Biker's Cafe Chatroom

IC3 · 29 Apr 2017 at 14:59

Look who's back...

Captain · 29 Apr 2017 at 16:25

IC3 said:
Look who's back...

Who?

IC3 · 29 Apr 2017 at 16:43

Clov!s said:
Who?

Take a guess.

Diddums · 29 Apr 2017 at 17:10

Glaucus? Meh, let him be. Can't be easy going through life with his mentality.

Kreeeee · 29 Apr 2017 at 17:41

Diddums said:
Either way, doesn't matter to me. You can ride around on your silent stealthmobile and get squashed on your own accord, I'll go loud and have that extra awareness thanks.

No one will have the choice eventually.

Craig321 · 29 Apr 2017 at 18:02

Clov!s said:
No it just replaces the stock horn, direct swap.

Ah nice, the Denali? Could do with a louder hooter

Captain · 29 Apr 2017 at 18:09

Craig321 said:
Ah nice, the Denali? Could do with a louder hooter

Yeah

£23 delivered, took 5 minutes to install.

Had loads of fun on the bike today, everything went right, smooth gear changes up and down, corners were good, overtakes, filtering, was a good day.

Made me think twice about swapping bikes so soon.

AndyCr15 · 29 Apr 2017 at 19:53

Glaucus said:
it really doesn't unless you are a rubbish rider, all those mopeds and other quite bikes that get hit, oh wait no they don't.

One of the most ridiculous things I've read in this thread. For starters cyclists are getting killed all over the place in London. There's no doubt to me that my exhaust lets people know I'm there.

Diddums said:
Putting a loud exhaust on a bike makes you suddenly forget about situational awareness, defensive riding, etc.

Everyone drives around with their music blaring so loud they can't hear you.

Everyone else on the road is 100% predictable, you can always see exactly what other road users are going to do 100% of the time.

Exactly.

Craig321 · 29 Apr 2017 at 19:54

Kreeeee said:
No one will have the choice eventually.

Speakers with combustion engine noises?

Kreeeee · 29 Apr 2017 at 21:11

Craig321 said:
Speakers with combustion engine noises?

You joke but they're talking about creating laws to make electric bikes have artificial noise. Pedestrians are clearly all lemmings and will walk into traffic without looking.

IC3 · 29 Apr 2017 at 21:39

Imagine going for a hoon and all you hear is a mixture of whine and wind noise... horrible. Would drive me nuts, think if it comes down to that. I'll just listen to music like I did back on my 125.

TallPaul_S · 29 Apr 2017 at 21:41

IC3 said:
Imagine going for a hoon and all you hear is a mixture of whine and wind noise... horrible. Would drive me nuts, think if it comes down to that. I'll just listen to music like I did back on my 125.

That's not far from what I hear on the VFR at the moment!

Straight cut cam gear whine and wind noise, with a bit of a growl from the engine above 7k rpm.

IC3 · 29 Apr 2017 at 21:47

TallPaul_S said:
That's not far from what I hear on the VFR at the moment! Straight cut cam gear whine and wind noise, with a bit of a growl from the engine above 7k rpm.

Not exactly a pleasant experience, is it? You need a new can to unleash that V4 roar, ASAP.

Captain · 29 Apr 2017 at 21:50

Going to get some footage of me on the bike tomorrow, want to get some flyby shots etc..

IC3 · 29 Apr 2017 at 22:04

Knee down, wheelies, stoppies, rear brake corner entries etc?

Captain · 29 Apr 2017 at 22:09

IC3 said:
Knee down, wheelies, stoppies, rear brake corner entries etc?

Can't do wheelies

tried for ages!!

Kreeeee · 29 Apr 2017 at 22:25

Don't you ride a triple? They wheelie without you wanting them to.

TallPaul_S · 29 Apr 2017 at 22:29

IC3 said:
Not exactly a pleasant experience, is it? You need a new can to unleash that V4 roar, ASAP.

Yeah that's first on the list, looking at a delkevic high level can, £145 delivered. Don't want to spend too much.

2nd thing I want is a different screen, need to really see where the stock one is putting the air but a double bubble should raise it up a bit.

Captain · 29 Apr 2017 at 22:30

Kreeeee said:
Don't you ride a triple? They wheelie without you wanting them to.

Yeah, even full throttle in first doesn't get the front up

TallPaul_S · 29 Apr 2017 at 22:36

Clov!s said:
Yeah, even full throttle in first doesn't get the front up

You're doing it wrong.

If a 75bhp, heavy old zr7 can wheelie in first then a street triple certainly can. You just need to be a bit more brutal with the throttle. Give it a big handful after backing off a little and it'll be round to 12 o'clock before you know it!