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[matt1991dunn]

Hi everyone,
Matt from Southport.

Been riding a Yamaha YZF-R125 since I was around 21 and a few months ago sold and bought a Yamaha r1 big bang (2013) and passed my test.

Goes without saying scared myself to absolute oblivion a few times in the past few weeks.

Anyway, just a quick hello and if anyone is local give me a shout.

Matt
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[B0ndy]

Welcome Matt.

Blimey that's quite an upgrade from a 125
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Don't take this as a criticism, it's a genuine question.

Did you ever expect to actually be able to use any of the potential of an R1 straight from a 125?

Also, presumably you were expecting the R1 to be much quicker than the 125, but is it faster than you had anticipated?

Just curious, personally I've done small steps over the course of 10 years riding but as yet haven't owned anything that puts out much more than 100bhp - I reckon the biggest step between bikes I've ever made must be something in the region of 40bhp at most, I can't imagine how an R1 must feel if your only previous experience is from a 125!
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

2013 R1 at 23, your insurance must be hideous. (mine is about £600 for a 2009 bike).
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Remember when i passed my test in 1989.Previous year or two had my heart set on an RG500,being a massive two stroke fan.

Not long after i saw a mint 1986 model for sale in Motorcycle City in Reading for £3500.Put a deposit down and arranged a pick up date.Up until then the quickest bike i had rode was a Suzuki RM125 motocross bike.

So i picked it up and pulled out on to the road.Gave it a fistful of throttle and it took off,front wheel in the air when it hit the powerband.

Can picture the salesman shaking his head and thinking 'There goes another potato'.

Still in one piece so going from a 125 to something with a decent bit of poke don't need to end in tears.

WTTB Matt.
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[Rogerborg]

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Welcome, and well done!

Personally I don't reckon the jump is such a big deal, but what I reckon causes people trouble with they get a nuclear fusion engine with wheels is practise. Or lack of. Get out on it as much as you can; low speed/high speed/warp speed and learn the bike.

Have fun dude!

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Coming from a 125 bike to a bigger bike, there are a number of habits you bring with you. The ones that stick with you longest are a tendency to assume you're slower than you are (so if a bike comes up behind you, you move to the side to let them overtake, but they don't overtake), and course corrections around bends.
The latter one stops you taking the best possible line around the bend, because you're skirting around bumps and dry features unnecessarily. On a 125 it would be necessary, as a dry manhole cover, say, can make a CG back tyre slide out scarily around a bend at 50mph. But on bigger bikes with bigger tyres, it's just a small bump and makes no difference. You can just ignore it. You even have some slowing and stopping power at that speed, on the same bend on a bigger bike.

So, I would guess that if you did things the other way around (big bike, then down to a 125), you wouldn't be making those line corrections around bends, when perhaps you should.
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[matt1991dunn]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I appreciate fully the move from a 125 to an r1 is audacious however I have had dreams of owning an r1 for as far back as I can remember - I could not resist temptation.

For those wondering, my insurance worked out at £1,650 with GoSkippy, this is without pillion cover. The price would shoot up to around £4k with pillion cover which is silly.

Treating the r1 with complete respect and haven't even been close to what it's capable of, main motive is to enjoy it and not thrash the hell out of it at least for a while!

Thanks again for the warm welcome.

Matt
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