'02 R1 with neons and other bling

[BLOFLY 636]

heres a couple of pics from perthstreetbikes it has done 35,000km and he wants $11,500.00 for it what do you think? I like the overall appearance minus the neons though
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[BlueNinja]

Same. And change the plate.. otherwise nice, but neons just make it tacky.
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[Lee_367]

That has to be my favourite shape R1, the neons looks stupid but polished rims aren't too bad.
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[instigator]

Looks great. No idea why you'd want to change the plate though phil...

[shellshock]

I think I just had a 'biking orgasm moment'

[JonB]

I dunno if the neons make it tacky, moreso the colour choice, I think a red neon would look quite good.
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[Ric]

i rekon neons can look ok

i kno barely ne1 will belive me but hey

my mates dad has 'hidden' neons on his harley unbelivably it looks cool, an ambiant light coming from the depths and all the chrome

[VTR SP1]

I like it a lot. That shape R1 is the best. Better than that horrible under seat pipe thing and in those colours it's wanking material.
I would get one but it's to much on the wrists.

SP1

[M1ke]

[NY_Sniper]

id say keep the neon im not a huge fan of them and deffanatly not on a nova but they look sweet and give the bike some caracter
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[Aikman666]

[tokarev]

I like it. Neons look quite nice on it aswell.

Are you thinking of exchanging you kawasaki for it?

[BLOFLY 636]

[JonB]

Errr i've done 500 miles in the past 4 days.
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[NY_Sniper]

id go talk to the wizard about that if i was you
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[Akiraprise]

That's a very nice bike, I don't see why you don't like those neons - they're tastefull and not over the top with little led's everywhere, i also think the blue looks good.

very nice bike indeed

[Grubby]

Neons=

[BuzzLightYR]

Neons work for me and i'm not really a neon-liking-kinda guy.
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[BuzzLightYR]

After seeing the first picture I came up with this what do you think i'm acctually thinking about getting a restricted 02 R1 instead of the gsx-r 600 I was going to get as a first bike

White or Black side fairing???
And where can I get wheels paintied like that???
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[RooRoo]

[BuzzLightYR]

I like the R1 styling not the R6's in fact there is very littile I like about R6's thats why I want a RESTICTED R1


P.S. Funny but being a passanger on an R6 is the reason I want a bike at all
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[RooRoo]

Hmm, I dunno, if its restricted how old are you? you'd be better waiting for other members replying because i dont very much about the R1, if you're under 21 then the insurance will be VERY expensive, the insurance company don't care if it's restricted or not, also as I said before, its fast as hell...even the gsx600 seems insane for a new rider, but an R1..its down to you at the end of the day, if you like it go for it, but be VERY careful, because on something like an R1 pulling the throttle a little hard by accident, or taking a corner wrong will end with you on the wrong side of the road, or the wrong side of a car bonnet!
Obviously all this stuff is even possible on a 125, its just highly likely on an R1!

[JonB]

Hahahahahahaha. Insurance will be more than the bike and restricted R1 would be crap.
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[RooRoo]

That's a good point, if you don't plan to derestrict it as soon as you have the restriction papers, the R1 would be awful to ride

[BLOFLY 636]

I thought I wanted a ZX-10R before I had a go on one and I can tell you now I can't believe the bike companies make these litre bikes for the road because they are way too scary I mean I went over a pothole and must have blipped the throttle in second gear around a corner and just that little brrrp made me run wide on the exit almost hit a curb and looked and felt like a real twat I think I will never be as fast on a litre bike as I am on my current bike because where a 600 is partially forgiving because of it's higher revs and less power at the lower end of the revs a litre bike has almost as much power as a 600 has at 12,000RPM+ with less than half the revs applied. It's hard to explain but you will know exactly what I mean once you ride one choose your bike choose your consequences good luck with your decision
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