Rookasaki
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So, my buddy bought one a few weeks ago. Yamaha blue, it's pretty sick.
So yesterday at my son's t-ball game he says, "go take it out." I immediately get this "holy $hit" feeling in my stomach. I decline... tell him it's too new, I don't want to crash etc... Truly I was a little freaked out. I have ridden liter bikes before but nothing like this
As we go to leave he jumps on my bike, tossing me the key to the R1, "have fun." At this point my balls were in my throat, "F" it, I'm going for it.
I jump on the R1 and immediately notice how balanced it was. I swear it felt like it weight 100 pounds. Before I put the key in, my buddy explains the following: There is two ride modes, "Race" and "standard" and 5 traction control settings... Well, you all know how I ride, so I play it safe and set the beast in "standard" mode and set the traction control on 4 out of 5. 5 being very very hard to wheelie etc... So, the key goes in and there I go. Right off the bat I notice how responsive the throttle is. I barely, and I mean barely release the clutch and it pulled hard.
Light turns green and I hit a on ramp to the freeway. This on ramp is a nice long sweeping type... I twist that throttle like I do on the 6R. I was blown away, how much power and response there was. That thing rev'd for days, and I mean days! I hit 100mph in First gear. I then slam the machine into 2nd, and well... I was gone... I mean it pulled so hard I swear I was on star trek going warp 9! Remember, the machine was set on "standard" mode with almost full traction control... Thank God for that cause I know, I would of flipped that bike backwards for how hard I hit the throttle. I rode it about 25miles, all freeway... Hitting red line, dropping down a gear and slamming throttle etc... My God people! You know I love speed, but holy $hit.. The R1 should be illegal! 
My thoughts on the bike. Granted It was only a 25 mile ride, but.... To much power for me. No way! lol no way... the only down side I "felt" was my wrist were killing me and the heat from the engine, I swear almost caught my legs on fire... other then that, the R1 was made for a God... Cause that machine was absolutely breath taking incredible!
I have some video... It's a view from my 6R of me riding the R1. It's not an onboard video so you don't get the feel of acceleration but you get the point.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7kuVC147NQ"]theRook rides R1 - YouTube[/ame]
So yesterday at my son's t-ball game he says, "go take it out." I immediately get this "holy $hit" feeling in my stomach. I decline... tell him it's too new, I don't want to crash etc... Truly I was a little freaked out. I have ridden liter bikes before but nothing like this
As we go to leave he jumps on my bike, tossing me the key to the R1, "have fun." At this point my balls were in my throat, "F" it, I'm going for it. I jump on the R1 and immediately notice how balanced it was. I swear it felt like it weight 100 pounds. Before I put the key in, my buddy explains the following: There is two ride modes, "Race" and "standard" and 5 traction control settings... Well, you all know how I ride, so I play it safe and set the beast in "standard" mode and set the traction control on 4 out of 5. 5 being very very hard to wheelie etc... So, the key goes in and there I go. Right off the bat I notice how responsive the throttle is. I barely, and I mean barely release the clutch and it pulled hard.
Light turns green and I hit a on ramp to the freeway. This on ramp is a nice long sweeping type... I twist that throttle like I do on the 6R.
I was blown away, how much power and response there was. That thing rev'd for days, and I mean days! I hit 100mph in First gear. I then slam the machine into 2nd, and well... I was gone... I mean it pulled so hard I swear I was on star trek going warp 9! Remember, the machine was set on "standard" mode with almost full traction control... Thank God for that cause I know, I would of flipped that bike backwards for how hard I hit the throttle. I rode it about 25miles, all freeway... Hitting red line, dropping down a gear and slamming throttle etc... My God people! You know I love speed, but holy $hit.. The R1 should be illegal! My thoughts on the bike. Granted It was only a 25 mile ride, but.... To much power for me. No way! lol no way... the only down side I "felt" was my wrist were killing me and the heat from the engine, I swear almost caught my legs on fire... other then that, the R1 was made for a God... Cause that machine was absolutely breath taking incredible!
I have some video... It's a view from my 6R of me riding the R1. It's not an onboard video so you don't get the feel of acceleration but you get the point.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7kuVC147NQ"]theRook rides R1 - YouTube[/ame]
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