Power hungry modders, help please.

Originally Posted by jonboy

The other "performance" mod that I've literally just done this afternoon is the R6 throttle tube which gives a fifth turn as opposed to the SV's standard quarter. Comes on the power soooo much quicker and wheelies in first are now almost unavoidable if you have a clumsy hand .


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Officer: Why did you just do a monster wheelie all the way down the high street Mr Jonboy?

jonboy: It was my clumsy hand officer, I couldn't help it.

Officer: Oh OK I see. Well off you go then, sorry to have stopped you.

does this mod effect your top end much?

Originally Posted by BigApe

Officer: Why did you just do a monster wheelie all the way down the high street Mr Jonboy?

jonboy: It was my clumsy hand officer, I couldn't help it.

Officer: Oh OK I see. Well off you go then, sorry to have stopped you.

Well I think it's a valid reason .

does this mod effect your top end much?

Zero.


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[northwind]

Depends on the bike. A stock SV with stock gearing can't redline in 6th on the flat, usually, since the top gear's too high. So dropping the gearing doesn't necessarily lose you top speed. However, a bike like mine which will happily redline in top, does lose top end.

Thing is... Who cares? SVs aren't built for flat out, and there's practically no purpose to it. Even on the track it takes so long to get there that it's rarely if ever an issue. On the other hand, losing a tooth or two will get you up to something very close to that speed, but in considerably less time. Losing a couple of mph of theoretical top speed is, IMO, irrelevant compared with the benefit of getting to, say, 100mph faster.