Gone to the dark side

My (new) 2000 R1.
It was time to say goodbye to the Blade, and it was a toss up between an R1 and a 929/954 and this came along first






just for the record i am stilla Blade enthusiast

Nice bike...Jollygiant likes them

Smart looking bike, I'm sure you will have loads of fun on it.
Totally different riding to the blade - enjoy

Its ok I guess

Happy riding

thanks :-)

compared with my 94 blade it feels smaller more planted and definitely better acceleration.
I would have loved to have kept the blade but garage space and funds do not allow..
i'll be back on a newer blade in a couple of years

mmm now this might sound daft coming from someone that has a R1.
I would have bought the 954 over a 2000 R1 IMO.
Nice bike, but I had handling issues with my 2000 yam, the front felt it was going to tuck under at every corner.
I was convinced it was my riding style until people started talking about it in the bike mags.
With better tyres nowadays, hopefully you'll not feel this.

silverback wrote:mmm now this might sound daft coming from someone that has a R1.
I would have bought the 954 over a 2000 R1 IMO.
Nice bike, but I had handling issues with my 2000 yam, the front felt it was going to tuck under at every corner.
I was convinced it was my riding style until people started talking about it in the bike mags.
With better tyres nowadays, hopefully you'll not feel this.

only had a few hours on it so far and haven't pushed it that hard yet. But not noticed anything like that yet. It's got BT14's on at the moment with a decent bit of wear left in them.
Its a price issue too, bikes here cost at least double what you pay in the UK, this cost me £8000, and i got £4200 back off the 94 blade.. the 954s i seen were up around £10-11000... fekkin ridiculous...

But thanks for the heads up mate, i'll keep a look out for that

P.S get yourself a steering damper on her NOW.
Wouldn't it have been cheaper buying 1 over here and taking the ferry back???
F**king know where i'm selling the wifes 954 now

silverback wrote:P.S get yourself a steering damper on her NOW.
Wouldn't it have been cheaper buying 1 over here and taking the ferry back???
F**king know where i'm selling the wifes 954 now

yep, considering that... already had a couple of head shakes..
import tax will knock it up to around the same price...

Good choice.

As for the front folding, not had any inkling of that happening on mine nor any head shakes.