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IC3 said:
When I sit close to the tank when I ride more dynamically, I do feel a bit cramped after a longer hoon. But on straights I always sit as further as I can to straighten my legs a bit. In 30's I stick both of my legs out, but that depends on how long I've been riding for. :p
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im the opposite, when having fun ass back from the tank so im leaned over the front.

chilled out scoot forward and hump the tank so i can sit upright.
 
Clov!s said:
Is it because on such a small engine bike, you have to work it more?

Having loads of power makes riding long distances much easier as you don't need to try at all to cover good distances.
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Yeah, 8000rpm for a few hours on the motorway isn't great fun!
Tefal said:
im the opposite, when having fun ass back from the tank so im leaned over the front.

chilled out scoot forward and hump the tank so i can sit upright.
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Problem with sitting back (there's loads of room on Tuono seat) I found is that rather than gripping the tank with the whole of my outside leg when you want to hang off a little, I had the end part of the tank which is a sharpish angle digging into my thigh. Basically you need to move around the seat, front and back and side to side depending on your riding.
 
12 hour days to/from the alps with no motorway at all and an hour break for steak & frites. Absolutely no problems at all, adventure bikes are great. ;)
 
gcaster said:
12 hour days to/from the alps with no motorway at all and an hour break for steak & frites. Absolutely no problems at all, adventure bikes are great. ;)
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100% agree - which is why when I retire the CB400 in a couple of years time it'll most likely get replaced with a KTM 990 adventure, for those properly long trips. :D Panniers and a couple of rotopax fuel cans, should be good for around 240+ miles range.
 
Manage to grab a quick shifter from a dayatona r for a good price, comes with gear rod so don't have to mod mine.

Used the snow foam I got from the rainforest called pro kleen. Left it 10 minutes washed off and dried, bike came up like new without touching it. Would recommend!!
 
Has anyone got any tips for body position on an upright bike? I feel really inconsistent and it was more straightforward on the SV with clip-ons.
 
What bike?

On my Street Triple the lower ergonomics are the same as most sports bikes, so you're on the balls of your feet and gripping the tank with your knees as you would on any sports bike.

Your torso then sits upright and your arms relaxed. Once you start hitting the twisties then you lean over like on a sports bike but with your elbows dropped down instead of in like they would be on a sports bike.
 
Tuono should be the same as a Street Triple as it has the frame from the RSV much like the Street Triple has the frame from the Tuono.
 
I'm just finding leaning over feels weird and I can never do the same thing twice, of course all advice online is for the usual sport bike setup. Perhaps I should look for track day footage of upright bikes.
 
Yeah your upper body should just fall into position when riding normally, arms bent slightly, barely gripping the bars (unless you're giving it some! :D), and if you're hanging off, same bum position as a sportsbike, and try to kiss the wing mirror/bar end with your face.

I've noticed I've sometimes struggling to get to the clutch when giving it the beans on my Tuono as you have to hold on, and I tend to use all 4 fingers on the clutch. Best excuse for a quickshifter I think :D
 
Stop trying then? :confused: Unlike some of the other stuff you've been giving a go I can't see what getting your knee down can help with.
 
IC3 said:
I think, I'll grind my whole peg down and boot before I put my knee down on this bike... :mad: :(
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Sounds like you're not hanging off or sticking your leg out? If you're scraping your peg then you should be more than close enough to scrape your knee if you want.

Unless it has those freaky long hero blobs?

My brother's Bonneville pegs will scrape before knee down but that's just the style of the bike. Maybe yours is the same, dunno

tom_e said:
Stop trying then? :confused: Unlike some of the other stuff you've been giving a go I can't see what getting your knee down can help with.
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He's just having a bit of fun :p
 
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Clov!s said:
Depends if you have it set up correctly, a full system with a power commander and a custom map might see a few bhp gain but it's more for aesthetics and sound for me.

Most cat boxes on exhausts really stricken the sound so when people fit full systems with the cat removed, it allows for a more deep sound.
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Kreeeee said:
The newer the bike the less impact they have.

These days you need to de-cat, de-servo and flash the ecu on top of a new slip on to see minor gains.

It's just done for noise and weight on anything since the turn of the century.
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Cool, thanks. Pretty much as I expected then.
 
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