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Yeah I guess you are right. The only thing that irks me is the fact I put on 10,000 miles riding it like this. I am sure engine was pinging on occasion taking off, but most pinging at very low rpm seldom do damage but over time it can damage it alot. I think as long as I do not beat on it, it...

After paying big dollars for this motorcycle, I am hoping it will last many years. When I take off, I come out pretty fast blowing traffic away. But this is at the expense of putting a lot of strain on my bearings and journals more than anything else. The other alternative is to launch bike at...

Basically I take off like an automatic transmission without dragging clutch at all. But I gas it hard so perhaps motor is still trying to catch up. What I have been doing now is taking off a lot slower than gassing it once I get going but by then moms in minivans are passing me. Does not happen...

Hey I know this is a Yamaha forum but was just wondering if you folks experience the same kind of noises I hear. When taking off from a stop light, I am guilty of sometimes just letting the clutch out too early and gassing the throttle, bike does not stall or hesitate, but seems like every third...

No I have never had it dyno'd so really cannot say. When it was stock, I opened it up in 3rd gear but never 1st or 2nd. With Juice Box and Two brothers and Zbomb ignition retarder I have gave it gas in 1st but never really cracking throttle all the way, kind of did a roll on and bike did seem...

I have a 2008 CBR1000RR and with my juice box and two brothers, bike does feel a lot slower all around, low, mid, and upper rev range. 1st and 2nd, and 3rd bike does seem more explosive but only at very top third of rpm. Bike feels sluggish anything less. THe p1x tip has greatly increased my low...