Welcome bro, congrats on the new ride. Respect the power, take time to learn the bike and be safe out there. :th_salute:
Maintenance..........
Oil and filter @ 2,500-3,000 mi.
clean, lube and check slack of chain about every 1,000 mi.
maintain air pressure
since it's a used bike change all fluids
check brake pads
I found myself on a 2007 CBR1000rr many years sooner than expected.
Had my license for a little less than 2 years and only about 25.000 km's experience. Now I'm fully convinced it's not only a great bike for advanced riders but also for "new" riders.
Who wouldn't be very careful with sooo much power in one hand?
Yes, the first time you are a little less careful with the gas... you'll probably get scared. That's usually the wake-up call to make sure you want to get to know every reaction of the the bike.
And after many hours the bike grows on you.
And if the bike does something scary... Clutch in and don't touch the gas until you dare to breath again!
Have fun with it, it's a great bike.
Maintenance, see posts above or download the manual.
When I looked online or YouTube everyone is like "don't get a litre bike" or "litre bikes are pointless".
But I want a litre bike! They look awesome, sound awesome and are awesome machines. I have had a 50cc, 125cc and 600cc so seemed like the natural progression to me. Also the Honda CBR has good feedback for being smooth and street/rider friendly so when one came up for a good price I thought yes.
Will just be careful and work into it slowly I guess as I did with the 125 and 600. Am sure I will be fine, am excited.
You asked for advice so here it is. If you want to improve your riding, start riding track, on any machine. Bikes will come and go, but skill and experience you will take with you forever. Track school is a great way to go. You get used to control at the limit and learn how not to panic at traction limits. This translates well into emergency situations where your response becomes an action, not a thought process or inaction. Riding at the track is not cheap, but it saves you in an ugly situation on the street, it's quite valuable.
You asked for advice so here it is. If you want to improve your riding, start riding track, on any machine. Bikes will come and go, but skill and experience you will take with you forever. Track school is a great way to go. You get used to control at the limit and learn how not to panic at traction limits. This translates well into emergency situations where your response becomes an action, not a thought process or inaction. Riding at the track is not cheap, but it saves you in an ugly situation on the street, it's quite valuable.
+1
Do a track day; you won't regret it. Bigtime confidence-builder, wicked fun, and it will make you smoother on the controls. Plus your CBR was bred for life on the racetrack!
Hubby has +30 years experience and rode about every racebike you can imagine. He has been a good teacher.
Find someone you trust and has experience with racebikes, explain what you want to learn and just follow him/her the first few times. Then switch place, but only when you start to trust yourself with your bike. Let your mentor follow to observe you and let him give feedback. Then listen and learn.
O, and don't forget to take your bike for easy rides when you're alone.
Had never considered a track school before. Just imagined a track day was for experienced riders already. Guess it makes sense. I will look at track instruction / advanced riding - good idea, and yes also sounds fun
Am sure once I give it my first ride and get used to it my confidence will grow, just like my 600 I guess. Just read too many posts about people saying how dangerous they are and I am expecting to turn the throttle a bit leaving a corner and the back wheel to go crazy and start spinning lol
Welcome! +1 on Capt's recommendations, I like to baby my chain's cleaning/lubing every week - will help with chain longevity. Depends on your riding and conditions.
Get suspension setup for your weight! DIY - great way to get familiar with your bike, you will need help to do it yourself. Or go get it done professionally, Me, I went to my Friend/mechanic Nelson because he knows his shit and I trust him.
Yes I will take the bike in to get it set up for my weight I think. The previous owner mentioned it was set up kinda hard anyway so will get it checked. It's got Maxyon rear shock k-tech fork internals.
Yes I will take the bike in to get it set up for my weight I think. The previous owner mentioned it was set up kinda hard anyway so will get it checked. It's got Maxyon rear shock k-tech fork internals.
After all my nervous thoughts before I hopped on and after 5 minutes I felt at home. Phew! Adjusted to sports style bike and all is fine. And I am still alive! Lol
Amazing bike, suck fun and it just keeps going and going!
Now I know what all you guys feel like. It rocks!
Thanks for all the advice. Will post a pic of my bike soon if I can work out how
A big thing to learn which was hard for me is, you hold your weight with your legs not your arms. The only thing your arms is for is controls. After I trained myself to that, the long rides got a lot better on me. And I bought a Sargent seat to help with numb bum.
I heard bad things about the gel seats. My Sargent seat has been on my bike for about 2 years And no grooves. The gel seats build grooves which u don't want
Yep a track day sounds great. Am looking at one next summer at Le Mans
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