CBA, nvmFollow the conversation chain back using the up arrow in each quote. The rust comment is referring to the mt09.
CBA, nvmFollow the conversation chain back using the up arrow in each quote. The rust comment is referring to the mt09.
Mt09 is very much a budget bike.
That's qualityTakes me back to when Jamie Whitham raced with the number '69'. Durex see an opening (fnar fnar) and this was the result..
I took the budget challenge bike out for a final ride tonight, the first in a couple of weeks, as the challenge begins this weekend. It took a couple of tries to get started on the choke, and seems to flood if attempting to rev it for the first 10 seconds or so, but after that it idled fine on the choke, and then off it after a bit of blipping to get it up to temperature.
There's still a flat spot around 5,000 - 6,500 rpm, but above 7,000 it really starts to fly. Quite impressive for a 400 cc. The engine and exhaust sounds at full chat are actually really nice for a stock system - I guess that's the benefit of no cat.
Certainly compared to recent weekends, the weather looks pretty reasonable for this one. Skegness here we come (and eBay shorty after to get rid of it!).
That flat spot could be what they tried to fix by introducing VTEC in later models, under 7k it was only 1x inlet and exhaust ports being used, above that 2x of each, was meant to give it more torque low down.I took the budget challenge bike out for a final ride tonight, the first in a couple of weeks, as the challenge begins this weekend. It took a couple of tries to get started on the choke, and seems to flood if attempting to rev it for the first 10 seconds or so, but after that it idled fine on the choke, and then off it after a bit of blipping to get it up to temperature.
There's still a flat spot around 5,000 - 6,500 rpm, but above 7,000 it really starts to fly. Quite impressive for a 400 cc. The engine and exhaust sounds at full chat are actually really nice for a stock system - I guess that's the benefit of no cat.
Certainly compared to recent weekends, the weather looks pretty reasonable for this one. Skegness here we come (and eBay shorty after to get rid of it!).
How silly is it to be considering a 90s sports sort of bike for very cheap that'll probably require an engine rebuild (plus various other parts) as it's been sat for 5 years or so? I'd do the work obviously and I know what I'm doing when it comes to cars but the bike would still be a learning exercise.
It's also possible that it'd be better to strip it and sell the parts, which would potentially make a sizeable amount over the cost of the bike.
I know I probably shouldn't go for it but I am seriously tempted, what say you lot?