the next challenge . your fazer and a premier league football stadium.......

Here we go Madejski Reading FC stadium



Next challenge your bike with a statue

I don't understand why there is a need for downshift blipping either "manually" on our bikes or automatically on varies modern bikes.
Doesn't the engine automatically raise the revs when you downshift anyway to match the bikes speed?
Can someone explain it to me please.

There is no such thing as  engine automatically raising the revs when you downshift which will match the bike speed.

What happens is because of the speed of your bike the back wheel forces engine to spin with higher speed which is raising the revs.

The problem here is you have a lot of braking power coming from the engine to your back wheel. This force unbalances the bike and makes suspension wobbly. Also the braking force may lock your back wheel and you may crash.

Hence clever guys invented the slipper clutch - because clutch sits in the middle between the engine and your back wheel if the clutch slips a little the force is lost and the back wheel is not forced so violently to brake. Means you will not crash and there is no need to blip.

I never blip, but I usually slip my clutch manually. Which has the same effect. By blipping you are basically making the revs of the engine to match the rotation speed of your back wheel - hence no braking force. I prefer to have the braking force coming. Not to mention the sound of the engine forced by the back wheel speed to go higher is very nice. In fact that is the most fun for me when riding. Incoming.

Which is a lot of exhaust screaming noise for bike which basically is stopping, but we must satisfy the expectations of the public that the bikers are crazy people 

Summary - in order to avoid the violent braking forces on your back wheel you can:

1. Blip and equalise the engine and back wheel.
2. Use your clutch to slip a little - means you are still having braking force on the back wheel but its controlled.
3. Buy a bike with slipper clutch - there you have automatic slipping.

HTH

Next challenge your bike with a bike cafe.

Bonus if you have bacon and egg bap 

Just a thought, are you changing down as you do this?, the rear will lock up quite easily due to the strong engine braking.

Nope I rarely do that. If I change down usually I don't use the brake until last few meter before stopping, because the engine braking is very strong on MT09.

That happens only when I need the brake - something happens and I need to use the front brake in a sharpish way.

Update today I was overtaking few cars with 70ish or more and I was in the opposite lane while doing that. The lane was straight and free more then 500-600 meters ahead. A car has popped up from a driveway in front of me in the lane. Luckily there was enough distance. The front brake was pulsing hard at the lever when braking from speed and the whole front was jumping like going through speed bumps.

Any ideas?

Next challenge your bike and a pub with the word frog in the name.

Don’t know if this is across the whole range but Yamaha have certainly increased the list price of the MT10.

MT10 is now £10,999 – that’s up a grand in one year.
MT10 SP is now £13,699 (up 300 quid on it’s launch just a few months ago)

MT09

2014 - £6,799
2016 - £7349 +8%
2017 - £7999 +18%

MT10

2016 - £9999
2017 - £10999 +10%

The lighter the bike the more significant the rider’s weight becomes… the centre of gravity may well have moved upward as a result.
What is the state of tyres?
Is the suspension set up for you?
If the front spring rate or preload is a bit low for your weight or if the fork oil is too light then you’ll get more dive… more dive transfers more weight to the front and takes it off the rear.

True I am heavy 109kg. Tyres look great. The suspension is set up for me, but there are not much options here, means it is jacked up almost on max. When I brake there is not big dive.

Next challenge your bike and watermill 

I've not been on here for a while due to a friend who lives in Spain being hospitalised after an accident needing someone to look after his house and dogs for a while ( no internet and roaming charges mental ) so being semi retired I had to offer my services before back home for the TT.
It was a tough job house and dog sitting in sunny Mijas but someone had to do it and what are friends for but I missed the banter, piss taking and help that comes with the foc and it's good to be back 

Welcome back 

 

Next challenge is your bike with fete sign

OK then...

YOUR BIKE AND AN AMUSING STREET NAME SIGN/POST

(Something along the lines of 'Fanny Lane' or 'Dick Street' etc doesn't necessarily have to be crude though haha)

Henley on Thames voted remain, but there is a special place here they keep all leavers 



is that amusing enought?

Morning foccers.....beautiful morning  for a bit of fazering   

Morning red 

Already ordered the breakfast at Chalet cafe 

May says she is the best for the EU negotiations, but will she turn up on the negotiations? 

Plot twist: brace yourself for a hung parliament and tories losing 20 seats. The bad news is I will have the biggest hangover of all times in that case on 9th 

Remeber Theresa no mates? Here is the lonely Amber too: