Biker's Cafe Chatroom
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That's the thing the roads in the UK are in bad shape (around my area anyway), but there's lots of tracks around the UK.
I still stand for the car = a practical tool, I mean look at this...
I was quite surprised, I thought the R35 would destroy that ZX10-R
Just bought thesebeing delivered within 10 days.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOUBLE-EX...pid=100043&rk=1&rkt=1&so=cart&sd=201238782506
The exact ones I have, they are fantastic.
I would have said the same before getting my S1000XR. My previous bike was a 1200 v twin (Aprilia). The myth that you need to be at 10,000 rpm on this particular engine is completely false.
Did you need any sealant between the pipes?
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True, litre IL4's do have a far amount of low down torque, but they do encourage you to rev them, don't they
Baron's test ride of shows it perfectly - you don't need to rev it to the redline, but that's where all the exitement is, up there when the needle starts flying round. V-twins have the excitement at much lower revs and therefore you're not doing highly illegal speeds to have 'fun'.
Ridingwithtom explains it well when he test rode a multistrada, and compared it to his S1000RR https://youtu.be/RqR67Rug9B8?t=4m58s
No, the street triple has metal crushable bushes between the exhausts and header pipes.
True, litre IL4's do have a far amount of low down torque, but they do encourage you to rev them, don't they
Baron's test ride of shows it perfectly - you don't need to rev it to the redline, but that's where all the exitement is, up there when the needle starts flying round. V-twins have the excitement at much lower revs and therefore you're not doing highly illegal speeds to have 'fun'.
Ridingwithtom explains it well when he test rode a multistrada, and compared it to his S1000RR https://youtu.be/RqR67Rug9B8?t=4m58s
I think that's partly right but the part about rev range and legal speeds is also a myth for me. You're just as likely to hit illegal speeds in the fun rev range of a v twin, even though the sweet spot is at lower revs. You just use more gears.
There are different engine characteristics for sure, but just as much of it is down to personal taste on where you feel comfortable. V twins have a more accessible rev range for sure, and I'm sure that few inline 4 riders regularly spend much time in the top 4,000 rpm. There's a trade off for that accessibility though, as you point out. The low rev lumpiness of a big v twin is horrible, and the useable rev range is actually quite narrow. My Aprilia had to be constantly feathered below 30 mph if I didn't want to be jerked around (although this is as much to do with fuelling and EU emissions as it is with the engine itself), the 2013 Multi was the same and even the 2015 Multi was inconsistently uncomfortable when I rode it.
The biking bug bites hard right?
This is a problem i have found myself with over the last year or so. I've always been into nice cars but needed a car that can tow some bikes to enable me to tow a track bike etc.
So i sold up my cars bought a boring Mazda 3 sport diesel which i now use for that and also as a daily. But I missed having a nice car again over those long winter months when i don't ride, so have just got a BMW M3.. so now 2 cars and 2 bikes. It gets expensive!
but at least i should be covered for all uses.The thing with cars is, you've more room for mistakes than you do with a bike. I always seem to push a car more than I do a bike, could be because I've more experience behind a wheel instead of handlebars.
The one thing I miss about cars while on the bike is being able to chuck it into a roundabout knowing you can't really go wrong
My old Golf GT TDI makes a great car to have along side a Bike, 5 door so it does me for size & it's uber cheap to run & does everything I need it to even Tip runs.
MOT day today, My bloke died of Cancer so I'm the same as everybody else now I just have to put my bits out on the desk & see how hard he hits them.
Weather suxs at the mo an all, 16mph winds & that real fine rain, Sods law I s'pose.
MOT day today, My bloke died of Cancer so I'm the same as everybody else now I just have to put my bits out on the desk & see how hard he hits them.
Weather suxs at the mo an all, 16mph winds & that real fine rain, Sods law I s'pose.
The silencers should just slip on,there might be a gasket inside it depends on the bike,just slip them on and tighten the clamp up or fit the retaining spring if it has one of those
Picked up a belly pan this morning for £45 large patch of road rash right on the nose of it but the sides which you'll actually see are all fine and it's inevitable anyway so I'd have only gotten annoyed if I'd splashed nearly £200 on one then it happened.