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Keep forgetting to say i did this mod to my bike before going to Le Mans and it worked a treat , not sure if this is going to burn out the switch or not but i rode back from to POOLE to Penzance and it was fine all the way .............................a must i think for anyone riding at night ...

http://www.rsvzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5102

Also just to ask, and i know this is like looking for rocking horse sh#t , but anyone got any 54mm throttle bodies for sale or know anyone that can make a set of 51's into a set if working 54's , could buy some off eBay and have them done ??? Bored at work and always thinking about tryng for that little bit extra for the bike .

cornish mafia wrote:Keep forgetting to say i did this mod to my bike before going to Le Mans and it worked a treat , not sure if this is going to burn out the switch or not but i rode back from to POOLE to Penzance and it was fine all the way .............................a must i think for anyone riding at night ...

http://www.rsvzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5102

Also just to ask, and i know this is like looking for rocking horse sh#t , but anyone got any 54mm throttle bodies for sale or know anyone that can make a set of 51's into a set if working 54's , could buy some off eBay and have them done ??? Bored at work and always thinking about tryng for that little bit extra for the bike .

... and I'd just like to point out that they pinched that from here! ... there are even pictures of my own Falco's light switch .....

Here's our thread on it:
https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=1517

Oh, and it won't burn out your light switch - very little current flows through the switch - all it does is turn on the relays that power the lights.


.... and why when I've been quietly stalking a set of 54mm throttle bodies for a while are there threads and posts popping up on all the forums asking general questions about f-ing 54mm throttle bodies !!!!
Whoever beats me to them - I'll hunt you down and you'll die like a dog (well I probably won't be quite that extreme)

54mm throttle bodies are lovely :)

did i mention i have some?

Aladinsaneuk wrote:54mm throttle bodies are lovely :)

did i mention i have some?

You're dead ... just shut up with all this 54mm talk until after the weekend

i will stay quiet

i am busy polishing the 54mm throttle bodies

Aladinsaneuk wrote:i will stay quiet

i am busy polishing the 54mm throttle bodies

Thread editing tools at the ready ..... hmm wonder what a chap like you will end up polishing ........

SOOOOOOOO you do know something about these rare 54's ........where , c'mon spill the beans !!!

There has got to tbe someone that you forum gods know who can make them out of the normal 51's for us wee mortals ........or does the wall thickness become to thin ??
I only ask as some who knows what they're talking about told me to ask !!!!!!! Would i be correct in thinking you could just bore them out or is there more to it then that ??

cornish mafia wrote:SOOOOOOOO you do know something about these rare 54's ........where , c'mon spill the beans !!!

There has got to tbe someone that you forum gods know who can make them out of the normal 51's for us wee mortals ........or does the wall thickness become to thin ??
I only ask as some who knows what they're talking about told me to ask !!!!!!! Would i be correct in thinking you could just bore them out or is there more to it then that ??

They are just bored 51s - Aprilia never made 54s - later bikes have 57s but they work with the later bigger valve engines of the new bikes (not the first valve increase that the Milles got but the new shape ones) - they don't suit the Falco.

The 54s also need new, larger butterflies too

There are also a pair of 59mm bodies with shower injectors on ebay too - but they aren't good for road use and doubt they'd suit the Falco anyway.

Did I mention that I'll hunt down anyone who beats me to the set of 54s I'm watching?

Ok nice one thanks for the info .......maybe try and see if i can get someone to sort that out for me down my way ....

You do realise that you may have given the game away by mentioning your watching some NOW ........

try talking to nick at 123 - he may have some contacts - but the stacks are i think, the problem....

am just going to polish the my 54mmm velocity stacks now, and think of Andy....

actually, that is a lie - am off to have a hoon home from work, and as i will be mainly on the back roads, the extra grunt from the 54mm throttle bodies will be much enjoyed....

Aladinsaneuk wrote:try talking to nick at 123 - he may have some contacts - but the stacks are i think, the problem....

am just going to polish the my 54mmm velocity stacks now, and think of Andy....

actually, that is a lie - am off to have a hoon home from work, and as i will be mainly on the back roads, the extra grunt from the 54mm throttle bodies will be much enjoyed....

Think it's all going to be fairly academic for me seeing as how they are jumping up in price now .... not out of reach yet ..... but ........

AF1 stock the 54mm billet velocity stacks, but they're over £100 shipped to the UK.

I have some 54mm bodies... on a bench in my office, waiting for a cheap solution for the 54mm stacks to present itself.

Nooj wrote:AF1 stock the 54mm billet velocity stacks, but they're over £100 shipped to the UK.

I have some 54mm bodies... on a bench in my office, waiting for a cheap solution for the 54mm stacks to present itself.

Can't you wait till aladin's not looking and make a mould from his and then cast some in resin?

Wait till he's not looking again and put the resin ones on his bike

54mm copper plumbing wastepipe.

Easy to play with..
And polish..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1FT-X-54mm-COPPER ... 86fe2c3fa9

Fleabay foot long section for a tenner.

If there's enough material for them to be bored out, I know a man who can.. several actually.. But would need a set of scrap ones to get set up with.. once a jigs been made, the rest will be fairly straight forward..