Is it just the nature of the beast?

Seems like it runs rough cruising under 20 mph (30 km/h) and it is just a jerky sumbitch in stop and go traffic.

 

I ride my CBR to school in the morning traffic every day, and yes if traffic is very tight and there is a lot of stop and goes, it can be kinda hard bike to ride. It's not build to be driven like this I think, but mine has been ridden like the past 2 years and has coped with it anyway.

But it's defently not a metropol freindly bike...

 

Yes, definitely not built for these types of riding situations, mine acts the same. I like to avoid traffic at all costs, even if its more miles on the trip. At least I'm ridin'

 

Mine is better at this since I did the carb balance. I spent ages getting the carb balance spot on to the gauges (morgan carbtune) and it made the bike much better in traffic.

 

Noe, thats strange mine gets a 50 / 50 of traffic and highway use and I have found it to be a very easy bike to throw her around with a fast response on the throttle which has gotten me out of trouble a couple of times, I can throw my girl around like she is a 250 in traffic and when shes on the open road she is just at home doing 130 K. You know when you ride a bike and it feels "Just Right" thats what mine does, I am 6 foot 3 tall weight about 110 Kilos so I am no lightweight either and I normally have the wife on the back on weekends.

 

I had one of those surreal moments when all felt perfect, just the other day. 110mph, sunshine (rare for UK), smooth road (ditto), no traffic (ditto), earplugs in and Shoei Whisper Strip attached - it was like I was in space for a few moments, almost no wind noise whatsoever and an engine that felt creamy smooth with no vibes.

This is the kind of riding the CBR1K is made for of course, but I also use her daily to commute into Central London. I'm only 162cm tall (in my boots!) so have to be a bit careful with her in heavy traffic but she doesn't half go when I want her to....

 

I had a moment the other day,
I took the bike out for a ride and went and saw a mate, I got back home, but had to go out again, cause the bike was running so well.
Nearly home, I had to stop at a red light, I was second behind in the 3rd lane.
I decided to move up front between lane 2&3 so to take off quickly and get in front of the traffic.
On takeoff, I rev to 6K and let the clutch out smoothly, the bike took off very nicely, as I smiled to myself, 'one of my better moments', I look to the left to see the WRX-Turbo, going for it from lane-1 and trailing. I pull back on the clutch in to take it to 8K and releasing to make sure of my fate, it was overkill.