My Bike Lacks Oomph...

[flymo]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

drop the clutch in as in feather it at 8k revs? or fully release the lever?

Depends how brave you are and how well practiced at throttle control. In a race I would practically release the lever fully, you'll get a light wheelie though but it accelerates like a banshee.

lol, all torque and no power.. reminds me of a really really big bloke i know... lol,

[flymo]

Originally Posted by lylej

lol, all torque and no power.. reminds me of a really really big bloke i know... lol,

, there's a joke in there somewhere.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

pin the throttle and dump the clutch*



*make sure you have someone filming your speedy getaway...

Fully dump the clutch? Wouldn't that make you lose power? (excuse my complete idiocy)

[flymo]

Originally Posted by lylej

think thats a little generous lol, id go with 2 possibly 3 against a super sport.. my SV starts tailing off as my 675 starts a surge to the red line

ok, I'll not argue over a second or two, you can certainly beat it though. One bike that surprised the hell out of me one day was a Honda Pan Euro 1100, those things take off like dragsters for the first 100 meters

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by slloyd

40mph in 1st??? no way, mine seems to scream if I'm not in 2nd by about 25mph. Wouldn't want to take it to 40mph.

If you wont use the rev-range and keep short shifting you wont get anywhere.

Thats kind of my route home - my SV is still off the road, but we can play with me on the Zed sometime if you want

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Fully dump the clutch? Wouldn't that make you lose power? (excuse my complete idiocy)

naaaaaah, just make sure it's bouncing off the limiter when you dump it...*








*WARNING: this advice may contain nuts

[flymo]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Fully dump the clutch? Wouldn't that make you lose power? (excuse my complete idiocy)

Nope, and the suction from your a$$ sticks you to the seat as it takes off

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by flymo

Depends how brave you are and how well practiced at throttle control. In a race I would practically release the lever fully, you'll get a light wheelie though but it accelerates like a banshee.

Ah with you know, from stand still my clutch lever will usually be more or less fully released by about 4k maybe? for some reason I tohught feathering it out for a prolonged period ate your clutch and just took power away from the back wheel.

[TSM]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

A SV650 in 1st gear will have more pull to about 40mph Its all to do with gearing... Not power.

you sure? check again... IL4s will make the same torque as a SV just at higher revs, so your claim only works if we are talking rev for rev in 1st...

it just happens that the SV is quite easy to launch from the lights and onto WOT very quickly