Huzzah! And this while running in? Do I gather from the fact that you haven't mentioned it that comfort is definitely not an issue?
I suspect that if you were the kind of hool^H^H^Hrefined gentleman motorcyclist who might occasionally enjoy wringing the neck of a motorcycle, pushing it to its very limits, bending it to your will and showing it who is boss (perish the very thought), you may have to curb your ambitions on the Gixxer thou. Everything I've read leads me to believe that only the superhuman specimens who race at national level are capable of extracting more from the current litre bikes than they could get from an equivalent 750, even on a race track. It would follow that on the Queens Highway, the performance envelope extends to places that nobody sane or mortal can possibly aspire to get within miles of.
Yep, I have the Manx tick from years gone by. Wild horses wouldn't drag me back to the Island during TT week, though, too dangerous, too many crazies, no good restaurants and the Grafton's nowhere near as good as it was.
If so, I can see that the extra 10bhp+ and the 20kg weight saving are essential upgrades for a bike that weighs slightly less than a fried breakfast and makes 160bhp at the crank as standard...
Re: PS: Is this the exhaust?landsmandApril 25 2009, 22:49:40 UTC
It's an aesthetic issue more than anything else. The standard cans are horrendously ugly, I mean, earthshakingly, stomach-churningly, legwettingly ugly.
Re: PS: Is this the exhaust?khaylockApril 26 2009, 00:23:43 UTC
> legwettingly
Yes I understand that this can be a problem for the more elderly motorcyclist amongst us. But can I suggest you first try a more appropriate and targeted solution than all that Yoshimura bling?
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I suspect that if you were the kind of hool^H^H^Hrefined gentleman motorcyclist who might occasionally enjoy wringing the neck of a motorcycle, pushing it to its very limits, bending it to your will and showing it who is boss (perish the very thought), you may have to curb your ambitions on the Gixxer thou. Everything I've read leads me to believe that only the superhuman specimens who race at national level are capable of extracting more from the current litre bikes than they could get from an equivalent 750, even on a race track. It would follow that on the Queens Highway, the performance envelope extends to places that nobody sane or mortal can possibly aspire to get within miles of.
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The bike will look better with abraded bar-ends and some road-rash along the front fairings. It's a given, so lie back and enjoy it.
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If so, I can see that the extra 10bhp+ and the 20kg weight saving are essential upgrades for a bike that weighs slightly less than a fried breakfast and makes 160bhp at the crank as standard...
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Yes I understand that this can be a problem for the more elderly motorcyclist amongst us. But can I suggest you first try a more appropriate and targeted solution than all that Yoshimura bling?
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