New toy - R1

I have ridden 600cc bikes most of my life.  But I really wanted to get a liter bike to ride.

So yesterday I snapped at the chance. And here is a crappy picture of my new toy.....

It's a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R1.  I got it from a young man here in Edmonton who said he wanted to buy something smaller.

It has been crashed on the left side pretty hard and tipped over on the right side.  Mechanically it is sound and it has 13000 km on it.  I got it for less than 4grand.  The goal is to get it fixed up and ride it this summer.  I want to change the colour into a Valentino Rossi homage M1 FIAT scheme.

It will be a fun project and in the end I should have a R1 that looks good, runs good, and cost under 5 grand.