What did you do to your bike today?

TallPaul_S said:
Ahh, I remember the 125 days... even on a varadero with the 'full' 14bhp, overtaking anything going 40-50mph needed to be planned an hour in advance! You had to start accelerating before you got close to the car to make sure you had the speed when you got to the car to make the overtake :p none of this 'knock it down a gear and twist' on a big bike :D

125's are actually a little dangerous when it comes to overtakes, you need so much of a gap and you're exposed to danger for far too long - much better to be past something in 2-3 seconds.
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Yeah exactly, had some situations where a miss-shifted gear could have ended badly. Being stuck behind a smoker in his corsa/fiesta or a old diesel bus is not exactly fun... :rolleyes:

Clov!s said:
:p If i wanted to overtake on my cbr125 i had to build up speed for about 2 minutes, by then the chance had vanished :D
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I'll mesure the 0-62mph speed using couple apps on my N5 whilst mounted on the handlebars with mobile data on for better GPS accuracy. I bet its something between 14-15+ seconds, no comparison to a 5s on a big bike.

If you get a chance to ride a bigger bike (private roads ofc! :p), then do it. But a warning, the 125 will not be as fun afterwards... :(
 
IC3 said:
Yeah exactly, had some situations where a miss-shifted gear could have ended badly. Being stuck behind a smoker in his corsa/fiesta or a old diesel bus is not exactly fun... :rolleyes:



I'll mesure the 0-62mph speed using couple apps on my N5 whilst mounted on the handlebars with mobile data on for better GPS accuracy. I bet its something between 14-15+ seconds, no comparison to a 5s on a big bike.

If you get a chance to ride a bigger bike (private roads ofc! :p), then do it. But a warning, the 125 will not be as fun afterwards... :(
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Jesus, look at that speedo fly round between 80-100kph... :eek::p

I make that about 17 seconds, 0-60mph.

And a (relatively low powered) big bike, with 50bhp vs 15bhp:

Yeah, I really don't miss not riding a 125 any more :D
 
Clov!s said:
I have been a passenger on a street triple 1050, that was fun :p
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I've always hated being a passenger, especially after a high slide with my mate when I was the pillion. We were fine though, I had a sore back for 3-4 weeks. I don't remember it though, I only remember being down on the floor. :rolleyes:

This is actually the first time I'm telling this to someone else (only me and my mate knew about it till today), my parents don't know about it till this day. I'll tell them when I'm old, grumpy driving a electric prius... :p haha

BTW Same in a car, don't trust other drivers apart from my dad and myself.

You can probably do DAS, so take few lessons on a bigger bike. I'm actually surprised you bought another 125, having more power can sometimes save yaa.

 
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0-62mph -6 seconds, if you had a Euro 3 engine unrestricted with a nice exhaust you could hit 100-107mph top speed. With polini 160cc kit running 100 octane fuel with full synthetic oil that top speed was reached upto around 120mph. :D

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But I'm happy with my 75-80mpg, nice sounding full system exhaust without a catalytic converter and a dB killer. Not sure if my neighbours like it though, my neighbour said she now knows what time I leave for work on weekends hahaha :D
 
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Trouble is they blow up

Four stroke are slower but are bulletproof

You could stick on a kmx 200cc head and piston onto a 125cc bottom end I knew a chap who had one,was rapid on the 125 gearing
 
TallPaul_S said:
Not exactly learner legal though :p
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Small detail :p

wazza300 said:
Trouble is they blow up

Four stroke are slower but are bulletproof

You could stick on a kmx 200cc head and piston onto a 125cc bottom end I knew a chap who had one,was rapid on the 125 gearing
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Its amazing how much a 2T engine gains by just simply installing a better airflow filter, full racing exhaust system and bigger carburettor with the right nozzle and some tweaking makes the bike perform a lot better.

With a 4T your only choice is big bore kit...
 
Craig321 said:
Fitted my new camera - DBPOWER 'action camera' from Amazon for £42 - well impressed considering the price. Comes with tons of mounts etc. so you can put it pretty much anywhere + works with all the GoPro mounts.

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Any chance of a picture on the mounting/location please?


I love the camera angle, might have to try something similar.
 
wazza300 said:
It's a shame emission laws killed them off,I still miss the sound and smell of a 2t,nothing like it
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I like the smell of old 2T engines, the newer ones or the peds smell is annoying and I usually end up overtaking them.

But in terms of performance 2T is awesome, twice as quick and thirsty compared to a 4T. You also need to rev the hell out of 2T to stay within the short power band, takes some skill to ride a 2T efficiently.

I wouldn't mind having a track RS250 or RGV250. :D
 
Looked up the cost of getting crank bearing done...most instances people are saying its cheaper to by a replacement engine...oh crap :(

I hope it's not this
 
MowyTone said:
Looked up the cost of getting crank bearing done...most instances people are saying its cheaper to by a replacement engine...oh crap :(

I hope it's not this
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Try to stay positive, in my case it was the most expensive part which needed replacing though... Hopefully you'll have more luck than me...
 
IC3 said:
Try to stay positive, in my case it was the most expensive part which needed replacing though... Hopefully you'll have more luck than me...
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I'm going to take her to a garage tomorrow to see if they can diagnose what the issue is. If it's an expensive fix I'll see if any of my mechanical mates want to take it on with me in exchange for a few hundred quid
 
I decided to pick up a measuring jug when I was doing my oil change the other day to make life a bit easier and it appears that 1lt of castrol is not even close even with bottle upturned for a couple of minutes I was getting maybe 800ml from both the full bottles I used.
That's a fair bit of under filling!
 
It was sunny so I thought lets go for a spin, all of the sudden a mixture of heavy rain and hailstone started pouring down... Set of car alarms on parking lots.

My jacket kept me dry, the spada waterproof over-trousers did their job too. Boot not so waterproof and the gloves were soaked even my handguards didn't help...

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No grip with those indonesian tyres... :p
 
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