I didn't know they were going to do a black monoposto
:puzzled:

Wait till '06, what with yam coming out with their new R1 (theyre keeping it hush, saying its gonna blow everything away for years) and Honda should be releasing a completely new range of RR;s also, its gonna be the year of the litre bikes next year, id be pretty scared on buying one now cause of the residuals

Oh, and an all new Karaoke 10r as well...

(dont you just love that bit in the yellow pages advert, "karaoke 325", makes me chuckle)


[Edited on 13-4-2005 by sonic]

[Edited on 13-4-2005 by sonic]

Ditto.

And the R1 just came in first in the last comparo with all the 1000cc 4 inlines.

MCN has the road going RCV on the cover with a claimed 210Bhp!

Yes mate,Ducati have made 50 just for the UK market.
I saw one at Italia last weekend while I was up there picking up my red'un.Looks fantastic.I did notice that it did'nt have the Ohlins steering damper fitted.Another case of the factory fitting whatevers in the parts bin methinks.

[Edited on 13-4-2005 by KeefyB]

But wasn't that against the old K4 ??? :P

And wasn't that the one that won BSB, World Endurance racing, AMA, and also most Club racing... ??

It may be fugly but who will notice what it looks like when it passes Duke riders broken down in the hard shoulder...:lol::lol::lol:

I am still going to keep the 999r because of what it is, but the K5 will annihilate it...

I think I may have to put the missus on E bay though !:lol::lol::lol:

Really, UK only? Not fair :mad: but. why' UK only :puzzled:
I'm sure it looks great.
Anyway... for those that really want it, you can always buy some black fairings or paint the current ones and the frame. It's just ink :P

My next project...

Black fairing, tank etc with the red frame.....

Dunno whether to get number boards etc yet though

Is black the new red .. Do the number boards, it will break the black up.

Nope, i'm talking about the K5.
They took the bikes to Spain and went to two tracks there (Almeria and.... another one i can't remember now) and then did a street test.
The R1 came first as the best overall 1000cc.
On the track tests the R1 did better than i was expecting while the K5 was "worst" than i was expecting (i thought it would win hands down and not only it didn't, but it didn't even win at all), since the ZX-10 and the R1 won it and even the MV did some pretty fast times too.

As for the previous gixxer records.... no doubt it's been a winning race bike in many classes, but what's funny is that just 2 weeks ago in the National Superstock class here the K5 were beaten by a CBR1000RR while the year before the K4's won the Championship.

Anyway.... get the K5 and in a year you'll be be regreting it :P;)