Come on man! 'Tis a magnificent bike, let us enjoy it in the full!
This generation of the R1 is a top contender for the most beautiful Jap sport bikes of all times.

Weeksy is that the first year with the cross planed crank?

the five valve head .....

Who cleans it, Mr Weeksy or Mrs Weeksy??

Why did I suspect that would be the case!

This was after a new polish and detailing gel i've been testing out. Both were absolutely brilliant, got them on a recommendation from a pro-valeter mate. Was a bit gutted when he informed me i needed to polish by hand, not by machine. But only took a couple of hours of polishing and the effects are brilliant. Another hour with the gel on the black stuff etc and the bike aint bad now. It has about 9000 miles on the clocks now, which is pretty low for a 2005. Couple of marks from before i owned it, but not a lot i can do with them sadly.