so today was my first +100 mile ride since i got into my car accident last year and i have not been able to accomplish so much as 100 miles with the R1 but with the hyper aside from general soreness i could have gone much further.
The power is by far the best and most surprising part about this bike to me. the numbers dont really equate to smiles per mile but once you twist the throttle and you have the pull that i can get on the R1
every road that i rode the R1 on i find my overall speeds are actually faster. my corner entry and exit speeds are alot higher than on the R1 and even the pace that i keep is a bit higher.
Comfort wise as i said its great. a few small issue with soreness but its more my tolerance for riding is less than it used to be but i now have the ability to ride long distances again and even with my wife on the back the bike is great and she loves the pace i keep
I just cant say enough good things about this bike. Its the whole package IMHO and sure there are some down sides but for every little thing i could nit pick at there are at least 2 things i can say that out weight it.
the only thing that really is bothering me was something i have noticed with the gearbox that was summed up in another thread about the shifter sticking. I havent had that happen but it will occasionally "get stuck" either in nuetral or gear and it takes some playing with the clutch and slight amounts of throttle to get it to catch. I noticed this same thing on my R1 but it alot less frequent and didnt think anything of it til i read the thread about the sticking shifter. but until it actually happens to me i am not really worried about it.
Overall this bike is the best bike i have ever had the chance to put some real miles on and as long as everything goes well in the upcoming weeks look forward to putting many more on it before the season is over.
Keith
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Originally Posted by heffergm
How are the walls at NHIS these days? I raced a couple years there back when I was a lot younger. Even then, after working some corners and seeing people going headlong into concrete, I realized NHIS wasn't the safest place. These days I wouldn't be caught dead on that track unless they've changed some things. Granted, this was about 15 years ago!
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as for safety its the number 1 concern due to the past injuries. I dont know what the layout was when you rode there but i have seen it has changed quite a bit in the past few years and they just re-did turns 1-2 all new pavement with a sharper entry into turn one to help reduce front straight speeds
also because of the new ownership there is alot of talk (rumors) on a new and improved road course or possibly a separate road course as 70% of the use that NHMS gets is the road racing, yet 60% of its revenue is from the nascar crowd, but from what i have read they are researching the feasability of a world class road racing track to try and bring back some of the old crowd that the track used to draw.
again mostly just talk on local forums and a few teaser articles but if all goes well construction could be underway withing the next 5 years
Aloha Alex
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