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Put me down for 2Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:07 pmApparently one of the most popular things about Hybrid Ferraris, McLarens etc. is the fact you can leave silently. People in expensive country houses like being able to get 4 miles away before starting up their noisy V8.Ssray wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:12 pm I shift work so am on the bike at 0500 sometimes, aftermarket can for the weight saving (yes I could just eat less) and a baffle to keep the neighbours sweet
Hardly ever bother warming up on choke etc, start up, gloves on then ride off(not max revs) end of the road it's reduce choke or on the summer completely offSkub wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:21 pmNo warming up for that poor old engine then.Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:07 pmApparently one of the most popular things about Hybrid Ferraris, McLarens etc. is the fact you can leave silently. People in expensive country houses like being able to get 4 miles away before starting up their noisy V8.Ssray wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:12 pm I shift work so am on the bike at 0500 sometimes, aftermarket can for the weight saving (yes I could just eat less) and a baffle to keep the neighbours sweet
What is this choke thing you speak of?Ssray wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:03 am
Hardly ever bother warming up on choke etc, start up, gloves on then ride off(not max revs) end of the road it's reduce choke or on the summer completely off
Eh ? What ? Are they 6v or summat ?Skub wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:08 pmWhat is this choke thing you speak of?Ssray wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:03 am
Hardly ever bother warming up on choke etc, start up, gloves on then ride off(not max revs) end of the road it's reduce choke or on the summer completely off
Next you'll be telling me your bike has carburettors.
My MV had a choke. Well it was called a choke in the manual but it was really a fast idle lever. Why the hell they couldn't program that into the ECU like every other manufactured I don't know, Italian "character" I suppose.Skub wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:08 pmWhat is this choke thing you speak of?Ssray wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:03 am
Hardly ever bother warming up on choke etc, start up, gloves on then ride off(not max revs) end of the road it's reduce choke or on the summer completely off
Next you'll be telling me your bike has carburettors.
K75/100 series BMWs had one too.Druid wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:30 pm
My MV had a choke. Well it was called a choke in the manual but it was really a fast idle lever. Why the hell they couldn't program that into the ECU like every other manufactured I don't know, Italian "character" I suppose.
And the Himalayan!Horse wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:59 pmK75/100 series BMWs had one too.Druid wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:30 pm
My MV had a choke. Well it was called a choke in the manual but it was really a fast idle lever. Why the hell they couldn't program that into the ECU like every other manufactured I don't know, Italian "character" I suppose.
I was just about to say I have never had a bike with fi. Then I read about the k100 and I've had one of themSkub wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 5:08 pmWhat is this choke thing you speak of?Ssray wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:03 am
Hardly ever bother warming up on choke etc, start up, gloves on then ride off(not max revs) end of the road it's reduce choke or on the summer completely off
Next you'll be telling me your bike has carburettors.
When I used to use my Ducati 888 SP3 as a road bike (over 20 years ago) it had a faithful copy of the exhaust on Foggy's WSB bike of the day with no baffles (the bloke who made mine actually mended the exhaust on Foggy's factory 888 after an off and took detailed notes) .ZRX61 wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:08 am There was a pub I used to go to that was located on a curve/hill & the beer garden was below the road level. We'd sit there & try to identify bikes by the sound as they went past before they came into view. Kaw's always seem to have more of a bark to them than Honda's, & they still do.
In related news there was some bloke at the RS on a loud XS750 triple last month that got me all tingly & reminiscing about the Jota I had.. well, at least until I remembered why I sold it..
My ZRX is a bit loud, (tested at 143.7Db several years ago before I made it a bit quieter) I fired it up one day & the bloke with his back to it standing by the rear wheel almost leapt over the wall he was leaning on
That's not an open exhaust. That's a baked bean can...
It's about 8.5lb of Muzzy melodious mayhem
Is that a good thing?ZRX61 wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:48 pm It's loud enough to be physically painful if you stand behind it. 143.7Db.
When I was instructing, with a helmet on, I'd asked check with customers if they had started their electric scoots and double check their horn worked.Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:07 pmApparently one of the most popular things about Hybrid Ferraris, McLarens etc. is the fact you can leave silently. People in expensive country houses like being able to get 4 miles away before starting up their noisy V8.Ssray wrote: Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:12 pm I shift work so am on the bike at 0500 sometimes, aftermarket can for the weight saving (yes I could just eat less) and a baffle to keep the neighbours sweet