KR-1S.co.uk Forum

Hi!!! Just bought a 1990 KR1S, thought i d say 'Hello' and post a couple of pictures. I bought it from a guy in Scotland and it should be delivered this week (i hope!!) It was such a good price i bought it without looking at it and sent a courier firm upto collect it!! I wanted to use it immediatly but knowing me ill rebuild it first I'll probably be asking loads of questions allready asked so excuse my ignorance The last photo is my on going Fireblade project

hi ian

welcome to the forum ride your bike now and do the rebuild in the winter


lee

Another member =D> .
Welcome aboard mate.

Hi and welcome Ian.......

Dave.........'Harlequin Artwerx & Graffix'

hiya mate...welcome....nice n like the 92 blade...had a couple of em n the 92 was the maddest....

wot did u pay for the kr..?

theres 2 types of kr1/1s when it comes to buying and the one you have just got looks a good un, dont blame you for wanting to do rebuild but i would ride it till winter as there far more reliable than you think/ or may have been led to believe. if the blades owt to go by then your kr wilkl be a cracker when you rebuilt it. any problems, just ask. the forums full of knowledgeable chaps who unlike certain other 250 forums enjoy giving sound FREE advice wether tuning tips or issue's with electrics/brakes/suspension/dustseal! theres always someone willing to help. the early blade is the one i lusted after as a young performance bike reading carl fogarty supporting oik who also would of given his left (un-dropped bollok) for a kr1 s/rgv or gsxr 1100. the blade was something special though when you saw it in the local bike showroom surrounded by ugly rf900's and cbr1000! a definet cult bike i reckon!!

mgtkr1 wrote:unlike certain other 250 forums enjoy giving sound FREE advice

well...may cost u a pint...

lol, you know what i mean!!! cough cough co...NSR...ugh cough co...forum....ugh

Thanks very much for the welcome and kind words!! I paid £200 for the 1S, which even if it does need a rebuild i think is cheap. Ill have to wait till it arrives to know for sure. i ve added a link to the Pistonheads page where i saw and bought it. But it also cost me another £150 for the courier to collect and drop it off.
The guy seliing it seemed honest and sent me the paper work. It came with a few old MOTs, one which gave the mileage as 32,000!!!!! So thats the first bit of bad news!
The Fireblade in the photo will be up for sale soon, i ve got another one virtualy the same but with even more trick bits. They are great bikes and still even now draws a crowd!!The only reason i bought the KR was i needed a bike to go to work on, saw it, and a reliable hack went out the window, Doh!!!! I ve already spoken to Maxton, just want to get the forks and shock serviced (in the winter!!)
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/205840.htm

Looks nice mate.... 32,000.... wow... thats 5,000 more than mine... =D>

Anyway... the advice here is brilliant... and is usually posted up about 5 mins after you ask the question...

As above... ride it for the last months of the summer... then start the rebuid when the weather turns crappy... thats what I did... (by the way, I bought mine in June 2005, so I'm glad I enjoyed it for a few months)


cheers

Nate

Must say, cant fault the forum, the guys here will help in any way they can, sounds like a good deal, even if you do end up rebuilding it, its still a cheap KR.

Enjoy =D> =D> =D>
Nice blade by the way.....

m8 you got a bargain £200 =D>
feckin ell

wow, thats gotta be bargain of the year!! the body work appears to be in good nick and if a rebuild is on the cards the 32000mls is irelevant providing cases are good. loads of parts on ebay usually such as g/boxes, cases, and alsorts but unfortunatly barrels are rare, especially good uns. as you know tho, they can be repaired/replated etc. new ones are still availible at 6-700 pound so all is not lost !!!

frog32 wrote:m8 you got a bargain £200 =D>
feckin ell

damn i am in the wrong area of the country

i would use it for the last few months of the summer if i were you then you can bimble around and then you make a list of what needs doing to it, if you are looking to rebuild it over the winter....

as for reliability they are as sweet as a nut

Just spoke to the courier firm, there dropping it off on Monday morning. So it will be a check over then off to MOT!!! If i can i ll use it as is.
I dug out some magazines circa 1990, from when i was just taking my test, found some very interestng articles about the kr1s(shows you how long i ve been after one!!). This was when the 1S was just out and was winning everything in the production class, pre RGV. I feel old!!!! Also talks about modifying engines