VFR owners' thread, for VFRPS members and prospective members

[sil3nt]

Well it isn't going to be hard to find out.... I'd be keen to go to a trackday and get someone with a working speedometer to follow down a straight - my NC35 is stock standard, except for the fibreglass fairing I use for the track and the 51,000Km on the clock....

edit: I reckon 220 isn't out of the question

GPS or speedgun of some sort. Hell do it on the motorway

None of this speedo crap!

[jono035]

One of the things to bear in mind is that the stock rev counter is a bit out as well, commonly. The Ignitech programmable CDI that I have has the ability to adjust the output pulse train to the rev counter to bring it back into line. This makes it pretty difficult to guess what the top speed is without using something external.

For me, back straight of puke was at about 13k RPM, but that's with the front sprocket dropped down a tooth, and unknown accuracy tach. Not to mention, I wouldn't actually know what the hell my tire circumference was at that point, anyway.

Just found my spreadsheet that I used to work our how much change the front sprocket was going to make. With standard 15:40 sprockets and 6th gear being 1.318, the limiter is at 234km/hr with standard tires. With the 14:40 sprocket, that'd be 220 and 13k would work out at 195km/hr...

195km/hr down the back straight... Doesn't sound anywhere near as impressive.

[motorbyclist]

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I dunno, that would be uphill wouldn't it?

With standard 15:40 sprockets and 6th gear being 1.318, the limiter is at 234km/hr with standard tires.

right... who's got a gps and who's going to the track?

[DrunkenMistake]

I just dropped a tooth at the front and went up two in the back and I worked out my speedo was out by 12.4% , waiting on my ignitech CDI to arrive also.

[Newo]

They said they had a problem getting it to red, apparently it would flutter before it got to redline indicating it had some kind of rev limiter I assumed this would be due to the restiction, but it says on my Dyno sheet, 52.39HP and 183km/h.

And my 250 put out 38.8HP and 157km/h and the 250 had no such problems, I can take a photo and upload the dyno sheet

Maybe I'm miss-understanding something here, But I'm sure your cbr should go faster than 157km/h. Because I know for definate that I've had the needle hit the end atleast a couple of times since I've owned mine.

[DrunkenMistake]

Its not the top speed of the bike, its the top speed of fourth gear I had mine up to 201 on the GPS.

[jono035]

right... who's got a gps and who's going to the track?

I'll be keen as hell once summer rolls around again for another ART day, so that'd be a good opportunity.

For the record, I meant that as it being technically possible before hitting the limiter, not that the bike could actually do it Mine at least was completely wound out by about 1/3 of the way down the straight and wasn't going to get above 13k.

[DrunkenMistake]

I said in my email to them that I had someone waiting to see how my fairings got on before deciding to buy them..hopefully it will motivate them to pay up or sort them out quickly! Yeah the tyga rear (two seat) looks real good. 600$USD though is quite a bit!!

Have you herd back from Race Evo yet?

[vifferman]

I reckon this forum is misnamed; there's a very skewed representation of Vifferdom in here.

Thank goodness (and Miguel Mayo) for VFR Discussion...

[Icemaestro]

Have you herd back from Race Evo yet?

Yup. They've said that they reckon in can be adjusted easily to fit, only thing is I have to pay to have thta done (he hasn't said how much) - I could easily drill holes / file stuff better, but the tab not matching up thing? I quote:

"Sorry it has taken so long for me to get back to you. I was waiting on another customer to confirm how his kit fits. He purchased a kit for his bike just after you. From what we heard his kit and the all fairings for this make and model does fits.
Looking at your videos and images, I appears to me and other staff that the kit can be made to fit with minor adjustments. As we mentioned on the site "We guarantee our fitting with little or no fitting adjustments""
I replied saying I can easily fix holes etc, its the fact there is no mount for the rear light and the tabs aren't lining up and he said

"Sorry it has taken so long for me to get back to you. I was waiting on another customer to confirm how his kit fits. He purchased a kit for his bike just after you. From what we heard his kit and the all fairings for this make and model does fits.
Looking at your videos and images, I appears to me and other staff that the kit can be made to fit with minor adjustments. As we mentioned on the site "We guarantee our fitting with little or no fitting adjustments""

THoughts?

[DrunkenMistake]

thats shit man,
Does everything line up though? besides the tabs? I know a really good plastic wielder who can make me tabs and all if need be, I just dont want to sink money into something thats gonna be a super prick to put on

[jono035]

Icemaestro - What's this about fairings? You getting a set from RaceEvolution? I've had a bit of a troll back through the thread but couldn't find anything.

Mine are being shipped at the moment. I think I'm just going to get AJ to put them on, I'm kinda done stuffing around and just want to be able to ride the bloody thing again.

[Icemaestro]

Already got a set. Tried to put them straight on and was appalled at how tabs weren't lining up (there are some bits where there are like two spaced bits on each side of the fairing that line up like zips, bits that are supposed to go underneath but are at the same level, no mount for the rear brake light etc.).

Pain looks real good from a distance, they did a real good job I think, over run here and there, but have to look really close to tell.

I'll see what he wants to charge to fit them for me, as I suspect if I got someone else to do it and they still didn't work he'd say it's my fault, stuck with them.

[jono035]

Already got a set. Tried to put them straight on and was appalled at how tabs weren't lining up (there are some bits where there are like two spaced bits on each side of the fairing that line up like zips, bits that are supposed to go underneath but are at the same level, no mount for the rear brake light etc.).

Pain looks real good from a distance, they did a real good job I think, over run here and there, but have to look really close to tell.

I'll see what he wants to charge to fit them for me, as I suspect if I got someone else to do it and they still didn't work he'd say it's my fault, stuck with them.

Hmmmm, that's an interesting one. Definitely keep me posted, hopefully AJ will be able to line mine up easily enough, although I'm guessing it'll be exactly the same set of problems.

Apparently they were delivered this morning, so I'll have to make my way around to Motohaus tomorrow and see what the story is.

[DrunkenMistake]

Hmmmm, that's an interesting one. Definitely keep me posted, hopefully AJ will be able to line mine up easily enough, although I'm guessing it'll be exactly the same set of problems.

Apparently they were delivered this morning, so I'll have to make my way around to Motohaus tomorrow and see what the story is.

Could you put a post up about them? Im soon to be getting some but if its going to be a massive hassle I might as well get fibre glass ones