2010 Ymaha R1 LE: Rossi-replica paint

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Dave

anyone who actually wanted to go fast on the track the mags that have riders who are worth a damn put that thing third at best

Yeah and who on this board is capable of seeing the difference between those bikes at 10/10th's.

BTW if anyone was really going to get into club racing they'd get a 600, a 400, or a twin. Liter bikes are only useful on the street IMO, unless of course you are a pro racing in Superbike.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

BTW if anyone was really going to get into club racing they'd get a 600, a 400, or a twin. Liter bikes are only useful on the street IMO, unless of course you are a pro racing in Superbike.

I know a number of club racers that started on liter bikes and a few that started on 750's.

OT: I'm diggin' the Yammie replica.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

I know a number of club racers that started on liter bikes and a few that started on 750's.
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Whatever floats their boat. Pretty much the only reason to do that is if they want to use their street bike and don't want to buy a track-only bike. But they're kidding themselves if they think it's an optimal learning curve to start racing on something like that.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Whatever floats their boat. Pretty much the only reason to do that is if they want to use their street bike and don't want to buy a track-only bike. But they're kidding themselves if they think it's an optimal learning curve to start racing on something like that.

I'll tell my buddy Gus that.

He hasn't been on the street since his first race.

He won 3 Regional and 3 National Amateur titles in his first year.

Now in his 2nd year, he is a constant podium finisher (Expert) with a handful of wins against local track-record holders and a few AMA riders.

You can expect to see him on an AMA grid in the next year or two.

He started on an R1.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

I'll tell my buddy Gus that.

He hasn't been on the street since his first race.

He won 3 Regional and 3 National Amateur titles in his first year.

Now in his 2nd year, he is a constant podium finisher (Expert) with a handful of wins against local track-record holders and a few AMA riders.

You can expect to see him on an AMA grid in the next year or two.

He started on an R1.

And if he had started small, could he have become even faster, sooner? We'll never know. But my guess is yes.

BTW, one in a million. Still a dumb idea for most people.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Yeah and who on this board is capable of seeing the difference between those bikes at 10/10th's.

BTW if anyone was really going to get into club racing they'd get a 600, a 400, or a twin. Liter bikes are only useful on the street IMO, unless of course you are a pro racing in Superbike.

smileyman comes in number 1 on my mind probably azoom 2nd a number of others. i can also think of at least two threads where guys bought and dumped them in a weeks span cause of a percieved lack of power

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Dave

smileyman comes in number 1 on my mind probably azoom 2nd a number of others.

I was talking 10/10ths, meaning racing, not just riding 9/10th's at track days. Now, if they race, fine, but do they race liter bikes? For how long?

Originally Posted by Dave

i can also think of at least two threads where guys bought and dumped them in a weeks span cause of a percieved lack of power

Or they're just stupid.

Pony up the money and take it to someone who actually knows how to dyno, and get rid of the flat spots if it has any. Pretty simple.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I was talking 10/10ths, meaning racing, not just riding 9/10th's at track days. Now, if they race, fine, but do they race liter bikes? For how long?


Or they're just stupid.

Pony up the money and take it to someone who actually knows how to dyno, and get rid of the flat spots if it has any. Pretty simple.

you forgot the pray you got one that yamaha didnt do a shitty job of balancing the internals. im sure it will be an alright bike once its all sorted out and ill admit i like it from certain angles but theres far too many negatives. most expensive, heaviest, lowest output, widest? And thats leaving the reliability issues and looks out of it.