The cars and bikes thread!

[Raza]

Congratulations! The bike looks sick!

[geoffbot]

A little different bike made it home with me yesterday. Happy Birthday to me

Mate!!! Why did you not discuss this purchase with me?!

Utter weapon. One of the few of consider switching to

[happyscrappyheropup]

Mate!!! Why did you not discuss this purchase with me?!

Utter weapon. One of the few of consider switching to

It's insane. Haven't leaned into it or messed with electronics yet, but just rolling into the throttle in 3rd it keeps engaging wheelie control. I thought the up/down quickshifter was a gimmick, in just 70 miles I can't live without it. Power, sound, comfort, all tops.

Yesterday was gorgeous, wife was relaxing on the deck so I rolled the bike on to the patio and did some post-purchase clean up. Removed all the warning stickers (I think there was 15 of them!), removed the reflectors, and disabled the exhaust valve. It is closed at low revs/throttle opening. Removing the cables to it defaults it to wide open. Much nicer sound with the stock can.

https://youtu.be/nklUGHMgAbw

[mlcor]

It's insane. Haven't leaned into it or messed with electronics yet, but just rolling into the throttle in 3rd it keeps engaging wheelie control. I thought the up/down quickshifter was a gimmick, in just 70 miles I can't live without it. Power, sound, comfort, all tops.

Yesterday was gorgeous, wife was relaxing on the deck so I rolled the bike on to the patio and did some post-purchase clean up. Removed all the warning stickers (I think there was 15 of them!), removed the reflectors, and disabled the exhaust valve. It is closed at low revs/throttle opening. Removing the cables to it defaults it to wide open. Much nicer sound with the stock can.

https://youtu.be/nklUGHMgAbw

It’ll definitely be even faster without the weight of all those stickers.


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[geoffbot]

It's insane. Haven't leaned into it or messed with electronics yet, but just rolling into the throttle in 3rd it keeps engaging wheelie control. I thought the up/down quickshifter was a gimmick, in just 70 miles I can't live without it. Power, sound, comfort, all tops.

Yesterday was gorgeous, wife was relaxing on the deck so I rolled the bike on to the patio and did some post-purchase clean up. Removed all the warning stickers (I think there was 15 of them!), removed the reflectors, and disabled the exhaust valve. It is closed at low revs/throttle opening. Removing the cables to it defaults it to wide open. Much nicer sound with the stock can.

https://youtu.be/nklUGHMgAbw

Sexy af mate. Damn that unpainted frame looks sick. Do you have an engine break in routine?

[happyscrappyheropup]

Sexy af mate. Damn that unpainted frame looks sick. Do you have an engine break in routine?

Keeping revs sane, no highway steady state, varying loads. I think Aprilia says under 7k 'til first service at 600 miles. Not sure I'll make it that long

[geoffbot]

Yeah I think break ins are overrated. I just don't hold it on the Redline for too long, that's it.

[happyscrappyheropup]

Yeah I think break ins are overrated. I just don't hold it on the Redline for too long, that's it.

Agreed. I think avoiding lugging or holding at a steady rpm are worse than a few high rpm blasts.

[Raza]

I’m not sure about these motorized bicycles’ engines, but for a new car, I always vary revs, follow a strict warm-up procedure, avoid cruise control, and blast to the redline only a couple of times a day for the first 1,000 miles. That’s about it for break-in.

[Samanator]

A little different bike made it home with me yesterday. Happy Birthday to me

Congrats. That is really something. I had a VFR750(1994) and then a VFR800(2003) later over the years.
I see some similarities in the frame structure except the Hondas where the first bikes to have single sided swing arms with a simple eccentric chain adjustment. I'm not well versed currently in what is the current thinking on swing arms or suspension progression. This has a far more serious front end like the Ducati's. It appears to have ABS and if it is like the Ducati probably some form of traction control? Now wheeIie control is new but bikes have just continued to gain so much power that is probably necessary. As probably you, I grew up learning to up shift without a clutch. It works even on a Harley and was a neat skill to master. Then the cutoff switches were optional for the racing bikes to do it sort of automatically. Now there are probably more things to better this process along with rev matching for downshifts programmed into the computers.

I did own a Aprilla twin at some point in the 90's before the MV Agusta. Then i started to back off some to less radical bikes like the Triumph Speed four (AKA the great Pumpkin) and a few Bonevilles which fit south Florida roads better. I could buy a few year old ones new in the crates with full warranty at good discounts that I got a different one nearly every 9-12 months. Up until the end I usually had a sport bike and one of various cruisers from Henderson(remember those), Harley, Victory and Indian.

As a note 100Hp/L for naturally aspirated engines was the old racing engine formula when I was young. Based on @Raza note they have since more than doubled that. Also, Honda had an oval piston GP motorcycle engine that revved to 20,000 rpm back in 1979. It had two connecting rods per piston and the entire bike had many innovations that eventually made their way to street bikes.

When I was picking up the new Wave Runner i saw one of these. Probably all the bop around the neighborhood bike I need these days, plus with the blood thinners any motorcycle scare me. They claim 166 mpg for these and I'm assuming it will do at least 50mph with a 123cc engine. It would fit sideways in the bed of the truck kind of like a spare tire. More likely to buy a ATV.