



                      ^^^^^^

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                      • #12
                        lol good to hear.
                        John,
                        '05 GSXR750, '86 FZX700 Fazer, wifes bike '02 R6
                        sigpic

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Slofuze View Post
                          Nice! The riding position is a learning curve.
                          I'm sure finding that out now
                          http://www.wickedelements.com



                          ^^^^^^

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                          • #14
                            So, I've always wanted to ask someone from a Katana 600, Seat of the pants feeling the differnce power wise between 600 KAT and R1? How fast power comes on? Wheelie first gear? Just the basics.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by redciv1 View Post
                              So, I've always wanted to ask someone from a Katana 600, Seat of the pants feeling the differnce power wise between 600 KAT and R1? How fast power comes on? Wheelie first gear? Just the basics.
                              Any sport bike will wheelie in first gear if you throttle on too abruptly or drop the clutch. Hell can do it through third gear pretty easily. Power comes on fast for just about any sport bike when compared to the docile nature of the Kat. Also easier to throw sport bikes around due to their handling aspects. Also easier to dump a sport bike as most actions in the throttle hand are seen immediately in the reasr tire.

                              Wanna get really hectic then grab a 1K V twin sport bike with all of their torque down low. It was nearly impossible for me to keep the front end down on my SV1K...
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