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#16 Post by blinkey501 » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:40 pm

I have had 145MPH indicated, My brain could not compute what was happening at that speed. Toooooooooooooooooooooooooo fast for me :smt095
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#17 Post by D-Rider » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:44 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:You can get an indicated 160 on the clocks with standard gearing - though I think the speedo error would likely show a real speed of 150
Aren't we forgetting the incredible speedo accuracy of these Aprilias?


I think most of us set our revs warning light at about 10,000 or 10,250.

Rev limiter is about 11k but Aprilia tells you that you shouldn't rev above 10,500 when fully run in.

If you are not revving above 6k you've yet to discover the rush above those revs .......


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#18 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:53 pm

I did compute for that Andy - iirc there was a 5mph error at 110 and 6mph at 120... So about 151 at indicated 160?

(private road with satnav over 1 to 2mile bursts for enquiring minds)


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#19 Post by D-Rider » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:04 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:I did compute for that Andy - iirc there was a 5mph error at 110 and 6mph at 120... So about 151 at indicated 160?

(private road with satnav over 1 to 2mile bursts for enquiring minds)
Well based on those figures the maths will actually work out closer to an actual 153 at an indicated 160 .... but not a million miles (per hour) away


I guess we'll all get a bit of variation from those numbers depending on the tyres we're running
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#20 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:14 pm

And bike colour.... Swing arm fitted.... Padded upholstery of rider....


Them skinny buggers are slower - no weight to keep the traction going through the back wheel......


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#21 Post by Tonyunn » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:59 am

One of the previous owners has written down the history of changes and tyres to the bike, one of the first things mentioned is a 15 tooth front, but since then the sprockets have been changed so I will check.
Also mentions a Maxton rear shock as a change.
Tyre history seems to indicate that they last about 6000 miles per wheel.
Got a Metzeller on the rear and a Michellin pilot at the front at present.

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#22 Post by Tonyunn » Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:08 am

DavShill said that the "Firestorm" stand is the one to go for.

By dumb luck I have found a Firestorm stand on e-bay so what I need to know now is how to do it, the nuts and bolt part of it is no problem, the switch connections is what I need to know, has anyone done this and if so are there any instructions or info on this swap.

cheers in advance

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#23 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:52 pm

you only swop the leg over - not the mounting plate.... support bike on paddock stand, take old stand and bracket off - before that, loosen the bolts holding the leg to the bracket - otherwise its a bitch!

swop legs over and refit - once fitted adjust kick down lever with a hammer to fit and not foul exhaust

I used this stand for a fair while :)


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#24 Post by DavShill » Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:28 pm

Alad is right you only need to swop the actual leg. That's easy enough to do. The swith is straight plug n play. The only minor mod is that the pin that actualtes the side stand cut-out/light is located in the wrong place so if you want it to work you'll have to carefully drill a new hole - again an easy job.

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#25 Post by Tonyunn » Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:42 pm

cheers to both, will try swaping the leg as Alad has sugested, I have just aquired a paddock stand so I will sort once I have Firestorm stand.

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