Yamaha review Motorcycle review - Yamaha R1 (2005)

Yamaha review Motorcycle review - Yamaha R1 (2005)

As a preamble, I remember the words of the classic: “All our dreams come from childhood!”

It’s very good that this site has the opportunity to write reviews not only about cars. It so happened that in my short life I owned twice as many motorcycles as cars. Therefore, I will first describe them, with all their pros and cons - perhaps my experience will be useful to someone in the future.

My acquaintance with motorcycles began 20 years ago, when, as a small boy, my parents sent me to the village to visit my grandfather. The grandfather was a solid man and his household had everything that would make his little grandson happy - a Kopeika, a couple of Ant scooters, and later a Java and a Ural were added. There was also a “Buran” snowmobile, but due to the fact that I only visited them during the summer holidays, the “Buran” passed me by in time. The last time I saw all this “wealth” was in 1997, when I was last in the village, which is surprising - everything worked properly, despite its age (I’m afraid to even imagine how many miles this equipment had). It was evident that, although my grandfather was retired, he worked all his life as an engineer, and later as the head of a small mechanical trust in a distant Siberian town.

It so happened that I was able to afford my first motorcycle only after graduating from college; it was a Honda CB400 SF`97 from a Japanese auction. I will write a detailed story about her a little later. After riding a SuperFur for a year (the nickname comes from the abbreviation SF - Super Four), I decided to buy myself something more powerful. As a result, I became the proud owner of a Honda CB600 F – Hornet`00. After Shmel there was the Kava Z1000`04 - one of my most crazy motorcycles, and after the Kava a Yamaha R1`05 appeared in my garage. That's what we'll talk about. Disclaimer, after the P1 there were Honda CBF1000`07 and R1`08, but I will write separate reviews in more detail about them.

So, at the time of purchase in 2008, my Rka had a mileage of ~15 thousand km. It was purchased in 2005 from a dealer by a friend of mine and after 2 seasons was sold to me for 11,500 evergreen presidents. Before the start of the 2008 season, the tires were replaced with Pirelli Diablo (16,500 rubles), maintenance was done (oil, filters, spark plugs) - 9,000 rubles and compulsory motor vehicle insurance - 4,300 rubles.

Due to the fact that I had never ridden a sport bike before, I had to quickly learn to ride, for which I began to regularly go to the small karting track “Leader”, where I could ride my motorcycle. 1 ride in 15 minutes cost 250 rubles.

During one of these races, I applied Rku and ended up undergoing repairs. As a result, I had to replace: steering weight, yoke, clip-on, footrest bracket, spider, brake, side plastic, muzzle, tail, engine covers and sliders, all parts + labor for 1400 bucks. I ordered the parts from America, which turned out to be almost 2 times cheaper than buying the same parts from our Moscow dealer, another interesting point for those who are not familiar with the peculiarities of ordering parts for motorcycles - unlike auto parts, plastic cladding parts are painted at the factory into predetermined coloring schemes. This played a cruel joke on me, because the plastic that arrived from America was gray-silver instead of gray-green.

In 2008, I drove about 6,500 km on the Rka, but by the end of the season it became clear how to drive it and, most importantly, how to drive it quickly. For example, the road to the dacha on Friday evening from Chistye Prudy to Troitsk (Kaluzhskoe Highway) took less than an hour, which was a huge plus and saved about 1.5-2 hours compared to a car or public transport. At the same time, the features of the River and the specifics of its management became clear. Briefly, it looks like this - on a classic motorcycle you sit straight on your butt, holding the steering wheel “on outstretched arms”, on the Rka you had to learn to sit with a clear lean forward, holding the tank with your knees, hanging over the tidy. If earlier I looked “straight” at the tidy, now I had to look “down” at the tidy. Due to the peculiarities of the weight distribution of the sportbike, at first you couldn’t get rid of the feeling that your handlebars (clip-ons) were attached to the axle of the front wheel and you were literally steering the wheel. At low speeds, the Rka steers poorly due to the limited rotation of the steering column, but at high speeds this is leveled out due to counter-steering and the tilt of the motorcycle body. Rka does not like slow driving - in 90% of driving in traffic jams the forced cooling fan works. I also want to say that due to the peculiarities of weight distribution, the rear brake is less effective than on classics or choppers (it brakes a little in a turn in order to go inside the turn or blocks the wheel if you brake hard when driving straight).

This ended the 2008 season. The river was stored in a warm box (1,500 rubles per month).

In 2009, before the start of the season, the tires were changed again, this time for Metzler M3 (18,500 rubles), maintenance - 8,500, a new battery - 4,300, compulsory motor insurance - 4,150, and remembering last year's experience, CASCO (11%) was made - 46,500 rubles. The 2009 season did not bring anything negative - Rka took me to work, to the dacha and just for rides regularly - without whims or quirks. The only breakdown that happened... the speedometer needle fell off due to vibrations. The asking price is 1500 rubles.

At the end of the season, we also checked the maximum speed, which was 298 km/h according to GPS. We checked on the Kiev highway with a group of comrades. At the exit from Leninsky we filled up a full tank of 95 Ultimate at the BP and drove towards the region. In the “full” gas mode, Rka ate up the tank (18 liters!) in 80 km - we got to Aprelevka and returned back. During normal driving, the tank was enough for 150-200 km.

After which the Rka was again put into storage, and in addition to it a new Rka '08 was purchased. I will write about her next time.

That's probably all for now, I'm ready to answer all questions in the comments.

PS Dear moderators and admins - why can’t you add motorcycles to the Garage? Given that it’s possible to add ATVs (I promise to write a review about my Outlander later) and snowmobiles?

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Review of the Yamaha R1 (YZF-R1) motorcycle

First trip from MREO…. I have never experienced such feelings. Northern Avenue, day, first gear before the cutoff 143 km/h, second, third 201 km/h. Immediately at the end of the northern avenue, across the road at the lowest speed, Qashqai begins to change lanes, slows down, catches its breath, and curses.))

The first weeks when I went into the garage I didn’t believe that it was mine, the motorcycle is very beautiful, it has an LED stop with turn signals inside, short crg levers, high pluig glass, xenon, 21-position biturbo damper, turn signals integrated into the fairing, the rear shovel has been removed.

Exploitation. I used r1 every day, to work and back, every night for rides, on the road the maximum speed is near the dam. The suspension is hard, the gas is sharp, the seating is uncomfortable, it’s hot in traffic jams, the consumption is...18 liters per 200 km. But you forget about this when you start it up and start driving, it repeats all your actions, just turning your head, just thinking about how you’re already tipping into a 90-degree turn, or driving 283 in Moscow. One of the serious disadvantages is that in traffic jams, if you get stuck very seriously, the frame and the seat heat up - one place boils. The brakes are above all praise, very tenacious! Acceleration - no joke, by the end of the day my hands and elbows hurt from the way he pulled!

Expenses. Oil about 3000 rub. Front pads original 3000 RUR x 2 non-original 1500 RUR x 2. Chain 6000 RUR. Stars front 1200 rear 3000r. Rear tires 10,000 rubles before 7,000 rubles. Xenon block (burnt out) 1000 RUR. I rode the motorcycle for 8000 km. There were no breakdowns. I bought it with 12,000 km mileage. The motorcycle is currently sold. I didn’t ride in the summer of 2012. Now I’m looking at Rku again, but now it’s 2007.

The new Yamaha R1 has amazing acceleration, has 3 modes A, B, C, I ride in B, sometimes I turn on A. Mode A is a completely separate issue, the motorcycle is possessed by a demon. It’s not like he’s tearing up, he’s taking off in the literal sense of the word. The first 4 gears I was in reverse when I first turned on this amazing mode. And I got on the bay window after the Honda CBR1000RR with 178 hp, and in the Yamaha R1 182 hp. It seems like the difference is small, but the brains do their job. The bike steers perfectly, the brakes are excellent and very informative. There are also disadvantages in 1st gear: there are twitches (depending on the pilot), but they are there, I have tuned stars and somehow the ride is softer. By the way, I compared my Erka and my friend’s Erka, both motors are 2009, mine is European with tuned stars and a filter, and my friend’s is American. So the motorbikes travel differently (mine is better), although there is also an error in speed. There is one more small piece of garbage like the chain tensioner, when the engine starts there is a not very pleasant sound (it goes away in 2 seconds), you can change this tensioner every 10 thousand and there will be no sound.

You can see everything in the mirrors, the landing is basically comfortable, I drove 200 km in the normal 250 km per hour mode! The motorcycle is VERY worthy both from an aesthetic and practical point of view - beautiful, fast, comfortable......)

I bought it at the beginning of the summer of 2008 and sold it at the end of 2009.... I drove about 10 thousand, changed consumables and once the return spring in the box (the services announced at least 50 tr and repairs within 3 weeks) I disassembled the spring myself I bought it from a Lada in auto parts, since I had to wait a month for my original one and it wasn’t available for disassembly, the price of the spring, by the way, is 3 RUBLES, so before going to the service center, try to figure it out yourself-))) Otherwise there were no problems, consumption is about 12 liters in the city, I almost didn’t drive on the highway.... It certainly looks classy, ​​I had a lot of tuning, xenon, etc., in short, everyone looked around -))) The maximum speedometer showed was 308 km/h, but I think I was going a little less.... The handling is excellent, the brakes too, the dynamics especially at high speeds are simply PLAGIC…. So whoever decides to buy it, take it, you won’t regret it, but choose a good option, go for diagnostics, save yourself time and money!!!... Now I’m thinking about what to take, I took a HONDA 600 SBR from a friend... a children’s device, in comparison with the Erka It’s just a laugh and the liter fuel tank isn’t very good either, although it’s very compact for urban conditions….in general, decide for yourself, but don’t say that the P1 is rubbish, breaks, etc., haven’t driven it yet.

Imported from Japan, bought after a Honda CB400SF (which I crashed quite well), the result is that, although it is three times more powerful, it is much safer than its predecessor, it handles the road with a bang (with the exception of the rear brake, but if you work with your head, then this is not a minus)…..The dynamics are super, much better than those of the injection offspring, in principle, due to its small size, it resembles a turbocharged moped!) What was not very pleasing was the uncomfortable landing, it’s already difficult to travel 200 km, your back will hurt… I can’t say anything about its durability in case of accidents, thank God I didn’t get into it, but it was lying on its side because of the absurdity the sliders would have worked if it weren’t for the TURN SIGNALS sticking out behind them, the plastic was a little damaged...ALS! ((What can we say about reliability, you can’t argue with that either, motz loves speed, but smooth acceleration, without jerking, if you drive wisely, there won’t be any expenses for it, change the current consumables and fly on the roads!)))) In general, I’m very pleased with the unit, but alas, I’m selling, my family needs a car!(

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