R1 engine swap

[AyJay]

A pasteurised Gen 1. That's exactly what the Gen 2 is. It's a Gen 1 with all the fat boiled out of it. That's the metaphor I was after. Well found, Tommy!


(Apologies to all Gen 2 owners)

[Falcon 269]

Hi AyJay, spot on with your analysis of the Gen 2 and its engine donor R1.  Glad one of us remembered which year it came from.   Racing improves the breed is what they say but when it's the search for peak power driving rev limits higher and higher, the road character of the engine changes for the worse.  Thin and reedy is exactly the feeling I got riding the original Gen 2 back to back with a stock Gen 1. 

[Falcon 269]

What is all this Ivanising ...?

A good way of making the Gen 1 smoother and more powerful.

http://www.yamahafz1oa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49856&highlight=intake+boot+mods

[Hedgetrimmer]

  Racing improves the breed is what they say but when it's the search for peak power driving rev limits higher and higher, the road character of the engine changes for the worse.

Amen 

[Graham53]

I haven't logged on for a few days and thought this thread would have long died but Reading all the posts that came after I sort of wish I hadn't asked the question. 
Anyway thanks to all who felt I was getting a bit of an intellectual kicking and at the time ,I did too,but I hold no grudges and it is after all a forum for people to chat , rant , discuss and help others along with a bit of banter and piss taking along the way    which is probably why it's one of the better owners club forums and folk stay on after buying something else.

[Falcon 269]

Any question you don't know the answer to is a fair one in my book, so don't let it worry you.   As it turns out, it's got a few of us reminiscing about the good old days of carbs and all the traction control being in the right wrist. 

Ah, nostalgia ain't wot it used to be ...

[Hedgetrimmer]

  As it turns out, it's got a few of us reminiscing about the good old days of carbs and all the traction control being in the right wrist. 

Ah, nostalgia ain't wot it used to be ...

You can stop now Mike. If I have to keep saying amen anymore, folks will think I've got religion 

[AyJay]

Testify!


(as the born again types in the US often say at congregation)

[tommyardin]

Ahhhhh ail cosy and cuddley again.

[ogri48]

It's actually quite beyond ridiculous how good a bike a sorted well looked after gen one is...

[Fazerjon]

Ogri48 I totally agree.