MCN News: Nick Sanders gets his Yamaha R1 serviced

[Rhunyen]

Kick ass! Sure there are bikes MUCH better suited to this trek, but it's cool to see something swim upstream and test themselves (and the bike).

[Knickknack93]

Now, who's gonna do it on a Goldwing?!

[eldur678]

ei saa aru miks sellise mõtetu rattaga minnakse kõrbesse?!

[TheRumgee]

WTF! I don't remember doing this.

[CrashHUN187]

MAD MAX :)

[magickownage]

The end make me dream

[xfire7]

One thing.Synthetic oils! Thats the thing ,in my day 50,000 was top dog ,now?.Well 100,000 for an engines normal.

[benzy199]

fuck me his back must have caned after like 23 hours a day let alone allday

[steady2wheels]

I would never want to switch off the engine, I would be way too scared that it wouldn't start again! Says a lot about the R1's reliability though I must admit. When I saw this bike at the mcn show, it didn't look TOO bad

[afthefragile]

Who takes an R1 to africa?!!

Get a KTM or something like that!!

[benzy199]

think thats the point, any chump can do it on a bike thats designed to do it

[downshift89]

He obviously does.

[banjorogers]

it's beside the point, he wanted to show people that it could be done.

[LifeEssenz]

What a Badass! Respect man, thats awsome.

When I saw the sand, I thought: WTF??! the engine is running... but hey... thats really hardcore.

I could not do it.. but the thrill to try it... yeah... maybe later^^

[JayzBeerz]

I will get an R1 eventually, right now I'm satisfied with my FZ6R.

[cjon3zy]

@ 36 seconds is the funniest part just to see an r1 goin through deep sand like that makes me laugh

[wiadrus30]

you are the hero for me mate

I like 0.58 s the most

unbelievable

[igorkl]

This is just wrong... poor R1!

[DrumGod22]

Thats just the point, let's see some asshole do that on a Gixxer or a Honda and see how far he gets! =)

On a side note:

I FUCKING LOVE YAMAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[slightlytasty]

Right, I'm inspired, I'm gonna jack the job in and tour the world on a 49cc Thomos pedal and go. Beat that!

[Janaida]

LMAO

that would take a loooong time on a thomos

[spidiq8]

Nick Sanders already did, he did the round world on a bicycle before doing it on a motorbike.

[pwalk123]

off roading in an R1, dude got to have money...

[chezdez102]

i think nick sanders has gone on the dole now!

[fongman312]

1:12, can we say SPEEDING?

[elf4ki]

it's a must ! :P

[ajohnson]

Fuck! this guy should have chose a ktm 990 enduro not a sport bike.

[lluks252]

why would you do that to your beautiful R1...I would take my 2003 YZ450F through that though

[Z1000vda]

Respect!

[REDO5R1]

fuck that shit

[The23German]

if i was going into the dersert i wouldn't use a sportbike more like a dirt bike.

[astxeira]

It Call´s Marketing;)

[stevoo300]

it's call maeketing stupit you can even write

[astxeira]

E se te fosses fuder ó Americano da Piça...

[stevoo300]

What the fuck you are talking about!! fucker

[astxeira]

Tou a dizer que és um murcão!

[stevoo300]

Go fuck your mother ok!!! jajaja

[astxeira]

Vai-te catar puta! :D

[stevoo300]

pobre hijo de puta!!!! mother fucker!!!

[astxeira]

Ó Murcão eu nao sou espanhol... és mesmo burro, mas já agora Portugal fica ao lado de Espanha;)

Nós Descubrimos meio mundo...

Te Fuder Conas!

[stevoo300]

i am american pendejo !!!

[astxeira]

Americano e burro...

[stevoo300]

your mom calls me burro because i got a big dick !!!

[astxeira]

I dont got mother and father...

[stevoo300]

OK Im sorry for that bye

[mv2123]

LMAO !

[astxeira]

It´s not true=) thei are alaive and whelti!

I just whant tho talk about marketing=)

This video is about pure marketing, just this... Marketing not maketing...

Just listenig to this album: "Fila Brazillia - Maim That Tune" to this tune: "05 - 6ft Wasp" and you understand my point:)

we are livening in this era!

To all [[]]:)

[annoyingdjkhaled]

PUTOS!!!

[FABIOGUARINO]

wrong bike for desert

[kaymanclark]

haha F-this stuff, lol he's go to have a iron butt to do the length of africa, lol i'd be bored & tired after the first day

[Nelis280]

Sjaak Lucassen already travelled with a R1 around the world,it took him 5 years and he is from The Netherlands..not finland

And he went on a R1 to the Artic..not R6 ;)

type " Sjaak Lucassen" in searchbar,then youll find his video's.

[motorcyclenewsdotcom]

Nick has been doing this a lot longer that Sjaak. This is his final trip, not his first.

[Nelis280]

Alot longer?? Sjaak Lucassen crossed the world in 1995 on a Honda CBR.Nick Sanders his first trip ever was in 1993 or 1994 on a indian.

[motorcyclenewsdotcom]

Actually it was 1992, which in my book still qualifies as a lot longer

[ericpog87]

Who cares who did it first or on what bike, the fact of the matter is he accomplished something hardly anyone can say they've done or will ever do, yet alone on a sport bike.

[terror2thecore]

@motorcyclenewsdotcom

but not on a racing bike an indian chief is a bit easier because of it's seat-handle bar positioning and because it has more torque on lower revs.

[remotesunset]

@motorcyclenewsdotcom

does it matter both stupit to do it on an R1, there are bike out there that are a lot more qualified.

[17james17]

haha and you call yourself a journalist

[YellowSSS]

Already been done... Look up "R1 goes extreme"... Guy from the findlands did a 5 year trip around the world on a R1. And took a R6 up to the artic last winter...

[stgrzegorz]

omg! he is BIG! i want travel like him!

[blueman4444444]

Man was this guy trying to do a mission impossible but hey i take my hat off to him for having the balls to travel around the world in a R1 where most takes the KTMs+BMWs and others.

But it also shows how tuff the sports bikes are in the desert but must be a bitch to handle in the sand by the looks of it.

[MobiusPT]

Legen .... wait for it... dary!

[shauncarlpope33]

Legend