K&N air filter - any improvement?

I usually tend to find going round bends I'm in the middle of my rev range sort of between 6500 and 8000, It's when I'm coming out the corners I don't feel like there's enough power :/

Although I am a new rider I would still class myself as a quite confident and a quick learner

8k rpm is near peak power hence why the bike has very little extra to give. I find taking bends much lower down the rev range like 3-4k rpm is much better and you can feel the bike pull out of the corner. Not only that your MPG will suffer if you are ragging the engine all the time.

I tend to find people who say I am confident and a quick learner are the ones who end up as stats, you must remember you will never stop learning on a motorcycle and confidence is great until you run out of road or meet another vehicle half way round a bend.

Originally Posted by daveyrach

You will also find the power on an SV being a V-Twin is all low down in the rev range with very little top end which is what I think you mean by making noise and not going anywhere. Peak power is around 8500-9000rpm

^^ This

Another advantage of a twin over an I4 is that you can open the throttle in more or less any gear and and have decent pull, without tap dancing down the gearbox. Very useful if your feeling lazy

What do you mean stats?

Originally Posted by Rattyratcliffe

What do you mean stats?

A statistic (I.e more likely to have accidents)

Ah gotcha

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vtwins are about torque not revs. it also depends on how you are cornering and jumping from a 125 i think you are trying to carry speed threw the corners. you don't need to stir the box as much on a vtwin as a 125 to make progress.

it will click one day and you will then see.

i came back to biking from a very very long break which back then was strokers which you have to keep on song or they do nowt. it took me a good long while to get used to not having to ring the neck out of the bike and instead use the torque but once my brain clicked it was a revelation. the SV is a very forgiving bike to ride as it will pretty much pull from 2k rpm if need be e.g. completely messing up corners by not being in the right gear and the corner being tighter than you think.

so stick with it and learn how to ride a vtwin which is low revs and the right gear. if your coming out a corner at 8k rpm in 3rd gear then you only have till 10k before the power drops right off. try exiting at about 5k in 4th/5th gear and see how you get on.

the speed is deceptive on a twin as your not screaming its head off but trust me your going fast.

Thanks for the advice