NOS. sounds silly, but worth it?

Originally Posted by sv650nutter149

its not illegal to have nos on the rod,ie on the bike filled up. its only illegal to ''use'' it lol how ppl gonna tell ne way??? flames coming out of pipe maybe lol

See my previous reply. It's not illegal to have it OR use it. It's illegal to not insure it.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Viney

Just buy a thou!!! You WILL invalidate your insurce by the way as its illegal to have NoS on the road.

Other than that, what fun

no its not

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

no its not

Been here, done this.

[yorkie_chris]

sorry!

OK I'll pick on something else...

Originally Posted by rubberduckofdeath

Or the feeling you have after (maybe) overtaking them briefly and then they outbrake you with superior brakes or out corner you with a superior chassis and suspension setup?

They are not 'that' good.
Disagree that the kwak has a better chassis. Definitely a better suspension
setup though.

I agree if more speed is required, it would be easier to buy a different bike.

On 'all the gear no idea' didn't that SV have NOS put on it? with a button that said 'lift'

I've seen bikes with NOS bottles proudly bolted to the side of their machine!

100mph at nearly 8k with an 11k limit effectively means a 95-100mph cruising speed....how fast do you need to go on a public road? At that speed you'd go straight through a double brick wall and kill someone on the other side! (someones house?)

It takes 5-6 secs on a gixxer 750 to overtake from around 50mph rolling on in top. About the same as a Porshe 911.....I think we sometimes have too little respect for the performance our machines already have. IMHO

Still....whatever turns you on!

Originally Posted by riktherider

as the top range on the sv is poor.

Use the bottom end then there's plenty of it and enough for overtaking the cagies

Originally Posted by RhythmJunkie

100mph at nearly 8k with an 11k limit effectively means a 95-100mph cruising speed....how fast do you need to go on a public road? At that speed you'd go straight through a double brick wall and kill someone on the other side! (someones house?)

It takes 5-6 secs on a gixxer 750 to overtake from around 50mph rolling on in top. About the same as a Porshe 911.....I think we sometimes have too little respect for the performance our machines already have. IMHO

Still....whatever turns you on!

I don't think respect for performance comes into it. I totally respect the fact that my bike is capable of killing me every time I ride it, but the fact that I can do 165mph if I want to is irrelevant. The bike's performance isn't an issue, how I use it is.

Having a disrespect for your machine's performance isn't the same thing as wanting more - I'm a very sensible person generally, and don't take stupid risks in any environment, but I wouldn't mind if my bike accelerated quicker, or developed more power, or looked shinier, etc etc.

Now go on Junkie - post up a weblink from an 'expert' that proves that respect for performance directly correlates to likelihood of death