Newsgroup: it.hobby.motociclismo
Titolo: R1 strikes back-report part 3

Con quest'ultimo sforzo penso di aver finito e spero di essere stato
utile a qualcuno che aveva le idee poco chiare (uno su tutti Andrea ;)
)e a chi la R1 l'aveva comprata a scatola chiusa (per esempio il
Carughi) ciao a tutti.
 Questo e' un breve ma interessante articoletto sulle capacita' di
piega misurate staticamente:
FROM MCN WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1997
THE ULTIMATE LEAN MACHINE
You can really get over on the new R1.
Its tiny proportions and massive built-in ground clearance,together
with the ultra-rigid chassis,mean it will lean over to 56°.
Forget about scraping hte end can-the R1 can almost scrape its
indicators!The only thing to touch down on the track was the hero
blobs-and you had to be on a mission to do it!That's the kind of angle
you see in WSB racing,so riding it on the road will be top fun.No
other firm claims figures like this for its bikes,but they will all be
working on it for next year.
Questa e' invece l'ultima parte del servizio,ho tralasciato soltanto
la trascrizione della parte tecnica dove veniva analizzata la parte
tecnica preferendo invece riportare fedelmente le impressioni in
movimento.
FROM MCN  etc...etc..
NO COMPROMISE
YAMAHA'S R1 IS BUILT FOR SPEED,WITH PASSENGER COMFORT AND SECURITY
TAKING A BACK SEAT.
The R1 is designed as a single-minded,no compromise sports machine and
Yamaha makes no apologise for that.
But to the real-world biker this means the R1 has some areas that need
to be improved if it's going to be a practical road bike and compete
with machines like the Honda FireBlade on usability.
The tail section has a nice flat surface to carry tents,sleeping bags
and waterproofs,but there are only two bungee hooks which means you
could be scratching expensive plastic if you're not careful with
straps.
And aside from buying a pack of dogs,it's going to be hard to keep
hold of the R1 as ther's no built-in lock or alarm.
There's not even room for a U-lock under the seat.You can wedge in a
substantial disc lock,butthat's hardly enough to keep the thieves at
the bay.
The worst point is the pillion seat.If you like going on fast blasts
with your beloved you'd better get a huge belt to hold them down!
The seat is flat and makes the passenger slide around.The footpegs are
very high and pillions say it's hard to keep balanced even under
fairly gentle acceleration.
Wind buffeting is also a problem for passengers as they sit a lot
higher than the rider and the fairing has been designed to throw
turbulence around the rider's shoulder.This means the force will be
directed right at the passenger's chest,pushing them off the back.
MCN British superbike champ Niall Mackenzie wasn't impressed when he
took a brief ride on the back of the R1.
He said"The R1 is a terrible pillion ride!"
A huge range of tyres will be avaiable from all the major
manufacturers as the R1 has a 120/70x17 front and a 190/50x17rear.Your
choice of rubber will be a simple case of how much grip you need and
how much cash you've got to spend.
Dunlop's £213 207gp and the MCN Award-winning Michelin Hi-sport
Race3,at £233;are a good bet for serious grip.
No official race kit is avaiable but several exhaust firms are already
planning aftermarkets performance cans to make the R1 even better.
And make sure you have no penality points on your driving licence as
the R1 could well land you in hot water with police!
It wheels very,very easily and with the top speed of more than 170mph
you could losing your licence quicker than you thought possible.
Vi riporto anche una piccola tabellina con alcune prestazioni stimate
dai tester ed un pagellino con votazioni espresse in quinti.
PERFORMANCE
top speed(est)    172mph
standing 1/4mile(est)  10.3s/133mph
FUEL CONSUMPTION
average 32mpg
best       36mpg
ridden hard 28mpg
range 126 miles
RATINGS
engine 5/5
handling5/5 
braking 4/5
rider comfort 4/5
pillion comfort 1/5
value 5/5
L'impresa e' terminata!!!!!!!;)))))))))
CIAO CIAO  
PAUL CBR900RR ...e ricordate il proverbio:
                "CHI VA PIANO..... ARRIVA ULTIMO"

                 "CHI VA PIANO..... ARRIVA ULTIMO"
Ti ringrazio per lo sforzo, vedro' di ricambiare appena prendero' la
nuova bimba (penso che non disdegneresti di provare nemmeno lo ZX9R ;) )
Ciao
 Andrea,CBR600F!

 Ciao - Graziano
Su un indirizzo postato qualche giorno fa da Andrea Tornaghi 
(
http://www.cyclenews.com/cycle/46first_ride.html
, davvero un ottimo
sito), ho letto che ha lo sterzo piuttosto nervoso, con conseguente
consiglio di installare un ammortizzatore di sterzo:
- but what it does do if you gas it up hard and get the front wheel off
the ground while leaned over exiting a turn is to tank-slap the front
end for a short but violent spasm when the wheel hits the deck crossed
up. That's okay - for someone at home on the race track, this sort of
behavior is a fact of road racing life, but I can imagine some street
squirrels switching into panic mode when this happens to them. The
reason race bikes have steering dampers as a matter of course is
precisely to get over this problem, and the R1 Yamaha really should do
it as well - because it has the awesome engine performance and short
wheelbase of a factory road racer
Most owners won't ever ride the bike this hard - not until they take 
the R1 to a track day, or hit their favorite piece of Racer Road on a
Sunday-morning blitz. But isn't this the whole point of building
such a purposeful package as the R1? If Bimota and Ducati fit steering
dampers as a matter of course on their bikes, why can't Yamaha? Don't
get me wrong: This is not to say that the R1 is anywhere near as twitchy
as the first, flawed FireBlade, nor has it a perceived handling problem
as does the TL1000 Suzuki.
It's just so much bike, and needs to have a built-in fail-safe factor.
Miwa implies that Yamaha recognizes this by stating that production
bikes will come equipped with bosses on the left side for customers to
mount an aftermarket steering damper. Any owner who doesn't do exactly
that can't be intending to ride the R1 as seriously as Miwa's team
developed it to be ridden - it's a must-fit item. And by all accounts,
on tires other than the zero-bias Metzeler full radials fitted for the
launch test, the shimmy-shimmy shake goes on a lot longer.
Ciao
 Andrea,CBR600F1



tecnologicamente parlando.
Ti resta un'unica soluzione, prendile tutte e due :-))))))))
Scherzi a parte, il fatto di comprare "a scatola chiusa" secondo me e'
un po' un rischio.
Considerando che ti vanno dentro quelle "due o tre" milionate, non ti
puoi permettere di sbagliare acquisto, per cui secondo me prima di
staccare l'assegno, la devi aver provata e bene.
Se il tuo uso fosse limitato alla pista sarebbe diverso, ma se ci vuoi
viaggiare, magari caricare anche qualche bella bionda (chiaramente con
quelle moto max. 1.50 :-)))) non ti puoi ritrovare con un mezzo che
ogni 50 Km ti devi fermare perche' ti scricchiolano le articolazioni.
Penso che l' R1 sia una moto senza compromessi, forse con lo ZX9R ne
hai qualcuno in piu'. 
Comunque dopo aver sentito i "rumorini" della tua Tipo, forse e' il
caso prima di cambiare auto :-))))))))
Ciao.
Marco Taluzzi
Honda CB 500 Four K '79
EX BMW K100 RS 16V ABS (Casa, mutuo, ecc.)
Why you ride a motorcycle ?
"If you're into it, no explanation is necessary"
"If you're not, no explanation is sufficient"