My first good run on the R1

Great bike, mega power, feels faster on the power than my K3 thou,
smooth engine, reasonable box.

I want a decent can on it & a steering damper.

I have hammered it good & proper, sweet bike.

It's a bit odd in the handling department, i just cant trust the front
at all yet, feels a bit floaty, i find myself trying to load the front &
it's not really loading, just a bit floaty iyswim.

Having said that, i am going in fucking fast just to 'test' it, i feel
the tyres myself, but the forks dive like a U boat.

maybe i'm just not used to forks after the duolever of the BMW that you
could hammer into the corner like a **** & it just held on & let you
knmow what was happening.

The tyres are Pirelli Diablos.

I'll look up some suspension settings, both tyre profiles are good.

N.

 

I've run standard Diablos on my '06 R1 for the past 3 years, cant' fault em

 

Just spoke to Loz, he made a good point, this is my first winter of non
riding in about 6 years, i reckon confidence might be a bit of it.

I need a trackday.

 

And no way is an early R1 a performance rival for a Gixxer K3

 

i thought that, I need some time on it.

 

Is that the BMW you did the Mallory Park trackday on?
You really hammered that into the corners.

 

He got beaten by a skinny old bloke on a borrowed ZX6R that was set up
for a fat ****