Dual carriageway tips?

Originally Posted by ogden

That's restricted 125s for you. First thing I did to my TZR125 back in the day was turn the valve, which took it from 12bhp to 23bhp and boosted the top speed from around 70 to roughly a ton.

You should see a similar improvement from the CG (11bhp/96kg = 114bhp/tonne) to the SV (33bhp/165kg = 200bhp/tonne, the same as my old TZR!)

How long are you stuck on a 125?

I thought the cg wasnt restricted, and the 11bhp was just its maximum. Im on the 125 for a couple of months. By the summer i WILL have a nice pointy sv.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Use a premium fuel such as Shell Optimax or use a fuel additive such as Silkolene Pro FST.

Ill see what the mechanic says tomorrow, and most probably take a trip to HG this week since i want to pick up some new gear anyway.

[ogden]

Originally Posted by Magnum

I thought the cg wasnt restricted, and the 11bhp was just its maximum. Im on the 125 for a couple of months. By the summer i WILL have a nice pointy sv.

A CG is restricted by its very nature. A two-stroke 125 would need to be artificially restricted to meet the 12bhp-ish limit. In the good old days it was a 10 minute job to remove the restriction. Woohoo.

[yorkie_chris]

Yup. Stuff like the cagiva planet I have in the garage is the same ... just whip a washer out of the exhaust.
I heard of one 125 where it was the simple matter of putting a fuse in the fusebox for the powervalve servo.

Unfortunately the CG isn't restricted, it's just slow.

I'll just have to put up with it for now then. Dont get me wrong though, i do like it, its a great little bike and anything up to 45/50 is fun. I dont like leaning it into bends too much because of those skinny push bike tyres though!
I get my 80+mpg from it, so its good on my walet.

[ogden]

Wallet schmallet. My 250 does 27mpg on a good day and drinks a litre of oil every 300 miles or so. Now that's what I call music.

Originally Posted by ogden

Wallet schmallet. My 250 does 27mpg on a good day and drinks a litre of oil every 300 miles or so. Now that's what I call music.

I wouldnt be complaining on my sv if i get a good ride from it. But if my slugglish little cg was eating away at anything less than 70mpg i wouldnt be very happy!
I was pretty happy the other day when i found a tenner on the floor in college, it paid for a tank of fuel which gets me just under 300 miles. Now thats what i call profit.

I've got back from the place i got it from. Turns out the choke was on slightly, and the fuel was set to reserve?! I havn't touched either. He told me to make sure the choke is down in the morning.
I took it for a mini test ride on a faster road and although it didnt hit 60, it was so much more smooth. Even slower speeds were smooth, and at one point i looked down and i was doing 50 in lets say, a not 50 road.
I dont think ill be able to comfortably get 60 from the bike at any time, so i think ill stay off the DC's till i get a faster bike.

Originally Posted by Magnum

so i think ill stay off the DC's till i get a faster bike.

Wise words. It amazes me that the government appears to consider that such underpowered machines are acceptable, for anyone. There is no point in putting yourself in danger.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Magnum

I've got back from the place i got it from. Turns out the choke was on slightly, and the fuel was set to reserve?! I havn't touched either. He told me to make sure the choke is down in the morning.
I took it for a mini test ride on a faster road and although it didnt hit 60, it was so much more smooth. Even slower speeds were smooth, and at one point i looked down and i was doing 50 in lets say, a not 50 road.
I dont think ill be able to comfortably get 60 from the bike at any time, so i think ill stay off the DC's till i get a faster bike.

On my DAS we did a fair bit of Dual Carriage way stuff - mainly because the Instructor wanted us to learn in the area around the test center and that was some distance away.

It actually did teach something.

So I wouldn't rule out DC's totally, if you can get someone you know with a bigger bike to go out with you then that would be ideal.