Little difference restricted? I disagree.

Originally Posted by fastdruid

I've got a graph somewhere of just how terrible the throttle slides make the power curve. My SV700 managed just short of 35BHP on the slides that beabert now has.

Its a shame I don't have the curves back to back but IIRC the initial portion was unchanged so if you never rev it you'd never notice.

Druid

I may have them still, but i may have taken them out a year early lol. I keep meaning to put them back in.

Yep i agree, its after 6k ish it all happens with them out.

[timwilky]

I have never ridden a restricted bike and to be honest cannot understand why people do?

My L plate riding went something like :-

FS1E, D10, D14, C15, Hustler, followed by a GT750, GS850 and a Moto Martin CBX. I never felt the need to get a bigger bike and somehow cut its nuts off.

So why apart from a stupid law do kids pay over the odds for a bigger bike, therefore higher insurance grouping etc and then strangle the poor thing. Surely they would be better off on a small 4/500 type bike and learn how to ride for two years then get a full power bike.

Better still though get rid of all the motorcycle learner/young rider laws. A single route for all, probably based on DAS, but that means you cannot ride alone on L plates.

[yorkie_chris]

4/500s are still over 33bhp
They are also suicidal on the motorway, rare, no cheaper to insure etc.

Plus buying bikes <33bhp is expensive for what you get, it's better to run about on a restricted bike for a bit.

You think anyone feels the need to get a big bike and cut it's nuts off? It's just the bullsh*t you're lumbered with if you're <21 and want a bike you can actually use.

Well i put them back in today for two reasons.

1. To be legal on the road again.
2. The weather, Im less likely to spin the back wheel (Im very throttle happy usually)

It works, changes my riding style, its so slow theres no point riding like before.

[fastdruid]

I always used to nail it out of work when it was cold to warm the rear tyre up, it would spin up and then slide as I backed off.
Put a smile on my face every day, although what wasn't as amusing was another rider high siding after doing pretty much the same thing...

Druid

Originally Posted by fastdruid

I always used to nail it out of work when it was cold to warm the rear tyre up, it would spin up and then slide as I backed off.
Put a smile on my face every day, although what wasn't as amusing was another rider high siding after doing pretty much the same thing...

Druid

Bet it wasn't with these restrictors you flogged me in.

[fastdruid]

Those restrictors came with a set of carbs that came with a spare engine I bought, I've never had a restricted license nor ridden with them fitted[1].

Druid

[1] Apart from about 20yrds.

Originally Posted by fastdruid

Those restrictors came with a set of carbs that came with a spare engine I bought, I've never had a restricted license nor ridden with them fitted[1].

Druid

[1] Apart from about 20yrds.

That was a bonus, i bet that was the most boring 20 metres of your biking career lol.

Originally Posted by beabert

It works, changes my riding style, its so slow theres no point riding like before.

I can imagine, im quite throttle happy too, so its just as well my sv is in the shed until the end of feb.

Ive never ridden a restricted bike, but even 2 years on still get a grin when I crack open the throttle, the bike can still amaze me at times.

I lasted about a month, as long as you stick by 'theres a time and a place' moto you wont become a statistic. The throttle stop is now a keyring and the washers are in the bin. I love the sv and the way it makes power...i just hate it when im with all my mates on il4's and they **** off to 170 (mudafukas).