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#31 Post by cornish mafia » Thu May 06, 2010 7:09 am

I'm still on four rings and loving it .........a bit happy on the bumpy roads ( tank slap ) but nothing that can't be sorted ....................change pants when back home !! :smt003

Here's one more question though ...........top speed on my bike is about 150mph now i have that 15 t front .......just wondering what everyone else gets , and please be honest ....or as best you can.. :smt005
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#32 Post by D-Rider » Thu May 06, 2010 8:46 am

Dunno - never maxed it out in top - never really found anywhere do do so where a) it's safe enough b) I'm not going to end up spending the next x-months at Her Majesty's pleasure
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#33 Post by D-Rider » Thu May 06, 2010 8:47 am

Dunno - never maxed it out in top - never really found anywhere do do so where a) it's safe enough b) I'm not going to end up spending the next x-months at Her Majesty's pleasure c) that has proper timing facilities and I'm not just reliant on a speedo reading
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#34 Post by cornish mafia » Thu May 06, 2010 8:59 am

Of course it's never maxed out on the road ( officer ) BUT just in case it was i was wondering what people would be seeing on the speedo ........Just think there should be more coming out of it ........
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#35 Post by mangocrazy » Thu May 06, 2010 9:10 am

According to http://www.gearingcommander.com/ with a 15t front and standard rear, you should achieve 151.4 mph at peak revs in top gear. However given the optimism of most speedometers (anything up to 10% over-reading), it's highly debatable what speedo reading you'd see at full lick.

Since bikes started routinely breaking the 150mph barrier I've always regarded top speed as a bit of an irrelevance. At that kind of speed an instant ban and (probably) jail time would be be in order, and if you were unfortunate (or foolish) enough to have an accident at that speed then all bets would be off.

The only places I'd be maxing the bike out would be a) on a racetrack b) on a bloody long runway c) a German Autobahn.

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#36 Post by cornish mafia » Thu May 06, 2010 9:24 am

Or maybe the A30 Hayle by pass on an early morning or maybe early evening ............IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO THAT :smt003
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#37 Post by anzacinexile » Thu May 06, 2010 11:24 am

mangocrazy wrote:with a 15t front and standard rear, you should achieve 151.4 mph at peak revs in top gear.
She wont pull peak revs in top even with that gearing..............

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#38 Post by Nooj » Thu May 06, 2010 8:31 pm

Back to the original question: all the rings showing, then the space of another one again. Very quick steering, especially with the OZ's, but never any shakes or wobbles, rock steady all the time.
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#39 Post by cornish mafia » Thu May 06, 2010 10:02 pm

So is it just the way the engine is made then that it won't reach top rev's with that gearing and if not what gearing would give you top speed and what would that be ........if the straight was long enough .......

Maybe i'm thinking too much into it and should just except top speed as it is ..............................was spoilt with Gixer thousand for top speed i suppose .........
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#40 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu May 06, 2010 10:16 pm

indicated 160 on suzuki gixxer clocks that was following me

standard gearing and snetterton before anyone asks


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#41 Post by D-Rider » Thu May 06, 2010 10:38 pm

cornish mafia wrote:So is it just the way the engine is made then that it won't reach top rev's with that gearing and if not what gearing would give you top speed and what would that be ........if the straight was long enough .......

Maybe i'm thinking too much into it and should just except top speed as it is ..............................was spoilt with Gixer thousand for top speed i suppose .........
The battle between power and aerodynamics and aerodynamic drag.

..... and maybe the Gixer wasn't actually so much faster - from what I've read their speedos are significantly more optimistic than Aprilias.
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#42 Post by cornish mafia » Fri May 07, 2010 6:18 pm

Probably right with the gixer ........i had one flat out on the bypass once ( or twice ) reading 186 on clock red-lining 5th gear .....in to 6th and revs just dropped to ten half thou .......bloody great bike though ....

Found this as well .....think that's either an SP1 OR SP2 doing the chasing .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiyy-Xu5 ... re=related

Good to watch ..........
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#43 Post by Falcorob » Fri May 07, 2010 7:25 pm

cornish mafia wrote:Probably right with the gixer ........i had one flat out on the bypass once ( or twice ) ready 186 on clock red-lining 5th gear .....in to 6th and revs just dropped to ten half thou .......bloody great bike though ....

Found this as well .....think that's either an SP1 OR SP2 doing the chasing .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiyy-Xu5 ... re=related

Good to watch ..........
Good video that. He needs to hang off a little more though. Wouldn't have to lean it as much for the same corner speed.

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#44 Post by mangocrazy » Tue May 11, 2010 1:37 pm

As a matter of interest, can anybody tell me:

1) How many rings in total there are on the Showa Falco forks?

2? What the distance between rings is in mm?

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#45 Post by Dalemac » Fri May 14, 2010 2:29 pm

rings? i still havnt touched my suspension in 8 months of ownership, and i dont like how hard the front is!

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