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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 7:54 pm
by lloydie
MOT’d it ,taxed it . Dyno’d it .
Went out all day riding it !
Wow I’m so rusty . I enjoyed it tho
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 10:05 pm
by yellabell
rollingthunderx2 wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 8:56 am
Nothing arrived so far.
I have 8 and 7 mm studs here .
Drills on the way bud, had to dig a 6.8 dia out for you. Should be with you early next week
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 1:05 am
by zakisbak
I adjusted the tickover speed and adjusted the mirrors!
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 2:20 am
by mik_str
Decided to give the high-mount link pipes (Akra full system) another shot. I compared them to the low-mount links and the highs are about 4-5" longer, which should translate to better lows and mids. As per usual, I had to richen the Flo-Commander main circuit one-quarter turn and turn in the fuel screws a quarter-turn as well (which indicates a better vacuum signal at low speed and weaker at high speed). Engine feels a bit more raw but slightly snappier in the lower registers. As some of you know, I am running the filter-in-lid mod (a K&N filter for VTR fit into the lid). As my OCMD is so apt to do, I began thinking that maybe the surface area was too large for the intake signal and that perhaps it was impairing intake velocity (slow air speed generating less cylinder filling). I cut out a piece of cardboard which cuts off intake area about 40% and, lo and behold, it seems snappier at speeds below about 7K but then seems to fall flat a bit more quickly on top. I think it will stay this way as I very seldom rev it over 7.5K, preferring to let the meaty torque hustle me along.
Just when I thought I had it optimized... another little gain (for how I use it anyhow). LOVE my VTR!!!
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 7:31 pm
by fabiostar
pulled dori out, cleaned fuelled and spent a few tanks floating about the NW200, got a little tired being asked either is that a SV 1000 or, whats that.
.
rode it home ,parked it up and gave it a wee clean job done.
im now like a fecking cripple with pains from the waist down but hey ho getting old
and after (oil gate)
, new frictions have sorted the slipping clutch issue
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 8:29 pm
by sirch345
lloydie wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 7:54 pm
MOT’d it ,taxed it . Dyno’d it .
Went out all day riding it !
Wow I’m so rusty . I enjoyed it tho
Nice photo Lloydie, looking good
Chris.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 8:30 pm
by sirch345
mik_str wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 2:20 am
Decided to give the high-mount link pipes (Akra full system) another shot. I compared them to the low-mount links and the highs are about 4-5" longer, which should translate to better lows and mids. As per usual, I had to richen the Flo-Commander main circuit one-quarter turn and turn in the fuel screws a quarter-turn as well (which indicates a better vacuum signal at low speed and weaker at high speed). Engine feels a bit more raw but slightly snappier in the lower registers. As some of you know, I am running the filter-in-lid mod (a K&N filter for VTR fit into the lid). As my OCMD is so apt to do, I began thinking that maybe the surface area was too large for the intake signal and that perhaps it was impairing intake velocity (slow air speed generating less cylinder filling). I cut out a piece of cardboard which cuts off intake area about 40% and, lo and behold, it seems snappier at speeds below about 7K but then seems to fall flat a bit more quickly on top. I think it will stay this way as I very seldom rev it over 7.5K, preferring to let the meaty torque hustle me along.
Just when I thought I had it optimized... another little gain (for how I use it anyhow). LOVE my VTR!!!
I like it,
Chris.
Re: what have you done to your
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 9:04 pm
by sirch345
AMCQ46 wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 7:46 pm
New rubber. £150
Feck me, the road 6 had better be worth it
Looks like it has less rubber than the road 5
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What's the verdict on the new front tyre Al
Chris.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 10:23 pm
by AMCQ46
sirch345 wrote:AMCQ46 wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 7:46 pm
New rubber. £150
Feck me, the road 6 had better be worth it
Looks like it has less rubber than the road 5
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What's the verdict on the new front tyre Al
Chris.
Not taken it out yet Chris, been all ktm focussed last few weeks.
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Re: what have you done to your
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 9:21 am
by sirch345
AMCQ46 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 10:23 pm
sirch345 wrote:AMCQ46 wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 7:46 pm
New rubber. £150
Feck me, the road 6 had better be worth it
Looks like it has less rubber than the road 5
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What's the verdict on the new front tyre Al
Chris.
Not taken it out yet Chris, been all ktm focussed last few weeks.
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Yes of course, no problem Al
Chris
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:38 am
by ItsaKeeper
Firestorm was MOT'd and taxed today, really happy that it's back on the road again
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 12:11 pm
by sirch345
ItsaKeeper wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 11:38 am
Firestorm was MOT'd and taxed today, really happy that it's back on the road again
Always good to get the mot out of the way for another 12mths
Chris.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 1:48 pm
by ItsaKeeper
I now have tyre envy with the pictures above
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 3:11 pm
by MacV2
Rode The Murvinator back from Joneseys, after spending yesterday clearing up his workshop...
He was shamed about it when I was up there a few weeks ago & despite him saying he would clear it up he needed a kick up the butt & help to sort it...
Honestly there were tools in every corner, in boxes, on the floor...
This is the pile of crap at the end of the day...
This is The Murviator bin shot with Chris holding his co ck... ( it's hen but thats not as funny...)
The Murvinator & The Panzervagon ready to leave this morning.
The bin shot...
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 3:13 pm
by sirch345
ItsaKeeper wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 1:48 pm
I now have tyre envy with the pictures above
yeah me to
Chris.
