What have you learnt today?

oorwullie43 · Post by **oorwullie43** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:40 pm

I have learnt that it's very hard to find replacement screws for the front panels, after you have removed the rusty one,s!

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:25 pm

A restricted VTR, is a very, very good bike. Shifts like wombles! Ridiculously more powerful than the Hornet ever was, not quite as fast as my mates Thundercat (haven't had a proper drag race to check yet ) but he got past me easily enough. Still had more than enough torque to overtake cars on a country road while in 4th gear though.

EDIT: Just worked out my MPG, 32.. Booollllooooocccckkkkssss!

MacV2 · Post by **MacV2** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:45 pm

oorwullie43 wrote:I have learnt that it's very hard to find replacement screws for the front panels, after you have removed the rusty one,s!

What ones I might have some...

Tweety · Post by **Tweety** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:50 pm

Virt wrote:A restricted VTR, is a very, very good bike. Shifts like wombles! Ridiculously more powerful than the Hornet ever was, not quite as fast as my mates Thundercat (haven't had a proper drag race to check yet ) but he got past me easily enough. Still had more than enough torque to overtake cars on a country road while in 4th gear though.

EDIT: Just worked out my MPG, 32.. Booollllooooocccckkkkssss!

Well... For track duty, that's to be considered excellent mileage...

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 5:32 pm

Tweety wrote:
Well... For track duty, that's to be considered excellent mileage...

That was road riding earlier, didn't calculate my track economy as I didn't want to cry

oorwullie43 · Post by **oorwullie43** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:05 pm

MacV2 wrote:
oorwullie43 wrote:I have learnt that it's very hard to find replacement screws for the front panels, after you have removed the rusty one,s!
What ones I might have some...

Thanks Mac, found some in an auto spares shop and used stainless cap heads where I could!

reggy5 · Post by **reggy5** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:18 pm

always check the back of you bike to retrieve your keys after just putting your battery on charge and then you will not be hunting them for threeeeeeeeee hours

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:14 am

I've done that

But not only did I leave the keys in the back of the bike I then when into the house.....slaming the garage door which automatically locks on the way out!
Needles to say, I had some strong words with myself

Pete.l

Mav617 · Post by **Mav617** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:46 pm

That the A685 road through Kirkby Stephen I drove across today to get to a customer in Co Durham looks a cracking bike road and (assuming my Storm gets finished by summer) is getting a visit when any decent weather comes. Mind you the Insignia didn't need filling in the 320 mile round trip - will cost me a fortune on the VTR,

Watty · Post by **Watty** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:56 pm

Mav617 wrote:That the A685 road through Kirkby Stephen I drove across today to get to a customer in Co Durham looks a cracking bike road and (assuming my Storm gets finished by summer) is getting a visit when any decent weather comes. Mind you the Insignia didn't need filling in the 320 mile round trip - will cost me a fortune on the VTR,

Oh yes

indeed it is a cracking road mate

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:43 pm

That I can overtake in 5th gear with no problem, I'm so amazed at how the VTR handles a restriction. It's still torquey as wombles, obviously not quite as torquey and you can tell it's restricted. But ridiculously better than the hornet was, vtr does 90 in 5th at 5k rpm. I haven't tried to see how high it will rev but I normally change at about 6k, and I still have 6th gear. Gonna try and break a ton tomorrow I think

Keep just cruising at 90 because effort to go faster and it just stays there so comfortably

Oh, and that not having a high up exhaust with a heat shield sucks. My exhausts are practically brown already, despite me cleaning the bike after my huge ride out yesterday

VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:50 pm

Get the race cans on with no baffles.

Good to hear your having fun.

(:-})

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:53 pm

Starting to think I shouldn't. The bike is quite loud coming into the parking lot (tight alleyway) and I've had one complaint already cause it really echoes the exhausts and makes them loud and deep. And I'm still on baffled standards :/

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VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:17 am

Don't be silly......your breathing probably gets loud and deep when down tight alleyways!!!!

(:-})

Mav617 · Post by **Mav617** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:34 pm

Virt wrote:Starting to think I shouldn't. The bike is quite loud coming into the parking lot (tight alleyway) and I've had one complaint already cause it really echoes the exhausts and makes them loud and deep. And I'm still on baffled standards :/

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Just get one of Pat's "Loud Pipes Save Lives" stickers and tell the moaners to do one!! My ART cans proudly wear their "Not For Road Use" stamps - until they have to make way for standard cans come MOT time

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