Running in new bike

[WINJA]

FORK MAN............. ya scared the shit out a me, hang on while I turn the hearing aid down .......................................... thats better, ohh yeah good point about the Castrol/Honda thing, bit like the Showa/Honda thing... crap suspension in the VTR, you guesed it Showa

THE VTR HAS SUSPENSION THAT SUITS IT , ITS NOT A VERY POWERFULL BIKE AND IS NOT THAT FAST, BUT THE BIKE WORKS WELL AS A PACKAGE IN THE TIGHT STUFF, THERE AN EASY BIKE TO RIDE IN THE RAIN AS WELL I THOUGHT.

[dangerous]

THE VTR HAS SUSPENSION THAT SUITS IT , ITS NOT A VERY POWERFULL BIKE AND IS NOT THAT FAST, BUT THE BIKE WORKS WELL AS A PACKAGE IN THE TIGHT STUFF, THERE AN EASY BIKE TO RIDE IN THE RAIN AS WELL I THOUGHT.

your trolling ya bastard shezzzz not very powerfull not fast..... F3 has 110hp and the SV has 108, I've seen 250k and guys I know have had 270k out of theres, thats plenty fast anuff for me thanks... besides its the rider rather than bike.

[WINJA]

your trolling ya bastard shezzzz not very powerfull not fast..... F3 has 110hp and the SV has 108, I've seen 250k and guys I know have had 270k out of theres, thats plenty fast anuff for me thanks... besides its the rider rather than bike.

IM NOT TROLLING VTR 1000 ARE NOT VERY FAST COMPARED TO WHAT IM USED TO , THE LATEST VTR WILL BE SLOWER THAN A 96 GSXR750T OR A ZZR1100 OF ANY YEAR, THE VTR1000 WILL BE LUCKY TO KEEP UP WITH AN EARLY GSXR600 UNLESS YOUR TALKING ABOUT AN SP1 OR SP2 BUT EVEN THEY ARE BLOODY SLOW LOOK AT JASON MACEWANS FACTORY BACKED ONE OLD GSXR600s WERE KILLING IT AT PUKEKOHE AND MACEWAN IS A GOOD RIDER SORRY GREAT RIDER

[Teflon]

IM NOT TROLLING VTR 1000 ARE NOT VERY FAST COMPARED TO WHAT IM USED TO , THE LATEST VTR WILL BE SLOWER THAN A 96 GSXR750T OR A ZZR1100 OF ANY YEAR, THE VTR1000 WILL BE LUCKY TO KEP UP WITH AN EARLY GSXR600 , THIS IS JUST MY EXPERIENCE FROM THE STREET AND TRACK, THE TL1000 NOW THATS ANOTHER STORY (EXCEPT FOR ROTARY DAMPER) THE FIRST TL IS REAL GOOD

Nothing in it on the road, on the track yes the VTR would get blown away.

I've had 260k out of my VTR, same as TL.

Over 6000rpm TL fucks off, where the Vtr is flat, below this prety equal or Vtr could be a little better.

Remember it's the rider not the bike, lots of fast riders out their on old shiters.

[WINJA]

Nothing in it on the road, on the track yes the VTR would get blown away.

I've had 260k out of my VTR, same as TL.

Over 6000rpm TL fucks off, where the Vtr is flat, below this prety equal or Vtr could be a little better.

Remember it's the rider not the bike, lots of fast riders out their on old shiters.

THAT 97 TL WAS THE BEST ,TALK ABOUT GOOD RIDERS ON SHIT BIKES MY MATE HAS A SLAB SIDE GSXR750 AND HE BEATS PEOPLE ON ALL THE LATEST BIKES

[Zapf]

Here is a recent thread ,9th November 2004

And have a read of this-


Zapf, have you got a link to the 4age running in instructions?
I had a look on Hasselgren Race Engines homepage but wasn't very informative.

I suppose I might be able to find it again. don't have the link anymore. PM me if you really need it. But it basiclly goes like this, warm up the engine run the engine in increasing rpm stages never letting it sit still at a set rpm, after the 10~20mins then race it as you would on the circuit. dump the oil for new ones and its ready. But keep in mind that those engines were build for power, not lenght of service. So expect them to be rebuild every 10'000 k's.
And they are 1.6L NA's putting out 250hp.

[カワサキキド]

I suppose I might be able to find it again. don't have the link anymore. PM me if you really need it. But it basiclly goes like this, warm up the engine run the engine in increasing rpm stages never letting it sit still at a set rpm, after the 10~20mins then race it as you would on the circuit. dump the oil for new ones and its ready. But keep in mind that those engines were build for power, not lenght of service. So expect them to be rebuild every 10'000 k's.
And they are 1.6L NA's putting out 250hp.

What method did you end up using to run in your SV?

[750Y]

just to add to all above comments. If ya can afford to do it -dump ya oil after 500km then again after 1500km. -I repeat if ya can afford it -you wont believe the shit that comes out.

I dropped my oil & filter at 70kms, then 300kms, then 800kms(mineral). When the shop did the 1k service they saw how clean the engine was & went straight to motul 5100 semi instead of waiting till the 6k service. I've stayed with 5100 since & I'm on 14k or so.

[Silage]

I think I am in Triumph/Guzzi/Ducati corner, ie Hornby.

[Silage]

Thanks for the comments. Have been taking it quiet (up to 1200km now), varying revs. Was down to Ashburton last weekend and on the short bit of open road before home, gave it a bit of a blast in third and forth (theres a power band at around 6k rpm I hadn't found before) and yes the speedo stays on 180. Slowed to 50km on entering town to see a car had been pulled up by a mufti just ahead. Well thems the breaks - good of cans to hide the radar.

[dangerous]

Thanks for the comments. Have been taking it quiet (up to 1200km now), varying revs. Was down to Ashburton last weekend and on the short bit of open road before home, gave it a bit of a blast in third and forth (theres a power band at around 6k rpm I hadn't found before) and yes the speedo stays on 180.

And you will notice at 180k the bike will grind to a hult...... but there is an easy fix but the speedo will still only show 180.

heres a pic of the GS1200ss with the extra crap on it..... looks good aye

[Silage]

Hi Dangerous
The reply above to area of Chch was supposed to be in response to your earlier post. Haven't sussed the quick reply bit yet.

The speed limiter on the GS has been removed so it goes over 180 but the speedo doesn't.

[vifferman]

FORK MAN............. ya scared the shit out a me, hang on while I turn the hearing aid down .......................................... thats better,

Yeah, Winja has some poor vision thing, so typing in caps helps him (but not us )

ohh yeah good point about the Castrol/Honda thing, bit like the Showa/Honda thing... crap suspension in the VTR, you guesed it Showa

Showa suspension isn't crap just because it's Showa. There are some very good Showa forks and shocks fitted to the sportier Hondas AND to some Italian bikes now, but the ones fitted to the VTR are budget items. F'rinsatnce - a hot mod for the VTR is to fit the 929 front end, which makes a huge difference to the suspension, handling etc. And for VFRs, fitting components from the 600s improves the damping.