General SBK Discussion Thread

[MavericK46]

Originally Posted by kriss

even i was scared when i watched the two cd's of 2006 and 2007 season.

Any chance of me watching the clips from those cd's without coming to 'The city of biriyani'..?

[sarbanoxley]

CRAZY porsche driver meets his match.thats why they say dont mess with
a biker.see him accept defeat @ the end.

YouTube - Crazy Driving: Porsche GT3 vs 2 Bikes

@rx100 @ your service,sir

I do this in traffic so whats the big deal:
note 0.55 and 1.02
Onboard With A Super Bike - Video

[crazy_rahul]

well i had this query for a while now, thought of posting it here..
Does playng (or rather shuffling it on/off) with red on/off switch on the RHS above the accelerator cause any sort of a damage to the bike even when the ignition is turned off??
had heard somewhere it does.. dont know how far is it true.. can someone through some light on this

[Sarvajit]

Originally Posted by crazy_rahul

well i had this query for a while now, thought of posting it here..
Does playng (or rather shuffling it on/off) with red on/off switch on the RHS above the accelerator cause any sort of a damage to the bike even when the ignition is turned off??
had heard somewhere it does.. dont know how far is it true.. can someone through some light on this

It may cause a loose contact, but that can easily be rectified. It has happened many a time in my Fiero F2. The mech used to remove the wire, grind it a bit&then put it back again. It would work perfectly then!

[Samarth 619]

Guys, another statement given by A Reputed member from another site :-->

Ok, here's some 'andar ki baat'. Yamaha is launching the FZ 250 (to compete with the Ninja 250), FZ1 and the R6 sometime in April '09.

Now, these are ideally the most appropriate bikes considering the situations... Just hope what he said is true ...

[Sarvajit]

Originally Posted by Samarth 619

Guys, another statement given by A Reputed member from another site :-->



Now, these are ideally the most appropriate bikes considering the situations... Just hope what he said is true ...

Good...I don't wanna see something better coming from Yamaha (read fully faired) after buying the Ninja!

[dreamchaser]

how can i know the wear or how much more life is there in a used SBK?? because they dont have much projected threads so how will i know if its worn out or it still has life in them....and is there any way to calculate howmuch more ife in the tyre before relplacing??? i had asked this in the tyres UT but was told to post here thats why...please give me a reply

[HydBiker]

Originally Posted by dreamchaser

how can i know the wear or how much more life is there in a used SBK?? because they dont have much projected threads so how will i know if its worn out or it still has life in them....and is there any way to calculate howmuch more ife in the tyre before relplacing??? i had asked this in the tyres UT but was told to post here thats why...please give me a reply

Every tyre has a Thread Wear Indicator (TWI) marked on the sides and visible at the contact patch when the tyre wears out.

In most cases, you'll know you are loosing grip even before the TWI shows up.

[Sarvajit]

Originally Posted by HydBiker

Every tyre has a Thread Wear Indicator (TWI) marked on the sides and visible at the contact patch when the tyre wears out.

In most cases, you'll know you are loosing grip even before the TWI shows up.

Yup-the tyre loses its ideal performance even before it reaches somewhere near the TWI. In any case, SBK tyres don't last more than 5-6K kms. Check with one of the SBK owners for more details.

[dreamchaser]

hey guys now this year is 2009 and the official yamaha sells 07 R1's(brand new 0 kms ofcourse) if i am not mistaken,in its showrooms right??? so if i plan to sell the bike in say 3 years ie the year become 2012...so will my yamaha be called as a 2007 model bike which makes it 5 years old where as it has been only 3 years!!..this is a weird question but please give me a reply!