I was told something about my car......

[Nik da Greek]

Get your self an 07/08 R1, over 100mph in 1st and over 1bhp per kilo. Decent power to weight to nip you along They handle damn well too.

Does that not make anything after 1st gear a little redundant though, on the road at least? I genuinely think that litre  bikes are now at the point where they\'re too fast for their environment. Not because I\'m some old, boring anti-speed safety nazi, quite the opposite, but more because they make such massive speeds so easy to achieve and so unexiting through their huge level of competancy. Like I said earlier, unless you\'re above 130, you just don\'t feel involved, and you can\'t ride like that forever without coming seriously unwrapped one way or another.
 
I\'d rather ride a less powerful bike at 90% of its ability than a more powerful one at 50%. It may be slower, but at least I feel I\'m achieving something. That\'s why I love the Rex, when you drive it with attitude it\'s always twitching and wtriggling to remind you that there\'s a limit there somewhere. "Any more right boot, sunshine, and I\'m going to show you where you\'ve just come from!"

[tophalf]

Got to admit I kinda like the R1\'s, I had a \'98 model and that was mad as a hatter, total wheelie fest and really fun.  Only thing was it felt a little flimsy and not as well put together in comparison to the the Blade I had owned prior.  My ZX10-R does over 100mph in 1st also an the power, although not right through the rev range, don\'t want to start debating power v\'s torque etc as it gets messy, I\'ll call it "drive/rideability" is more at the upper end of the rev range.  This is turnin into a bike forum :Laugh.
 
As for the Bathurst thing, cheers for answering, mine does say special edition also.  What bugs me I suppose is for whatever reason someone tried to pull the wool over my eyes in one way or another:Grrr .  Another reason I am glad to have found this forum, lots of good honest information .
 
Long live bikes an RX\'s!!!!:D

[Jimjitsu]

Mine says "Special Edition" on it

I think you will find that every data badge has special editon written on it underneath special editon it will say what special editon it is if nothing is written there then it isnt if that makes sense

[Nik da Greek]

Mine says "Special Edition" on it

I think you will find that every data badge has special editon written on it underneath special editon it will say what special editon it is if nothing is written there then it isnt if that makes sense

Makes perfect sense. I now have to resign myself to life with a bog stock Type R, then. No bad thing, and it\'s cleared up something I\'d wondered about for ages!

[Jimjitsu]

sometimes i write things then read them back to myself and they dont make sense to me:rollin