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Originally Posted by prakash_mvpa
nice thread !.after reading..it felt like it is literally impossible to keep a SBK in city?  |
Not really. But between the months of April till July, make sure you have plenty of fluid intake, and I mean really LOTS of it. You can land up with heat/sun stroke if you are riding during the hot times of the day. I nearly landed in hospital due to dehydration and heat end April this year. Riding such a bike you tend to get carried away. Take care of yourself and the bike, choose your riding timing judiciously and everything will be bliss.
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Originally Posted by Samarth 619
Yes, it's a great thread ...
and also, please let me know about Competition 600s (R6, ZX 6R, etc.) -- the minimum rpm that "HAS" to be kept in 5-6th gear, for staying in powerband ... means for city driving ...
I know it sounds strange ... but please inform ,,, Thanks!
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From my riding experience, I am not sure you can stay in powerband on high engine capacity bikes in the city on 5th or 6th anywhere in the world. That would be a death wish for sure. Coz on powerband on 5th on a 600 means you are doing way beyond 130+!
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Originally Posted by WiZ
Kenda could you give some input on your experience with your older carb ( or was it injected ? ) R1.I just love that retro can and looks.And it was my fav 02 R1 colour combo too.
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The older one was carb. It had a totally different feel to it. Cannot be really compared. It had nice initial acceleration which also "felt" linear. But they cannot really be compared since things have changed a LOT since. A difference of nearly 40Bhp, poorly maintained first bike... I liked it then. I will not go back to it now even in Mint condition. Unless I am a collector. But then if I am a collector, I would rather go for Italians, British, French, Danish than for Japs.