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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:41 pm
by agentpineapple
mik_str wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:29 pm
Day off today, going to casually head down to the garage and make some fine-tuning adjustments to the old girl. I feel the carb slides are still not lifting quite quickly enough, so I will enlarge the second lift hole (net effect will be 75% of the lift of the stock 2-hole set-up). Response is already very, very goo, but I feel as though there is more in there... so, OCMD obliges to go on a quest, lol
I will also work on the placement of the air lines (inside airbox) going from the the two Flo-Commander units, getting them clearly out of the airstream (read somewhere that the area extending from 2 cm below the mouth to @ 6-7 cm above the stack opening is critical and that any obstacles located in this area impair airflow into the engine by a non-negligible amount). Optimisation like this is cheap and all the little gains add up. So,
away wi' ya!
cheers from across the Pond
have you had a chance to ride a standard vtr recently, it would be interesting to compare it against your bike....
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:29 pm
by AMCQ46
have any of us got a standard storm these days?
can you imagine how gutted you would be if any of us got to test a standard one and it felt better than ours!
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:48 pm
by mik_str
agentpineapple wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:41 pm
mik_str wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:29 pm
Day off today, going to casually head down to the garage and make some fine-tuning adjustments to the old girl. I feel the carb slides are still not lifting quite quickly enough, so I will enlarge the second lift hole (net effect will be 75% of the lift of the stock 2-hole set-up). Response is already very, very goo, but I feel as though there is more in there... so, OCMD obliges to go on a quest, lol
I will also work on the placement of the air lines (inside airbox) going from the the two Flo-Commander units, getting them clearly out of the airstream (read somewhere that the area extending from 2 cm below the mouth to @ 6-7 cm above the stack opening is critical and that any obstacles located in this area impair airflow into the engine by a non-negligible amount). Optimisation like this is cheap and all the little gains add up. So,
away wi' ya!
cheers from across the Pond
have you had a chance to ride a standard vtr recently, it would be interesting to compare it against your bike....
closest I came was to ride my buddy Jack Flash's bike (he of fuel screw fame). His bike is not quite stock either, as he is running my old CBR900RR forks, brakes and PVM magnesium wheels (along with a braced swinger and Jamie Daugherty F4i shock). His bike feels assuredly calm and restrained in comparison - quite a contrast from mine, lol Mine is frantic, sooooooooo flickable...
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:44 pm
by Stephan
Mik_str: if you want to increase slide speed, there is also possibility to order springs only from Dynojet distributor as spare parts, quite cheap, Dj springs are softer. Just another easy option for tinkering.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:03 pm
by mik_str
Stephan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:44 pm
Mik_str: if you want to increase slide speed, there is also possibility to order springs only from Dynojet distributor as spare parts, quite cheap, Dj springs are softer. Just another easy option for tinkering.
thanks, am already running those (have been for some time now). I think I am right at the prime setting for lift speed and all. I think I will now ride and enjoy
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:36 pm
by fabiostar
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:04 pm
by haynesjones66
i'm picking my new vtr up on saturday and its completely standard apart from mcct's. if anyone wants to ride mine while i ride your highly modified example, i'm quite willing
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:29 pm
by mik_str
awesome result!!!! congrats
what was your torque reading?
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:25 am
by StormyRob
You did very well with that bike mate. Video uploading sucks though
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:10 pm
by Pete.L
Bravo!
Can't you just stick the vid on YouTube and then post a link?
Pete.l
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:34 pm
by MacV2
Pete.L wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:10 pm
Bravo!
Can't you just stick the vid on YouTube and then post a link?
Pete.l
This is Rob your talking about here Pete...
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:01 pm
by VTRDark
Somebody has been messing with the media embedding and youtube is not on the new list thats been added. Like most softwares they deteriate as time goes on becuase developers can't leave things alone. If things are not broken they won't have anything to fix and be out of a job. It's a bit like installing parts on an engine designed to fail after so many hours. Just another income created from commercialised waste. It's a shame it can't be put to better use like growing vegetables to feed the starving in the world. Oops no....we can't do that because they are poor and don't have any money to pay for the food. Even tax evading charities expect a wage in return.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:22 pm
by StormyRob
That's another storm has flown the nest this evening. Staying within NI and he is a mate of one of the lads that was with us on Op Storm NI. Is the one that had a cct failure sorted last week.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:29 pm
by fabiostar
washed 3 days of Scotish storm mud from the big girl..
two storm meets and nothing feel apart or broke. well happy.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:46 pm
by sirch345
I'd be very happy with that too
Chris.
and watched with a very worried look as he abused my engine. it sounds sounds wrong hearing your own engine screem