Or snipping the end of a small cable tie!Mr Moofo wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:12 pmApparently electrical shrink wrap works just as wellTaipan wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:14 pm Something I didnt like about the bike, or at least niggled me a bit, was the throttle play. Turns out its a thing with fly-by-wire throttles on Ducatis, Triumphs KTMs etc and is easily cured by simple throttle spacers.![]()
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And that.Taipan wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:17 pmOr snipping the end of a small cable tie!Mr Moofo wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:12 pmApparently electrical shrink wrap works just as wellTaipan wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:14 pm Something I didnt like about the bike, or at least niggled me a bit, was the throttle play. Turns out its a thing with fly-by-wire throttles on Ducatis, Triumphs KTMs etc and is easily cured by simple throttle spacers.![]()
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
If it's a known issue with a simple fix, why don't the factory sort it?
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Probably comes under "tolerance"?Horse wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 10:29 pm![]()
If it's a known issue with a simple fix, why don't the factory sort it?
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Put the paddock stand together. The spindle runs in bearings, so presumably I can sit on the bike and bounce it off the limiter through the gears! 

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I ended up buying one from a guy on the hyper forum. He fitted it and then wrote his bike off on his first ride out with it. The guard set was undamaged an he let it go for a £100 inc P&P!Taipan wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:11 pm Awake at 4 in the morning. The wife and I are on our phones shopping. She is jying a handbag. I’m buying a evotech rad and engine guard!![]()
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I had an epic ride home tonight. Should have been home in under an hour but was out for an hour and forty! Bike scared the bejesus out of me though! Hit any sort of bump or crest with the tiniest bit of encouragement and it will see the front wheel coming up and coming up quick too!
I didn't need the electrics to control it as I bottled it before it even had a chance to kick in!
The bike sounds beautiful at full chat and feels very quick, too quick for me probably, but of course, that's easily self controlled, well when i say easily...
The fuel adjuster has really done a great job. The bike really is much better around town, but the MPG has dropped and it was thirsty enough anyway! Money well spent though!
I was asked today how it compared to my mt-09, which is a good question. If it hadn't been for the cramped riding position, i'd still have the MT for sure. A really amazing bike for me and certainly in my top 5 bikes I've owned. I cant say either is better than the other to be honest. I guess they have very similar power, but I think the Duc is more grunty? Neither bike was the sp version and I overpower the suspension, but I don't push a bike anyway. I do feel the Duc has much worse fork dive though. Looks wise, I did love the MT but the Duc has completely stole me. So if I had both of them I think i'd probably ride the Duc more...
The bike sounds beautiful at full chat and feels very quick, too quick for me probably, but of course, that's easily self controlled, well when i say easily...
The fuel adjuster has really done a great job. The bike really is much better around town, but the MPG has dropped and it was thirsty enough anyway! Money well spent though!
I was asked today how it compared to my mt-09, which is a good question. If it hadn't been for the cramped riding position, i'd still have the MT for sure. A really amazing bike for me and certainly in my top 5 bikes I've owned. I cant say either is better than the other to be honest. I guess they have very similar power, but I think the Duc is more grunty? Neither bike was the sp version and I overpower the suspension, but I don't push a bike anyway. I do feel the Duc has much worse fork dive though. Looks wise, I did love the MT but the Duc has completely stole me. So if I had both of them I think i'd probably ride the Duc more...
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
About time you rode a bike for fun 
Doesn't it have traction control that stops it wheelieing?
Doesn't it have traction control that stops it wheelieing?
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Have you set the suspension up for you?
Even setting the sag for your weight will improve the ride. It's all adjustable for a reason.
Even setting the sag for your weight will improve the ride. It's all adjustable for a reason.
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Pretty hard to on my commute, but finding long ways home to do so, tells me how much I like the bike!Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:58 pm About time you rode a bike for fun
Doesn't it have traction control that stops it wheelieing?
Yes, there are some electrics to kick in and they probably would have done, but I shut the throttle straight off as it started coming up as I was shocked at how much it meant it and the ease at which it lifted! You can adjust the setting, so I'll maybe have a check whats on what.
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Surprisingly, there is no fork adjustment at all?!Skub wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:02 pm Have you set the suspension up for you?
Even setting the sag for your weight will improve the ride. It's all adjustable for a reason.![]()
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
I'm surprised it doesn't have preload adjusters on the forks.
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Nope. Nothing at all. I was kinda surprised by that too!
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The death knell was nearly sounded for an unexpected reason - tank range!! I don't ever want to fill up every ride, but the low fuel light comes on around 100 miles and I have another 20 miles before I get home. So I end up stopping early at a garage on the way home and riding it cautiously to make sure I make it to the garage, which kida kills owning bike like this!
Looking at things though and it didn't add up. So I checked and whilst the fuel light had been on for a nervous 17 miles, the bike only took 12.45 litres and its a 16 litre tank. So I should be able to make my commute as normal! Phew!
Looking at things though and it didn't add up. So I checked and whilst the fuel light had been on for a nervous 17 miles, the bike only took 12.45 litres and its a 16 litre tank. So I should be able to make my commute as normal! Phew!
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Strap a can of petrol to the seat, ride it till the tank runs dry. Then you'll know just how much you can push the range on the light before refilling from the can.
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
16 litres is about 3.5 gallons and even if its doing (a possible) 40mpg that's a 140 mile tank range. I need around 120/130,so I should be good! 
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I'm not, my Suzuki has 10mm of preload adjustment on the forks, I can't feel any difference between fully in and fully out, for reference my 35 year old FZ750 has 40mm of preload adjustment, you can feel the difference, but it isn't a big difference.
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My SV650S has fork preload & if I ride it down a really bumpy road I can feel the difference between fully preloaded & the preload backed off.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:28 pm I'm not, my Suzuki has 10mm of preload adjustment on the forks, I can't feel any difference between fully in and fully out, for reference my 35 year old FZ750 has 40mm of preload adjustment, you can feel the difference, but it isn't a big difference.
Correct me if I'm wrong,but does'nt the air gap make a difference,especially if there's no preload adjustment?
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Modern bike range notifications seem to be incredibly pessimistic to me. I think they're programmed that way to stop people complaining when they eventually do run dry!Taipan wrote: Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:33 pm The death knell was nearly sounded for an unexpected reason - tank range!! I don't ever want to fill up every ride, but the low fuel light comes on around 100 miles and I have another 20 miles before I get home. So I end up stopping early at a garage on the way home and riding it cautiously to make sure I make it to the garage, which kida kills owning bike like this!
Looking at things though and it didn't add up. So I checked and whilst the fuel light had been on for a nervous 17 miles, the bike only took 12.45 litres and its a 16 litre tank. So I should be able to make my commute as normal! Phew!![]()
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Have a look at the top of the right fork leg for something like this small black nut as its the preload adjuster on the Multi so the Hyper might have the same ....but no mention of it in the manual, just the electronics adjustment method

It comes from the factory about 1 turn from max low setting so effectively set for a 15kg rider

