Bob R1

Nice Bike

another Hobby even

Go for the Corsa III,s have them on my R1,have done over a 1000 miles on them so far ,they have a hard center ,and soft sides,bike handles well with them,.

Welcome mate,it wont take you long to get back into it,till then take it easy,,.

Iff it,s any help an R.1 i owned had a sort of same problem,on the Yamaha in the middle of the sump pan there is a hole,if you took the sump pan off you,d see a metal tube coming from within the engine ,which is an overflow designed to let out excess coolant out,via the middle of the sump pan to the ground,if the rubber sealing washers on that tube are perrished coolant will mix with the oil,. worth a look,..

That figures,my son plays to,he borrowed my Epiphone Les Paul ,still haven,t got it back yet

Apart from Biking I Play Guitar ,been in alot of bands in my youth,.any other muso,s on here?

Nice Bike looks in good nick

Nice Bike ,and car,.

If a bike,s been standing for a while petrol can gum up in the carbs ,they might need stripping and cleaning,overheating can be caused by weak mixture,have you checked the thermostat?give it a service see what happens,.

Check the petrol tank breather tube isn,t kinked or blocked,also backfiring can be a result of unburnt fuel in exhaust,is it running rich?take the plugs out and see what colour they are they should be a tan colour ,if they are black its running rich,if white its weak,better still take it back and make them put it right ,.

Sounds like the oil isn,t getting to the Cam,s quick enough on initial start up take it back and get it checked , silly question but is the oil level o.k.?

Welcome to Y.O.C. mate

as long as she,s got fishnets on ,

Hi everyone i,m abit of an old bloke,riding for over 40yrs,got a 02 R1,at the moment,live in Sth.London,will post pic off it when i figure out how to,.

I had exup trouble on a 98 R1,the bike rode fine until i hit fairly high speed when the needle would stick at 7000,when speed was dropped the revcounter would be normal again,because of the position the valve is in its always rusty,.if you dont want to spend any money,just release the exup cables from the pulley or from the motor ,its under the carb bank,revcounter will behave normally again, but the valve will be stuck closed probably,with less power maybe fit a full system,.