Over the last 48 hours, through a faceache group I am in, I have heard about 3 bikers not too far from me that have died. I have no idea if the accidents were their fault or not (at least one was a car at fault) but this afternoon whilst in my garden I could hear bikes treating the dual carriageway near my house as if it was santa pod. Normally I wouldn't have an issue with this but with teh way that the NHS is being stretched at the moment, why do we push our luck? My insurance is due soon on my bikes along with the MOT on one of them and I am seriously considering SORN both bikes for now.
Presumably I’m allowed to ride the additional 7 miles to my favourite butcher. Unlike the horders I'll be buying less, to justifie mare trips.
Mare??. Surely we're not down to eating the horses just yet?
Check that torque curve.
Quote from: VNA on Today at 12:26:02 PM<blockquote> Check that torque curve. </blockquote>Looks like it has the same problem as the FZ6, they've detuned it around the 5,500 to 6,000 revs range, because that's where the emissions testing is done.Hopefully you can get it remapped or get the equivalent of a Power Commander to smooth that hole out.
"switches cams"? is it a form of V-Tech ?
Or it might be that's where it switches cams. But whatever, the torque is just nuts.
I sure wasn’t thinking this thing needs a re-map.
That's not smooth power delivery.
That gets my goat too, incorrect use of a saying. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" is the correct saying .
At gentle throttle openings and below 5000rpm the boxer engine sits on its mild, low-lift cams and delivers flawless grunt from as low as 2000rpm. Ask for more power and the camshafts obey by snapping across the top of the engine, in just five milliseconds, delivering the kind of hairy cam acceleration that makes the roadster think it’s a mono-wheeling S1000R.
It has the seamless thrust of a blueprinted race engine and a growling, rhythmic chocolatey exhaust growl to match. Throttle pick-up is flawless, even at town speeds and there’s enough oomph from the motor to stick it top gear and leave it there all day. Or, you can slice through the gears and visit the motor’s dark and angry side.
Oldies like me, have been told, stay at home and get your shopping on line. For the last 10 days we've got up early trying to arrange a time slot for either a Tesco or Asda delivery. They're aren't any, which forced us out today to shop at Tescos during the oldies 9 till 10am period. All nice and organised queuing outside with your trolley at 2 metres distancing. Once inside the store social distancing goes out the window, and only resumes when eventually you find the end of the checkout queue.The only upside was that all the shopping items that we wanted, other than hand sanitizer, were available. Still, ok for a couple of weeks now [size=78%], providing I haven't caught the lurgy from someone today[/size] .