I got a 05 1000RR for $4600!! It's a great deal, but I'm disappointed in the performance!!!! I stepped up from an 05 F4I thinking that i was missing out on something. When i got the 1000RR I thought that I'd barely have to twist he throttle, in order to have low end power on tap. But I feel like I'm still on my F4i. I hate having toring the throttles neck in order to get a response. Now!!!! when the bike gets near 100MPH it's a different story, it pulls like I thought a 1000 should. But how often am I going to hit 100MPH on the streets? I want that same performance down low in the first few gears. I don't care at all about top end speed, because I'm not racing. I'm thinking about going down onetooth in the front, with hopes of getting the power that i am looking for.I really want to go down two teeth in the front, but my friend says that's too much. What do you guys think?? If I don't get the performance I'm looking for I might as well have a 600.

 

Buy performance regulator/rectifier and alternator ... $200 - $300. That's the achilles heel of Honda ... electrical charging system sux. I only changed mine out ('04 1kRR) because the alternator melted due to crappy regulator/rectifier. Could not believe the difference it made. Guess I had been losing a bit-o-power ever so slightly that it wasn't noticeable until I got it all back at once.

 

Down 1 in front, up 2 in the rear. Next rear tire change go with a 55 instead of 50.

-E

 

yup, change the sprockets if you want low end.

 

-1 +2 = buzzy beeyatch at freeway speed but it will flat gidddy-up when ya punch it. Also, don't know exactly what you expect from a 1k ... I've had a turbo busa and you could easily stall it if you didn't give it the gas. I'm not sayin go out and crank on the throttle ... well, ya ... I am

 

should have kept the F4i n done a gear swap on it.

 

u get on your old bike and i will get on my 08 1000 or your 1000 and i promise i will leave u sittin. 600 can not compare sprocket or not unless that bikes compression is gone

 

Yea but my 600 runs off and leaves 99% of the cars on the road. I dont need nor want to go any faster lol.

 

Buy a V-twin then......

 

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