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  1. I've bought a new bike! 
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    Well, after two months of TL1000R ownership, including one trackday, I came to the conclusion that a V twin with a bad attitude and 'interesting' handling really was not for me. So, I went back to the dealer and he agreed to take it back for only £200 less than I paid - and i'd put all the standard kit back on too, which he was fine about, so I kept over £200 worth of stuff (cans, aftermarket seat unit, screen, TRE etc)to put on eBlag

    Anyway, I test rode the bike below and just had to have it - it's utterly wonderful in every way. I've been caning it around Wiltshire all day and I just cannot fault it - brakes are unbelievable, handling is sublime, it looks great and the power - wow! Hard on the gas in either 3rd or 4th and the front's going light and the bars are flapping! Mucho fun. It's a 2003 bike with a personal 'R1 ***' plate, it's got a carbon fibre and titanium Akrapovic exhaust, double bubble, colour coded undertray and tail tidy, braided lines, crash bungs, hugger and seat cover and only 11,000 miles on the clock. I don't think it ever saw rain until I got caught out today in what felt like a monsoon (in cargo trousers, I got soaked through!). As far as performance figures so I believe it has 150 - 155bhp and weighs 175kg.





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  2. Re: I've bought a new bike! 
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    now that is very very very sexy!
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  3. Re: I've bought a new bike! 
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    Nice looking bike! Even though you got it dirty, it's still considerably cleaner than mine is after the torrential downpour I had on the way home from work yesterday!
     
     

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    Nice bike, great colour
     
     

  5. Re: I've bought a new bike! 
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    Thanks lads
     
     

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    Another R1....grrrrr
    Nice bike fella
     
     

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    very nice

    are you the new site serial bike owner then dave?
    Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
     
     

  8. Re: I've bought a new bike! 
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    LOL. I owned my ZX7R for two years, but TLR really was an evil handling piece of crap! I've wanted an R1 since they released it in '98 - I was a 19yo college student at the time and my friends and I would gaze at them in awe, saying 'one day.... one day, ill own one of those'. Well that one day was Saturday, and I couldn't be happier! This one's a keeper.
     
     

  9. Re: I've bought a new bike! 
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    happy days

    i'm not jealous........honestly grrrr
    Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
     
     

  10. Re: I've bought a new bike! 
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    You lucky ........

    I cant write the next bit as my computer has a program that stops the use of rude or anatomically impossible surgestions!! .... but you get the drift!! : :
     
     

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