Awesome, so whens it hitting the strip?
PS Skid pics?
PS Skid pics?
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Im not only sure Im HIV positive. -
Want to do a few little things first (like sort out why it's blowing fuses) but shan't be long at all.
It willb e fun just to get it out there, based on old mate's results with a more serious setup, it will be hard to get any real numbers out of.Originally posted by 350statoComment
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Hey bloke, can you just make a random post every day in this thread to let us know youre still alive?
Cheers.Comment
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Tuesday 26th February 2:05pm.Originally posted by 350statoComment
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See, its not a fucking time machine...its friday dude, all day.Originally posted by Shifty View PostComment
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Hm... tired much?
Friday indeed.
Maybe I shouldn't be riding it tonight?
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fixedOriginally posted by Shifty View PostHm... tired much?
Friday indeed.
Maybe I shouldn't be riding it everComment
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Works that way when you're talking multi-puck clutches.Originally posted by bigmuz View Post
When you've got multiple plates, it's additive. each plate/steel pair sees the same clamping force. Add a plate/steel pair without changing the spring preload and you increase the torque capacity by the percentage of extra friction surfaces you've added."Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?" "Whats that?" "A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."Comment
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InterestingOriginally posted by 350statoComment
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It's why alot of people will pull out the belvill ewasher and the bottom steel in the stack and fun a friction plate directly against the aluminium basket so they can add another friction and steel pair - removing the bellville narrows up the friction point a bit, but the extra pair of plates is well worth the effort in somehint that gets a bit marginal with mucho mumbo - Common thing in tuned RG500s and air cooled GSX1100 (I think the EFE stacked another plate in from factory).
If you go and poke around in tilton or quartermaster's website, you'll find the torque ratings for some of their clutches in 1 plate, 2 plate and 3 plate confiigurations - all using the same diaphragm spring - from memory its something like 250ftlb for their 7.25" single plate, 500ftlb for the double and 750ftlb for the triple.
I'm curious about the "clocked" top friction plate arrangement in the GSX14 - I'm guessing it's something to do with the back torque limiting..."Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?" "Whats that?" "A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."Comment
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that's why when my auto was upgraded, they put extra friction/pressure plates in it.
triple plate > twin plate > single plate clutch... etc. etc.Pest Control - Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich and South West QLD PF discounts apply.Comment
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Soft.Originally posted by edo View Post
There's only two ways this bike should be ridden
1- Leaning forward with a little front brake.
2- Leaning backwards with a little rear brake.Comment
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I stand corrected. I had interpreted the extra plate thing in autos etc as going hand in hand with extra pressure.
I guess what I am saying is true then but only for the amount of material on each plate.Comment
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Fuck me drunk. I had a bit of a blast on this today and I'm still giggling.
Very very tractable and easy to ride. Stands up in the first three gears but not as bad for me as it is for Shifty (given that I am twice the man he is :D)
Roll the throttle in and try and hang onto it as it turns the scenery into a fucking blur. Click the next gear and the cun't back on boost and it's screaming it's head off again. I reckon it does 100- 200 in about three seconds. Fuck knows what fourth gear is like :D
Pretty much the most mental thing I have ever ridden. Makes the gixxer thou/ blackbirds I have ridden seem very tame (and that is saying something!)
The delivery is seamless but quite silly. It comes on very hard but not silly hard. If anything I reckon it might be faster/ more insane if the delivery was a bit less linear. Maybe cams or some more boost up top would turn it impossibly mental. It would be hard to genuinely say it needs more power though :D
All in all- fucking unreal. Cheers shifty.Comment
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Well, did 450km or so on the way down to Muz's today, didn't miss a beat. In fact it did, fuse problem continued but on a fuel stop I figured it out. I don't have a horn on the bike presently, but the wires are still there. They're shielded, but the wires were touching the engine and melted through, so they were intermittently arcing. I assume it was happening on acceleration because the bike changes attitude etc. Rode for 2.5 hours without it blowing a fuse again (better than 60 seconds!) so I assume that was the issue!!
5l/100km on the hwy, much the same as gf's Ninja 250
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