Harris R1 on ebay

That's a lot of bike for the money:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270094318013

 

"Kleenex announce massive profit boost attributable to UKRM R1 fanatics"

 

antonye says...

That bike was built for a bloke called Guy Mainwaring[1], one of the MDs
of Hein Gericke UK Ltd. When I started working for them we had it in the
Slough shop as an attraction when we had our opening weekend. When we
were shifting stuff into position I came close to dropping it while
pushing it into the shop. It is beautifully put together and a real 'no
cost spared' bike. Guy hardly rode the thing in the time he owned it,
too busy apparently.

[1] Thoroughly decent chap, as it happens.

 

Shit with AP brakes and Ohlins forks that's a steal.

Hey BEAR, it's your dream bike.

I'm fucking tempted, but it's only 136bhp

 

You'd only go and ruin it by fitting riser bars and chopping the
fairing about...
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Ace says...

He didn't chop the Gixer fairing, just trimmed the outer edges of the
screen to give the bars clearance. I stuck a new screen on and you'd
never have known it had poofs bars on.

 

Must be that cheap because you can get the 2006 Yamaha YZF-R1 Ltd
Edition with the Marchesini wheels and Ohlins for £7599.00

http://tinyurl.com/24jxuh

 

rob2 says...

That's just the Laguna painted Special Edition, not the R1 SP with the
Ohlins and Marchesini wheels. If it's at DK then it'll be a parallel
import too, so worth a bit less.

 

Bear says...

Actually, I like the paintjob aside from there's a touch too much black.

 

Bear says...

I have never had a ponytail. I can hold my head high while you scan your
shoes.

 

Ah, thought it was too good to be true. There was one for sale in
Brighton a while back, best looking bike I've seen with
the black body and gold wheels, was about £13,999 IIRC. Remember
working out it was cheaper to buy then to build up
a normal R1 due to labour costs.

 

"and is 1 of 3 bikes built in this manor"

By Big Verne?



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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I mean the gunmetal paint they used on the SP and the MT01

 

Bear says...

 

Bear says...

 

I already looked at high bars for it.............

 

<snort>

 

Hog says...

I tell a lie, the 2 inch chicken strips might have been a giveaway.
Also, the first time it went past 99mph the speedo read "Oooh, slow
down, Big Boy"

 

"Marks card"