This season:-
Phill and Col visit the Motorcycle Live show.The R1 Breaks down again.
The Best of 2013
Motorcycle Live show.
In
December Col and Me went to the NEC to the Motorcycle Live show. After paying £8
to park and £20 each to get in, we checked out all the hot models that the big
manufacturers had on show, then we looked at the Superbikes they had
too.
Yamaha R1.To me it felt very similar to my 03 R1 from the seat, bars and feet positions. I instantly liked it, but personally I am not sure I liked the paint scheme, but Col said it was one of his favourite looks for the R1.
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| I check it out - yes it feels like all the others! |
Most realistically the next bike I will probably own will be the 2008 R1. I still think this is my favourite of all the R1's
BMW S1000RR
As always the BMW looked and felt
good, we both thought the paint scheme was one of its best so far.
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| Col pops a wheelie |
Honda CBR1000RR
Fireblade
We both like the fireblade and still
think its one of the nicest looking bikes. If money was no object I think the
Fireblade would be the bike I would most likeley buy brand new.
Suzuki GSXR
1000.
The Suzuki looks good and feels
roomy and looked a nice bike, however not as nice as the Honda. What I do like
is the adjustable bits on them.
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| While having my photo took this
babe came and slipped her hand in my back pocket! Some folks will do anything to get on EDSBK |
We could see why the Kawasaki seems to be a racers favourite at the
moment. BSB and WSB have more ZX10R's than any other manufacturer. the bike
looks good and the positions all felt good. Not sure if i like the exhaust can
though.
Triumph 675 Daytona
I know Triumph dont do a Superbike, mores the pitty. However the 675
Daytona is still one of my favourite bikes so its getting a mention. I have said
in the past that if i was not going for a litre bike I would have one of the
2009 model or newer Triumph Daytona's. I think it looks great and feels more
roomy than my R1.
This year I want to take a test ride on one of these.
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| Me supporting my new Milwaukee Yamaha Jacket |
The R1 Breaksdown again
Christmas week I decided to run my bike in the garage, just to let the
battery charge and get the fluids circulating. 25 Minutes later the bike
stopped. When I came to restart it the battery was flat and only having had this
same problem 5 months ago I got my tester out to find that the stator was not
sending anything up the wires to the regulator/rectifier.
Since then it seems to have taken an age to get the fitter to say he can
replace it under warranty and the saga is still not completely sorted but is
getting there.
As this problem has happened twice, I have looked into it, spoke to
Yamaha mechanics, read other articles and now I know as much as anyone needs to
know about the charging system testing it and fixing it. So I will be writting a
post so that anyone else with the same problem can hopefully understand what the
bits do and how you can tell if they are working properly.
I am gonna take
it back to the mechanic though!
Review of 2013
2013
The
Road Trip
Early in January we got
together and decided where to carry on the search for our ultimate road. After
watching numerous clips from youtube we decided on the B500 in southern
Germany.
During the trip we rode
across France to Straussberg and rode the B500 a few times which made it
straight into our ultimate roads list. Travelling all that way we still needed
our waterproofs on 1 day and The Yamaha R1 brokedown giving us a story to tell!
Click here to read about the Trip
The votes have been
cast and the Everyday Superbikes best of 2013 has been compiled
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