Aladinsaneuk wrote:ok, as i am off to excel in a month, and bargains are to be had I would value some opinions
My falco is fairly standard - only change will be the FUEL exhausts that will be fitted - would a K&N make a difference? and if so - a worthwhile difference? Also - are they simply a bolt on part?
Next - am pretty certain, as i am off to eire in may for a tour that I want a scottoiler - is it worth it to have the most expensive, or will the standard one do?
cheers
I did chuck an answer up last night however took it down to make it more legible! I'll repost it, anyways..
1. Has it (your bike) been fully derestricted? It should have been..?
2. Do the Fuel Zorsts come with an uprated Eprom Chip? Do they say whether they need the Eprom remapping (well, a differently mapped one fitting) ? I looked at the FUEL site and only saw racecans?
Usually speaking, from what ive personally seen, If you're going to allow an engine to breathe
out better, youre gonna need to let it
inhale better too. Pointless letting it open it's arse to let out more if it cant get that 'more' in through it's intakes.. If you do it to one end, do it to the other.. usually.
Fitting a Filter (or one of the 'Airkits') works well in doing the above, however the Bike is fuel injected, not carbed, so as you cant readily adjust needle heights to tune the cans in (and the airfilter) you'll need to have the fuelling remapped..the Eprom... to do it properly. You can alter stack heights too for further fine tuning, etc but let's ignore that!
You need to basically find the map that lets the bike run at it's optimum for those items you've fitted.
You dont want it burning lean or overfuelling as a result of the cans or airfilter. It'll need doing on a rolling road as well, in order to do it properly. a decent RR with the facility to test the zorst gasses, etc. If you cant find one or dont want to fork out then I suppose you could go the layman route and just fit the items and let it run for a bit. After a while take the cans off. Look down the inlet to the can and the outlet. they should have a certain amount of carbon, not too little and not too much.
If the Bottom of the can (the inlet end) is either black or has naff all carbon deposit, then it's either too rich (lots of carbon) or too lean (no carbon) at lower revs. Same with the exhaust can outlet, but the reference there is more for higher revs. Hopefully that makes sense.
The airkits.. be it the ones I know of.. Renegade's or EVOLUZIONE are relatively cheap and make a hell of a difference to performance (and noise) the Rene one comes with it's own version of the scottoiler.. the crankcase breather is redirected from the air inlet housing where it normally runs, down to the front sprocket, where it lubes the chain. It acts like a cheap, easy solution to a Scottoiler, it does get messy at decent speed though!
A standard K and N replacement will still make a difference though, is cheaper than an 'airkit' however may not provide the same power!
Ive spent waaaaay too much time near Jorge at Renegade...
Saying that,
Ive also spent too much time drunk with Jorge from Renegade, usually at racetracks surrounded by Aprilia Racebikes..
All the above should be correct, however someone who has played with one more recently will no doubt be able to offer a better answer.
