Re: TVSF Rideout to Brighton..
 

What do you mean your knowledge found them :scratch:?
You were behind me :thumbsup:!

Re: TVSF Rideout to Brighton..
 

All this talk of low down torque, is really something that gets mooted too much. Yes its nice to have it, but on modern SS600's, its not like there is no pull at all. It takes no time at all to be in the powerband anyway and then you're gone.

From my experience of rding the SV it spoils you and rewards lazy gear changes. I reckon you probably wern't working the gear box as much as you should have been. An IL4 is a different beast to a twin.

I considered a 1000, but with that much more speed/power on tap, then i would be i serious danger of losing my license. The R6 is good for well over 100, which is more than i need.

I'm not 100% sure when i say this, but isn't the hornet engine a de-tuned CBR engine? Its obviously gonna have less punch then. The fact its not faired will also have an impact, especially at higher speeds.

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The IL4 in the hornet is strange. I personally love keeping the bike in the powerband when filtering so that I can power through as soon as there is an oppertunity to go. The only thing that got me was that it felt like I was absolutely killing the bike throughout my journey (was reving at between 8k - 12k the whole journey) and I wouldn't want to do that to a bike I owned.

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Ha, and now you know what its like to go unfaired! Admire my neck muscles!

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A snap of the throttel from standstill and it goes anyway....no need to kill it. You can always slip the clutch if you really want.

On a commute i certainly wouldn't be sitting between 8-12k...seems unneccessary to me! It is a hire bike though...so thrashing is obligatory. :smt077

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I do indeed. I reckon that after a week of riding the hornet I might actually get some muscle definition back.

Damn right it is a hire bike. I also like keeping the rpm up so that the whole county knows that I am coming their way.

Jon

PS - when filtering, is it rude to pull up next to those idiots cage drivers that hover around the centre line and point for them to move over. I figure that the more I do it the less grief that I and other riders will have when trying to filter in the future?

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It will probably have the opposite effect....i would just keep out of it.

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Nice to meet you Colby and TonyK and Keith..
You'll have to come along to one of the meets :D
It's usual for people to get lost on TVSF rideouts, as ASM isn't here we have to elect others each time.. Normal business will resume.. :smt045

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Bah....i still maintain that i rarely, if ever get lost. I challenge you all to name legitimate occasions!

Occasion 1: First TV rideout...i went the scenic way home, good roads and dropped in on a mate.(i say mate, he wasn't home so just his mum :rolleyes:)

Occasion 2: Meet at Madejski stadium. I arrived in good time and was on the RIGHT side of the stadium. Unfortunately the Ape organised the others against me and they were all on the wrong/M4 side. Retarded the lot of them :p

Occasion 3: First meet at FS pub. Phil in the lead shoots off and i kept pace with him....everyone else fell behind :cool:

Occasion 4: Same day shortly after leaving the petrol station. Nick in the lead and and i was behind him. As discussed on the forecourt, we took a right turn in Henley, to find somewhere in the centre to eat. Jon carried on to Marlow! :smt120

Occasion 5: August trip to Brighton. Entirely Nicks fault as he mumbled about needing petrol, so i made the mistake of pulling into the forecourt next to the road we were on. Nick however decided he would get petrol in Brighton :shaking:

Thus in summary, you are all incompetents and i am infact entirely directionally competent.

That is all.

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That is a lot of occasions to be a coincidence...