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25-03-2006, 01:13am
Well I've had my third ride on a 'busa, most recent was bringing my own
back from Goulburn this arvo via Tarago, Bungendore. It had 1112 kms on the clock I was assured by the seller that 6,500 rpm was allowable max at this stage...wholly shit that is 195km/h in top!
In the interest of following Mr Suzuki's running in guide I varied the
load and revs from 2,500 thru to about 6,300 rpm...funny feeling to be
zipping along at 190 whilst running in the thing!! (at least
briefly...can't let it get too warm so back to 140, 100 etc. etc and the
60 zones provided a nice breather to let it relax in 3/4 gear every now
& then)
Great Fri entertainment gawking at the new toy in garage, I set the
preload, compression and rebound damping as per factory spec. Oh and got that single seal cowl replaced by the comfy looking pillion seat b4 the
missus gets home hopefully she doesn't notice the much shorter reach to
the pegs than the CBR11 Blackbird i tested hehe.
I found the front spring preload 4 to be slightly firm for my 73kg
skinny arse...so one softer to the standard spec of 5 to see how it goes.
Turns out Mr Suzuki says it good for 8k rpm 'til 1600kms, woohoo that's
240km/h, geared at about 30k/thou revs in 6th. I now feel the older
GSXR11 hertige in the bike, mainly the riding position is similar and
the muted note of twin Yoshi RS-3s with the baffles-in...pretty quiet so
ripped out the baffles quick smart - nice & almost legal (i think
there's some baffling further up the OEM pipes that retain a slightly
muted note)
Two words: Fcuk'n awesome.
Unfortuntely not too flattering backgrounds...just the garage for tonite's pix.
The old and the new Suzis..
Edited by: monyx at: 25/3/06 2:17 am
back from Goulburn this arvo via Tarago, Bungendore. It had 1112 kms on the clock I was assured by the seller that 6,500 rpm was allowable max at this stage...wholly shit that is 195km/h in top!
In the interest of following Mr Suzuki's running in guide I varied the
load and revs from 2,500 thru to about 6,300 rpm...funny feeling to be
zipping along at 190 whilst running in the thing!! (at least
briefly...can't let it get too warm so back to 140, 100 etc. etc and the
60 zones provided a nice breather to let it relax in 3/4 gear every now
& then)
Great Fri entertainment gawking at the new toy in garage, I set the
preload, compression and rebound damping as per factory spec. Oh and got that single seal cowl replaced by the comfy looking pillion seat b4 the
missus gets home hopefully she doesn't notice the much shorter reach to
the pegs than the CBR11 Blackbird i tested hehe.
I found the front spring preload 4 to be slightly firm for my 73kg
skinny arse...so one softer to the standard spec of 5 to see how it goes.
Turns out Mr Suzuki says it good for 8k rpm 'til 1600kms, woohoo that's
240km/h, geared at about 30k/thou revs in 6th. I now feel the older
GSXR11 hertige in the bike, mainly the riding position is similar and
the muted note of twin Yoshi RS-3s with the baffles-in...pretty quiet so
ripped out the baffles quick smart - nice & almost legal (i think
there's some baffling further up the OEM pipes that retain a slightly
muted note)
Two words: Fcuk'n awesome.
Unfortuntely not too flattering backgrounds...just the garage for tonite's pix.
The old and the new Suzis..
Edited by: monyx at: 25/3/06 2:17 am