I must have hit my head.

[Brod122]

19, R1, am I mad? Why am I considering even buying one?!

[McGee]

I'm 20 and I own a k5 GSXR 1000 and k5 GSXR 600. *waves willy*

Elliot on here is 19 or 20 and has an r1 and had a crf 500 supermoto.

Mad sir.

Hardly.
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Barker-CBR 600]

Surely even if your keeping it at buckingham palace under armed guard your looking at a small fortune to insure?
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Previous - Gilera DNA50 / XVS125 Dragstar/Honda CBR 600F/GSF 650 Bandit
Current - 2013 Suzuki VZ800 Intruder
'Is this a rhetorical question?'

[craigs23]

I see your R1 and raise you a 1970s 400, restricted to 33bhp.

How's the insurance working out for you?

[5v3d3b0]

I'm 18 and I was considering one... I'll get a 600 in the end though, but only cause I can't afford the insurance for an R1

[djneu-trix]

why there made of cheese! look good fast as fook! but still made of cheese!
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[306_abb]

I thought about getting an R1 for my second bike.

Never before in my life have i been told to fuck off by an insurance company

[baldy]

im 21 and have a yzf1000 thunderace and a 2007 fireblade. Insurance was ok.
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One day i will rule the world, just not today.

[G]

[The Tot]

Well, G, you never went through puberty, so you wouldn't know about being a mad 19 year old . Your head is still bald like a baby
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The Tot 2019 Z1000SX - 2007 R1
Never argue with autism

[st3v3]

If you got a bit of cash to spare or you can save it up then why not? I'm saving for an R6 and a scrap heap of a car, I'm 19 too. It's just normal to want more/better stuff even if you don't need it.
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[_Will_]

Yea but, try it....you might just be suprised at what you can get.
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[_Will_]

[MarJay]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[st3v3]

[highland biker]

Im 17 and in the process of getting a gixxer 600.

EDIT: Have just bought a gixxer 600 .
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past: klx 250, cbr125, SRAD 600, cbr600rr
present: uber practial r1 for the daily commute

[NSR Mick]

I'm 33 and have a 250.
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If you dont like the way that I ride.......Stop trying to keep up!!!

[Fahd]

[MarJay]

St3v3 and Fahd, its nice to hear your voices of experience on these matters!

The thing about this forum is, when you ask this kind of question the responses fall into the following five categories:

1.) No response from the 'old skool' members who think the forum has gone to shit

2.) Buy a (japanese sports 6 or thou) cos I own it therefore its the best bike ever. ( notice no supporting argument!)

3.) occasional responses from Safety facists, but it seems that the safety facists on the forum swing wildly from "I'm mental, me. I ride my litre/600 sports at nine thousand miles an hour!" to "You can't go out without leathers, you'll die and they won't even be able to identify the body! - Kittens etc. I personally have the latest 2008 Alpinestars/fashionista ZYX5A leathers therefore I'm safe - plus I'm hardcore so its OK!"

4.) Responses from the young'uns: "I agree you should do it like that, I have absolutely no basis for my opinion, but I don't care/realise that is the case."

and 5) very rarely you actually get a sensible answer from someone who has ridden the bike you're asking about and has some riding experience.

Tell me it isn't true.

I actually think the forum would be a much better place if the lofty 'old skool' types who have some riding experience and stuff, actually stuck their oars in occasionally *ahem* Shaun *ahem* even if I don't agree with what they are saying!

I'd like to point out, I'm not devaluing the opinions of relatively new riders, but they have to realise they aren't authorities on all subjects. Some culprits are worse than others!

*ahem* XlonewolfX *ahem*
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Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Robby]

As a lofty old skool member with a few years experience, I offer the following suggestion.

Its January. The roads are greasy. The R1 puts out more power than my car, and the contact patch on an R1 is around 20% of the contact patch on an MR2. My MR2 has been going sideways a lot recently, and pulling away without spinning up the tyres requires planning and caution.

So I see you coming out of a 30 limit into an NSL and cracking the throttle open. The back spins up, the bike lunges sideways in an instant, you snap the throttle shut and it'll probably correct itself.

Unfortunately, you will have shat yourself at this instant, and will spend the next 6 months being scared of the power, and cornering like a pussy.

To echo the advice of everyone with any experience, in any thread like this (and we get one a week, which is why the old skool started ignoring them 2 years ago). Learn to ride, then learn to ride fast, then get a bike to match your skills. With your current experience, and the weather conditions for the next few months, you'd probably be faster, comfier, and richer if you went for a CBR6 or thundercat.

Also, CBR6s are quite quick. Ask marj about the time I rode one...

[Stu_666]

To the original post, I'd consider carefully why you want one even if you can afford it. Eventually after you've whizzed up and down a few times you'll (probably...) get used to the speed and may wish that you went for something which was better at touring for example.

[st3v3]

From a youn'gun point of view, I'd say the OP wants it for the power/speed/looks, only cos this is why I want an R6/CBR6.

Marjay, I never dis-agree with advice such as yours/ Shauns because I know it's a voice of reason/experience talking, but as you said the older better 'equipped' people got bored and stopped answering these a long time ago, forming the "i have no experience but it seems good so screw it" view, not saying this is their fault, it isn't but we need that review idea building up IMO.
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[The Tot]

In answer to the first question, it's not nuts!

I think R1Lad had 2 x 03 R1's! I don't know where he's gone off to these days. I think he passed his test at 17, rode a gixxer 6 SRAD and went onto an R1 (00 and 03 i think?) the moment he hit 19 and was allowed to ride any bike.

If you can still get in contact with him then, that will answer Marjay's Point number 5! . He was proof that it was dooable at 19.

To be honest, there are quite a few people here who have had litre bikes by the age of 19/20 and it's all about how you personally feel you can cope. Me? I'm not mature enough to ride on a thou, given my banzai history when riding in a group.

so WHERE IS R1Lad?

He must have disappeared off the face of the forum predicting that there would be a whole bunch of twats who would appear to be authoritative figures
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Never argue with autism

[Robby]

A 19 year old, able to afford an R1 and a lot of rent if I remember correctly, living in Crawley.

I wouldn't be hugely surprised if he's doing 3 years for dealing.