New(ish) R1

Picked up a new to me 2001 R1 today . I thought how much harm can it do to try open throttle on a straight road in 3rd. Front wheel off the ground at silly speed and scary/violent steering slap on touch down followed by a slow careful ride home. So looking for a steering damper as I intend to do couple of track days and dont want to try that again-not sure if there is anything I did to provoke it- no front brake etc?
Also it has a Scorpion silencer and standard which are a bit long- can I stubby it or should I just ebay it and buy something else- what do I need to do it and will it mess up the fueling

Feel quicker than the BB? Nice one, but stubby that exhaust!

Nice

R1's an animal ride safe lol.

Difficult to say which is quicker - at the moment I would be quicker round a track on the Blackbird but obviously if I can get a bit more used to the R1 which is easier to corner and manage to get to the track without launching myself sideways into a hedge then who knows. Might have to get a trailer.

Originally Posted by natcar

Difficult to say which is quicker - at the moment I would be quicker round a track on the Blackbird but obviously if I can get a bit more used to the R1 which is easier to corner and manage to get to the track without launching myself sideways into a hedge then who knows. Might have to get a trailer.

The BB would probably pull a trailer easily

When are you going to get some more pics up?

Why doesnt it have a steering damper anyway...or was that not the done thing back in '01 ?!

[yorkie_chris]

Last of the carbys that one? Nice bikes, sounds like you're having fun with the power

For a cheap way you could probably retrofit the steering damper from a newer model. Dunno why it went wobbly on you, perhaps you landed it slightly crossed up?

Managed to find a used ohlins. Need some rivets for the can - where can I get some? Already posted a pic - there. Probably moved the bars before landing.