Tales from the Emporium

[warewolf]

I would prefer if you employed nondestructive testing methods

Me too!

but its a valid point - its right at the very limit of what I can pick up on my own

Me too! Maybe even beyond it. Helping padmei (or should I say gonzo) get up out of the mud I led him in to was quite an effort. I would probably have a hernia lifting it by myself in snotty conditions where there's insufficient surface friction to push against.

[warewolf]

Orright, here's a chart showing the road speed for 1st & 5th gears, for the bikes as standard (solid line) and as tested (dashed). The colour/style is the same for 1st & 5th, I'm sure you can work out which is which.

	Sprockets	Tyre
640 Adv Std	16:42	140/80-18
640 Adv Test	16:44	130/80-18
DR650 Std	15:41	120/90-17
DR650 Test	14:41	130/80-17

So the 640 is actually lower geared, but the extra 1000rpm headroom gives it longer legs... eventually. The 640 is pulling an extra 200rpm at 100km/h.

[cooneyr]

I think quite possibly that farkling is addictive, and infinite.

Next you lot will start a group - "Hi my name is Nordie and I'm a serial farkler"

[NordieBoy]

Next you lot will start a group - "Hi my name is Nordie and I'm a serial farkler"

And you have not bought anything for the KTM yet?


And even if it's "only necessary stuff" it still counts as farkles...

[NordieBoy]

Trying to decide wether or not to upgrade(?) my Acewell 3100 speedo to a Trailtech Vapor.

Both have a bargraph rev counter.
The Vapor shows more info on one screen though (temp, revs, speed, dist, time vs revs, speed, (time or revs or dist...)

The 3100 has individually resetable twin trip meters which I like (one for fuel, one for the trip) but I can use the GPS for the trip distance.

Hmmm. I'll have to see if the Vapor trip dist can be reset without resetting all the trip info.

The main things I like about the Vapor are the thermometers and the amount of info on screen at once.

I liked the Trailech Panoram I ran for years on the Nordie...

Decisions decisions...

[warewolf]

Next you lot will start a group - "Hi my name is Nordie and I'm a serial farkler"

It's taken you 1368 posts to work that out??

You must be so rapt with that bike your brain's turned to goo...

[NordieBoy]

Oh, I also object to the "serial farkler" moniker.

That implies I can only do one farkle at a time

[marks]

Next you lot will start a group - "Hi my name is Nordie and I'm a serial farkler"

serial farkling is a bit like being a female nymphomaniac - it might not be normal condition but all the guys you know are glad you've got the problem

[warewolf]

I was looking the numbers/formula/chart again last night. My numbers included the primary ratio, but that isn't necessary when we are looking at the relationship of the gears to one another, right? (The results are quite different.) The primary doesn't change so affects all the gears the same, amplifying the differences if you like. Certainly the primary affects the overall result (road speed) but not the differences between the gears.

Anyone agree? If so I will re-do the chart. You might be surprised at the result.

[NordieBoy]

Yep. Only the gaps in-between gears are important.

[topo]

WW looking at your fancy 5th gear rev/speed chart has raised a question about my 640e.
I did a "high speed" run on the weekend (just to see what she'd do) and found that at 147km/hr it was pulling about 7000rpm (dash light stardted flashing at me) in top gear with standard 16/42 sprockets. this was its MAX speed with my fairing on which i was a little disapointed about, have you ever "wound-out" your adv or no what its actual top speed is?

Clearly even without the big fairing and chin on the tank i dont think mine will make it anywhere near the theoretical geared max of 200km/hr.

[NordieBoy]

Something sounds wrong then.
I pulled 140kph on CrazyFrog's DRZ on gravel (Northbank Road out Springs way on the Dusty).

Almost sounds like you were in 4th gear?

The DR in 4th on the dyno pulls about 140kph at the limiter...

[topo]

Kinda what i was thinking, might have to do a run beside JATZ's trumpy to check the speedo above 100km'hr.

I've checked mine and found it to be accurate at 100km/hr according to the speed thingy on the Appleby straight out of richmond, maybe it cant handle the combination of bumps on gravel and high speed? (might have a look on thurs night).

[cooneyr]

And you have not bought anything for the KTM yet?


And even if it's "only necessary stuff" it still counts as farkles...

Umm - new Bacho SL25 tool kit and replaced the torx bits with hex (missing a few bits of the stock kit though I have the spark plug tool thank God), new front tyre, getting a tail plate laser cut from alloy (my design in autocad - unbeliveably cheaper than importing), crash bars have been ordered, 16 tooth CS to be picked up at lunchtime, larger side stand foot to be welded on later this week, spare tubes in the front side pannels (already done). Long term plans for dash GPS mount and other things I can't remember right now. All absolutly necessary and not farkels - well that's what wifey is being told anyway

Also found that putting in the H3 high beam bulb the right way up and in the correct position makes a huge difference to high beam - damn silly PO.

It's taken you 1368 posts to work that out??

I'm just waiting for him to acutally say the words - we all know he is adicted. Good thing he hasn't got a KTM yet cause then he could start buying things like orange front brake master cylinder covers or other such "necessities".

Oh, I also object to the "serial farkler" moniker.

That implies I can only do one farkle at a time

Still not quite there Nordie, go on you can do it - "Hi my name is Nordie and I'm a parallel farkler" Does that make you a nerd too - knowing the difference between serial and parallel. Doh guess that also applies to me

Cheers R

[warewolf]

I did a "high speed" run on the weekend (just to see what she'd do) and found that at 147km/hr it was pulling about 7000rpm (dash light stardted flashing at me) in top gear with standard 16/42 sprockets. this was its MAX speed with my fairing on which i was a little disapointed about, have you ever "wound-out" your adv or no what its actual top speed is?

Ummm, if any are reading this, it's baseless bragging, fairy stories or closed roads.

On the tar I've seen 185 on the speedo and it was still climbing, near 8000rpm but was past the peak. Never topped it out. What's that saying about the rider being the limiting factor? No doubt there is some error there, but at lower speeds its within 5% of the roadside radars. Seeing mid-170s on the tar is no problem at all, it pulls hard up to that.

Pete and I did a wee comparo on the gravel coming back from the Brass a while ago. The F650 ran out of puff around 155? (he stopped accelerating and then I wound the throttle on) and the 640 was still accelerating at 170, slowly because it had an MT90 A/T spinning up in the gravel.

The E might have a lower primary ratio - possible given the slightly different target - but not according to a quick google.

What size rear tyre are you using?