The Return

Iowa R1 Rider · Post by **Iowa R1 Rider** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:04 pm

Hey guys, Im back! some may know me as WickedFZR1K but that account is dead, cant get a new password, dont own the FZR anymore, moved, flooded out, new bike, etc, etc, etc...

Anyways, for those that do not know me, I am Matt. Today I bought another Yamaha, a 2001 R1 that was a deal so I couldnt pass it up. It has the Hong Kong R1 body set plastics on it from ebay, doesnt look bad, but the yellow is off from the tank, but I dont care.

I will post pics soon as I have a chance to give it a good cleaning...

sickle44 · Post by **sickle44** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:13 am

Hey Welcome back Wicked, I mean, uhhhh, Matt.

Iowa R1 Rider · Post by **Iowa R1 Rider** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:18 am

Thank you, its good to be back on a board that doesnt get all crabby if people talk about breaking speed limits or stunting. LOL

RUFtech · Post by **RUFtech** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:50 am

Iowa R1 Rider wrote:Thank you, its good to be back on a board that doesnt get all crabby if people talk about breaking speed limits or stunting. LOL

What you speed? OMG, and I guess you think stunting is safe.
Oh no, what are we gonna do about you.

I know a pat on the back and keep up the fun.

hotcam · Post by **hotcam** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:27 pm

welcome back matey!

Iowa R1 Rider · Post by **Iowa R1 Rider** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:58 pm

RUFtech wrote:What you speed? OMG, and I guess you think stunting is safe.
Oh no, what are we gonna do about you.

I know a pat on the back and keep up the fun.

LMAO!!! I never said stunting was safe, but most of us do it. I found out something fairly disturbing on my 100 mile journey today. THIS THING WILL WHEELIE FROM INTERSTATE SPEED!!!!! Fun fun, scares the shit out of cage drivers though.
Anyways, as promised, I washed her up this morning before my ride and polished up the frame sides, here she is...

I know its not an actual 50th anniversary bike, but thats what the previous owner replaced the stockers with. I kinda like it and alot of people dont know the difference. I think I might get the tank repainted to match and paint the rear hugger black...

I have a plate mount that is more legal on the way so the tag can be read by the po po if they want to and I also got some spools on the way. I have a swingarm stand, but the damn thing slipped off the stand while I was washing it, luckily I caught it and it didnt hit the ground...

I need to figure out this damn integrator they put on the tail lights though. There is no marking on the box, just all black, wires in wires out. It works but the brake is real faint and flashes. If you have a turn signal on, one side flashes and the other light is bright, I want them both bright with no signals on, for safety reasons, I dont want to have a car bumper up my ass...

RUFtech · Post by **RUFtech** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:06 pm

Very nice. But then I am a fan of the 50th color scheme.

Iowa R1 Rider · Post by **Iowa R1 Rider** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:13 pm

I hadnt figured that out by your avatar. LMAO! I like it too, if others call me a faker, well, I have an excuse, I didnt put the plastics on the bike, right?

I did a little wiring tonight. The brakes lights werent very bright unless one of the signals was on due to an integrater that IMO is junk. I have a license plate bracket ordered that has signals on it, should be here end of this following week. I found some nifty front signals too that are supposed to snap into the fairing inplace of the front signals (also missing currently)...

Has anyone used a "speedo healer"? My sp[eedo is terribly off due to regearing. The bike is 1 down (i think) in the front and 2 up (i know that for sure cause its a 45 sprocket, stock is 43) in the rear...

I did find out today this thing can be tame as a puddy tat (tweety impression) or mean as a lion. I am a fan of "clutch up" wheelies, and of course, I tried them in 2nd and 3rd gear. Found out at 90 on the speedo from 3rd, she will stand up and do the old "One wheel shuffle" down the road...

I am SOOOOOOOOOOO glad he finally decided to sell me the bike, I have been on him for about a year to do so. And I realized how much i miss a litre bike. Yeah, the CBR600F3 I bought after the flood is a fun bike, but she aint got the torque to move out when you pass, unless you drop down to 3rd gear. Litre bike? Well, as we all know, "why downshift, just roll her on"...

kiwi60 · Post by **kiwi60** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:48 am

50th annerversary colour scheme!!!! - I remember when Kenny was racing in those colours

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:46 pm

Nice bike Matt. Welcome back

Matt wrote:its good to be back on a board that doesnt get all crabby if people talk about breaking speed limits or stunting

It's not an R1 but it is yellow ...

97YZF1000 · Post by **97YZF1000** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:35 pm

kiwi60 wrote:50th annerversary colour scheme!!!! - I remember when Kenny was racing in those colours

Yea, but that wasn't 50 years ago!

kiwi60 · Post by **kiwi60** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:54 pm

Yea, but that wasn't 50 years ago!

Cheeky sod

Not a day over 30 years

rush1 · Post by **rush1** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:22 pm

Welcome back Matt , glad your riding again.