Bye Bye R1

[F34R]

OP thinks a Gsxr 600 is as fast as a R1. I'm done xD

Sell the R1 and get yourself a starter bike. Before all that get your licence.

[urbancynic]

OP thinks a Gsxr 600 is as fast as a R1. I'm done xD

Sell the R1 and get yourself a starter bike. Before all that get your licence.

Truth.

[CrusherCurtis]

Both bikes go zero to 60 in about 3 seconds. I'm assuming you have to really get in to them to see the difference (which I don't plan on doing). After a day of my friend and I swapping bikes I found I was able to keep up with him just fine and felt equally unsafe on either bike. I realize all you guys rode 250's for years before getting anything bigger. I didn't. I know no one starts on a 1000. I know a crotch rockets are unsafe. My original question was whats all the fuse about riding a motorcycle?

[F34R]

CBR 600RR is my starter, Two Brothers CF/titanium exhaust.

[Dozyproductions]

Both bikes go zero to 60 in about 3 seconds. I'm assuming you have to really get in to them to see the difference (which I don't plan on doing). After a day of my friend and I swapping bikes I found I was able to keep up with him just fine and felt equally unsafe on either bike. I realize all you guys rode 250's for years before getting anything bigger. I didn't. I know no one starts on a 1000. I know a crotch rockets are unsafe. My original question was whats all the fuse about riding a motorcycle?

I've ridden by myself for approximately 5 minutes and that memory has been dear to me since. Ever get that feeling of being the master of your own shit when you're driving the e30 around the twisties? Same feeling x1000 on a bike.

[Sailor37]

The most fun on a bike is out is to get out in the country and find some twisties. Riding in the city and highway traffic just plain sucks, and is dangerous as hell.

Or see if there's a track that does novice level training...that can be a lot of fun, and you'll learn a lot.

[shiftbmw]

Wait you picked a fucking R1 as 1st bike to learn on???????????????????

My thoughts exactly. That takes a special kind of crazy...be careful man.

[TS87325IS]

This is too funny...

[TS87325IS]

This is too funny...

[TS87325IS]

600cc honda scooter, young kid with a death wish..lol, that is a sleeper...

[deansbimmer]

The most fun on a bike is out is to get out in the country and find some twisties. Riding in the city and highway traffic just plain sucks, and is dangerous as hell.

This pretty much sums it up. I drive/ride 40 miles a day to and from work, and 4 days out of 5 someone would inadvertently try to run me off the road. It's dangerous out there. Country riding however, is GREAT! Very exhilarating!

[bikerbill2021]

actually had a similar thing happen to myself.

my first road bike was an R1, fell into my lap in a trade, rode dirt bikes/quads all my life, and rode friends crotch rockets occasionally. All my friends gave me the typical "your gonna die" or "My friends uncles cousins brother died on one" etc, but honestly, if you take your time and dont ham throttle it, your fine. im a pretty conservative rider, i enjoy the twists, open it up occasionally on the back roads, but im extremely observant and careful while in town/around other people.

I wasnt too concerned about the size of the bike, i was/am concerned about the other people on the road, at least with the bike i had somewhat of control over it, where as others actions i had no control of, thats the risk you take with any road bike, despite its size

i fell in LOVE with that bike, it was incredible, so much that im bored with my "new" bike atm, rebuilt an old FZR 1k, fun bike, but i miss the old R1

I had a CBR 600 F4i.

Sold it and bought a Yamaha RD350. Still have it, and chances are it will kill me. Much more fun than the F4i ever was.

that my friend is dope, on my list for a project bike for sure, either that or an RD 400/RZ 350, love two stroke road bikes

[Rsully70sev]

Hit this guy up...

[mulletman]

My original question was whats all the fuse about riding a motorcycle?

If you don't get it after first-hand experience, no one is going to be able to explain it to you.


To tell the difference between a 600 and a 1000, all it should take is to find the throttle stop once each.

[Cronopoulos]

OP dead?