Losing the limiter

I can't believe that there are people out there that are willing to risk everything for a couple of extra BHP.

Working as a Paramedic I have seen the damage caused to the human body when you come off of a bike (even with all the kit).

I can understand your frustration at not having all the power to hand while the restrictor is fitted. But I think that you should wait until you can legally have it derestricted.

I just hope that Mr plod pulls you (without you having had an accident first - i'd never wish that on anyone), finds out that it is derestricted and then gets the courts to throw the book at you. I'd like to see the look on your face when you have 6 points on your licence for riding without insurance. I bet then that you would wish that you had left it restricted.

I'm sorry if the above sounds a bit harsh but riding a bike that you are not legally allowed to ride is, in my book, the same as drink driving and that is just totally unacceptable.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Say_Cheese

I can't believe that there are people out there that are willing to risk everything for a couple of extra BHP.

Working as a Paramedic I have seen the damage caused to the human body when you come off of a bike (even with all the kit).

I can understand your frustration at not having all the power to hand while the restrictor is fitted. But I think that you should wait until you can legally have it derestricted.

I just hope that Mr plod pulls you (without you having had an accident first - i'd never wish that on anyone), finds out that it is derestricted and then gets the courts to throw the book at you. I'd like to see the look on your face when you have 6 points on your licence for riding without insurance. I bet then that you would wish that you had left it restricted.

I'm sorry if the above sounds a bit harsh but riding a bike that you are not legally allowed to ride is, in my book, the same as drink driving and that is just totally unacceptable.

Very good post, and I agree with everything you say. It's just that it's not just a couple of BHP, it's more than double by deristricting.
But I hope they listen to you - sound stuff.

[21QUEST]

I know someone with 'Have You Been Done By A CG Yet' on his number plate. He is only half joking as well My guess is the CG makes a whole lot less than 33 BHP. Anyone can go fast in a straight line as we all know.


Instigator , I see what you are saying/coming from but leaving aside the legal aspects and reason why people might feel they have to do it , some things are better not kept to yourself. Too much talk.
Most of the reasons have been about acceleration/ speed which to be honest is utter rubbish. JMO like

My first big bike was a restricted ZXR400 by the way which I had for about a year.

Cheers
Ben

Just wanted to point out that toque is also caped, power(BHP)= torque (ftLB) * revs / 5252. so reduce the power reduce the torque (or its really visa versa, look at torque curves and power curves for same bike, youll see the same dips )... got about 20ftlb restricted.

I think that the law is a little bit of a git. I think 2 years is too long 12-18 months would be better imo, and i think that these direct access is good and bad, keeps biker numbers up... but also keeps the accident rates up too, people going from a honda civic or a scooby thinking they can handle a big bike and getting a 600+ sports and hurting em selves... MAD

I got 2 months of restriction left so woo hooo

I began riding bikes at 9 years old.

First road bike at 16.

I bought my SV after passing my test.

Got the restrictors fitted to my pocket.

Rode it for two years.

Now a 19 year old with a GSX-R 750. Which is coming back to England with me.

Please argue!

Sorry- I couldn't help stirring this old thread up again......

Originally Posted by Dan_SV

Now a 19 year old with a GSX-R 750. Which is coming back to England with me.

Ah, but is it a slabside with oil-cooled brakes? The ones that when you hit the brakes hard, boil the oil, and the next time you squeeze the lever you think "Oh S**T!" ??

If not, it doesn't count :P

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Baph

Ah, but is it a slabside with oil-cooled brakes?

As far as I know there's an oil cooled engine (which later made it into the Bandit) but the brakes were not connected to the oil system. They run on brake fluid same as every other bike with disc brakes.

Nah it's an SRAD with Brembo's

You had a slabby at 19 then? 7 or 11?

Of course it depends on the rider, and there were probably a lot of accidents as a result of it, but in the 80's it wasn't unheard of for a 18-21 year old to have a GPZ 9, or a gixer 11.

I'm all for natural selection/survival of the fittest.

At least it would weed this country of some of the utter idiots....

Though on the flipside now, it's not so funny when an innocent party becomes involved. That's why I struggle with going fast in cars (well in Japan- In England I can't insure anything worth driving), I'm allways wondering what If I crash the car-think how much damage it could do to someone else. Although again the same can be said for a bike, just it wont typically cause so much damage as a car if you get it wrong.

Best just to speed "responsibly" in areas with no pedestrians, and very limited traffic.

Dan.

first thing i did was pull the restrictor out so dont know the difference mr evil says take it out on a track with and without the restricted ecm and if its much better take the risk otherwise fit a smaller tooth front sprocket

This is an awesome topic. First off, being caught unrestricted will not affect a third party's ability to claim on your insurance. Secondly, the chances of being caught if you have a certificate is very very slim, enough to warrant taking imo, I do not know of anybody who has been caught. I know of about 8ish producers which have been given to people when their bikes have been unrestricted, and not one was asked for restriction papers anyway. And alhtough I haven't been pulled on my "Restricted" sv yet, I know that the fist place a policeman will look is not for my restrictions, but for insurance.