of course you couldnt get a restrictor for it, its a piece of race bred, track based machinery that is designed for high horsepower,speed,handling, its not a road designed bike so its not meant to have a restrictor put on it, when yamaha designed the R1 they didnt think to themselves "hold on we havent designed a restrictor kit to take the power from 140bhp to 33bhp, what are all the 17 year olds going to ride about on?" they designed it to compete with other litre class sportsbikes like the GSX-R1000 etc

i'm 19, passed car test pre 18, riding moped (oops) since 16 and still restricted. took direct access course on 125cc so automatically restricted. anyone who takes their test on 125 = restricted to 33bhp ie sexysi.

my sv got to 105mph :D

restrictor is only good on first day so that you don't total ur shiny new baby. after that it's a pain in the ****. i'm currently looking into removing the kit myself, thanks to weegazz :)

got a haynes manual and am currently contemplating when and where to start. might get mr fud to help me out :)

geoffmm,

honestly I dont think anyones critising your riding skill. If you can handle a R1 then more power to you! :)

But I think its the bigger picture here as not everyones got the same maturity to handle it. I remember (que violins) at your age I was racing the crap out of xr3i's. I would probably/definately have killed myself on a big bike.

People are right. There would be deaths. Never a good thing and I know doesnt make you feel any better about it. Sorry :(

Sorry I think it should stay as it is. I would have been to immature to ride a powerfull bike at 17 I'm not saying you are but there's always that little bit of naughty in everyone! Your sitting at the lights and you've got a shiny Bmw sitting on your offside, don't you wanna beat it off the lights!
I'm 27 and still get that and that's immature......but fun!
I even get that feeling when driving my car, cos guys hate beeing beat at the lights by a girlie!!!

Anyway just enjoy it for now, you've got it all to look forward to.

HAVE FUN!

Got to agree with Marrus. But then I grew up in Northern Ireland, where after you pass your driving test you are required to drive with "R" plates (meaning restricted driver) for 1 year and are restricted to a top speed of 45 mph!

I have to admit I didn't know what restrictions new riders had to submit to these days. I got my full license at 17 and moved up to a 650 Bonneville at 18. With hindsight, I was bloody lucky not to get hurt (or come off come to that) as I used to ride like a complete lunatic, either on the way to the pub or coming back loaded after closing time. My best time for Dorking (home) to Guildford (mate's place) was 12 minutes - I shouldn't really be proud of it. Clearly, I was somewhat irresponsible at that age. Seeing the way so many of the kids round this way behave on their scooters, youth still has that problem and most likely always will. So, on balance, I'm inclined to think the current regs are a good thing.

I think the rule about 33 bhp is ok. In Denmark its 34 bhp, but you have to be 18 to ride a bike. you have to be 21 to ride a full power bike.
I just think that the rule should aply to cars aswell, meening that you would have to drive a car with only litle power the first couple of years or so.