Biker's Cafe Chatroom

IC3 · 24 Feb 2017 at 21:51

Diddums said:
Don't be a bender. Buy a speed.

+1,

He's scared of the power and torque.

Captain · 24 Feb 2017 at 21:59

I'll have to buy a speed now just to prove you wrong

Captain · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:01

Even though I've road an s1000rr and a MT-10

IC3 · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:40

Clov!s said:
I'll have to buy a speed now just to prove you wrong

That was my intention

Clov!s said:
Even though I've road an s1000rr and a MT-10

Did you use at least 10% of their potential?

Captain · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:46

IC3 said:
That was my intention

Did you use at least 10% of their potential?

We have a bike dealer next door to my work and he had his brother over, I'm good friends with his son so he let me take his bike around the block, was epic but I only got 10 minutes to ride it

Kreeeee · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:54

Clov!s said:
Even though I've road an s1000rr and a MT-10

The power to weight of the MT-10 isn't miles away from the Street Triple. They both love to wheelie everywhere too

RyanF · 24 Feb 2017 at 23:17

Yeah but that MPG though

IC3 · 24 Feb 2017 at 23:54

Kreeeee said:
The power to weight of the MT-10 isn't miles away from the Street Triple. They both love to wheelie everywhere too

Stop saying that word, I can keep the Sv at the balance point... but I don't do it anymore as I don't want to seize the engine.

I need a new bike, this one is holding me back.

Kreeeee · 25 Feb 2017 at 07:27

arfoll said:
I thought what made them wheelie happy was weight distribution with rider on and short wheelbase? Power helps but plenty of very powerful bikes with more torque that don't wheelie like those

That's why I said 'too' and used two sentences. They are two different points.

IC3 · 25 Feb 2017 at 09:01

Out of curiosity and on the subject, I read a few articles about best bikes for wheelies. SV comes up in every single one, how does that work? Surely they wouldn't recommend a bike that engine will seize?

Edit

How much chain slack do you guys adjust? I set mine to 20mm, too tight?

Craig321 · 25 Feb 2017 at 12:32

Diddums said:
Something doesn't look right about it. I don't know if it's the camera angle, the mirrors or the red up front but it just doesn't look completely right. Probably just me though.

It's those nasty plastic mirrors they put on, plus the tail is just ridiculous!

Bike manufacturers are slowly getting there with mirrors, but still seems to be something they skimp on for some reason. I know there's law behind why they do those horrible tails, but don't know what they're thinking with some of the mirrors that are used.

Diddums said:
Don't be a bender. Buy a speed.

Just quoting this because.

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IC3 said:
Out of curiosity and on the subject, I read a few articles about best bikes for wheelies. SV comes up in every single one, how does that work? Surely they wouldn't recommend a bike that engine will seize?

Edit

How much chain slack do you guys adjust? I set mine to 20mm, too tight?

My Speed is 21-30mm and Hornet is 30-40mm. It might say on your swingarm? 20 does sound a little tight to me

Craig321 · 25 Feb 2017 at 12:49

Do I need anything special to clean my carbs on my Hornet? Replacement seals/screws/washers? Carb cleaner? Can I get away with brake cleaner?

IC3 · 25 Feb 2017 at 20:51

I set my chain slack to 25-26mm, so its between the 2 recommended values.

Captain · 25 Feb 2017 at 20:59

Why are the Honda cb1000r bikes so expensive, all high mileage bikes for 5k, paying close to 6k for any under 15k miles and any lower than that are 100+ miles away. Speed triple, same issue again, any under 10k miles are 6.5k plus and the ones below 6k are the old shape with 20k miles on.

russell664 · 25 Feb 2017 at 21:39

IC3 said:
Out of curiosity and on the subject, I read a few articles about best bikes for wheelies. SV comes up in every single one, how does that work? Surely they wouldn't recommend a bike that engine will seize?

Edit

How much chain slack do you guys adjust? I set mine to 20mm, too tight?

To be fair I think it mainly applies to the older SVs like mine, front cylinder starvation was a real issue when the front end is up.

I think on the new SVs it isn't much of an issue, well not as much as it was anyway.

IC3 · 25 Feb 2017 at 21:58

russell664 said:
To be fair I think it mainly applies to the older SVs like mine, front cylinder starvation was a real issue when the front end is up.

I think on the new SVs it isn't much of an issue, well not as much as it was anyway.

I spoke to a guy who builts SV's for track, he said the twin spark plugs have been fixed with this issue. But he also said the single spark plug engines are better for racing, as you can get more out of them.

russell664 · 26 Feb 2017 at 08:49

IC3 said:
I spoke to a guy who builts SV's for track, he said the twin spark plugs have been fixed with this issue. But he also said the single spark plug engines are better for racing, as you can get more out of them.

Makes sense, twin spark is 2010 onwards me thinks?
Going to try my SV today unrestricted to see what differences can be had

IC3 · 26 Feb 2017 at 08:58

russell664 said:
Makes sense, twin spark is 2010 onwards me thinks?
Going to try my SV today unrestricted to see what differences can be had

It pulls for a bit loonger and doesn't take 20 years to get to 100 on autobahn in Germany.