General SBK Discussion Thread

[csgup1]

Sorry to hijack this thread but unfortunately thats not the case fireblah. What you have is an incredible piece of machinery that can vastly improve your riding if you want. You can practise each on the many different elements of riding everytime you get on the bike.

Again Im talking from experience. I rode for a solid year and a bit and I thought I could ride alright till I came off for the first time.Then I realised I didnt know much about riding at all. I asked a few more experienced guys to teach me how to corner, about throttle control, braking properly. I learnt more in one day that I did in the entire year making me a safer rider. I still go out and look for better riders so I can learn from them as much as I can.

Knowing the road helps a lot but smooth throttle control, looking through the corner, body position, finding good lines, counter steering, and braking is something you can practise on all corners even if you dont know them.

[sheelpriye]

Having ridden these big bikes at the track at a decent pace ( Check my philip island thread) in the dry and wet I can assure you that there is absolutely no way in hell that you will be able to ride at the same pace in the wet as you do in the dry on the same tyres. If you ever have a look and feel of full wet weather grooved tyres you will be able to tell how soft they are. Their maximum temperature is 55degress compared to 80 odd degrees of full slicks. both tyres are completely different.

I have also commuted in the rain on the zx10 and as long as you are careful and have some common sense its not too bad. You just have to be careful braking and be very weary of your throttle hand. Also paint on roads is extremely slippery and so is the mud and other stuff in india. The concrete roads in india are also completely different to the bitumen roads here that have more grip.

Ill also be over in india for a few months from june, so if you want some tips and pointers for cornering , Ill be happly to help out.

cheers

copied and posted from ash's thread,

post the hoopla of riding in wet dies down, i have an equally interesting thing to discuss

[sheelpriye]

from ash's blade thread

First of all, lap times don't fall by 5-10 seconds on an average. Please check again.

May i know by how much they do fall?

First of all, I don't think a dog peeing on the road will make much difference in full blown rains.

shall wait for Sumit to answer this
he definitely wasn't referring to quantity of water being added

If you apply the same braking principals which you apply in dry weather, you will be fine. Do you brake while cornering even in dry condition? Do you apply rear brake (now this question has become redundant for your blade) while leaning?

are you serious?

do you brake as hard in rains as you do in dry in any freaking motorcycle?

[riot]

so speed or xtrapremium also works fine and doesn't kill the engine. a few other things i wanted to know-

1. can a person of height 5 feet 5 inch (me :P) ride a superbike? (i can somehow manage to touch my feet to the ground on my Pulsar 220. can i even dream of a sbk?)

Ofcourse u can ride ANY bike out there. All that matters is confidence. I believe as long as u can touch even one toe on the floor, u can ride that bike. I am 5`4ish and 50ish Kgs and i too ride a 200, One thing i learnt tough my experience is those people who say u need to put both feet flat on ground to ride a bike say that because THEY cant ride without it.

Know abut dani pedrosa? Hez just 5`4 and he rides one of the fastest and the most advanced bikes known to humans the Honda RC 212v. We can atleast ride a S1000RR , cant we ?

[TenHut]

i did not understand any of that video !

lol.

Btw...there is some mention on the first page about CBS failing.
I think we are talking about the "C-ABS" here as I dont know of any system which gets termed as CBS.
Absolutely nothing can go wrong if the C-ABS fails. C-ABS works in the background and kicks in only when the wheels are about to lock up.Once it senses an emergency situation it is essentially braking through brake-by-wire technology. Its not a full electronic system with 1 and 0 as ON and Off for braking. That way if the system failed the rider is fcuked.
Its an hydraulic electronic system where if the system fails it just fails to prevent wheel locking.
So with a failed system u are braking the way you would brake on a non C-ABS equipped bike, manually!

[ashtorque]

Suzuki Boulevard

These pics were taken in DSG Pune....Orange shade is mindblowing especially when you take a close look at the paint job...Some lucky soul is going to ride this very soon...
Suzuki Boulevard...1800cc...Shaft driven....Rear tire of 240

[goldie]

A flagship model and a 600. Thats all i can say for now as my lips are sealed regarding the pricing of the bikes
But this is no rumour and one shall see the bikes in 2010

Bhai atleat u can pm me on tht (price/model/launch)...

I assure u my word tht it wud be only upto me for sure!

Please yaar, am really pissed off now waitin waitin waitin for any concrete ones...

[fireblah]

^^ so we have heard a lot of times before..... btw, i did not understand any of that video !

[TenHut]

Hi TenHut.

I am also eagerly awaiting a 600 as i made arrangements for one & the DRI
watered my dream.

As u mentioned in ur CSS vid abt june/july, wat/how much of that is gonna
arrive for sure, can u please shed some light...

A flagship model and a 600. Thats all i can say for now as my lips are sealed regarding the pricing of the bikes
But this is no rumour and one shall see the bikes in 2010

[goldie]

Click on the third link in my sig.

Ballant advertising ftw !!!!

Hi TenHut.

I am also eagerly awaiting a 600 as i made arrangements for one & the DRI
watered my dream.

As u mentioned in ur CSS vid abt june/july, wat/how much of that is gonna
arrive for sure, can u please shed some light...

[invincible2110]

cool video..infact great video!

who is the bajaj guy? i mean designation...is there any credibility on what he has told you? cause it took bajaj over 1.5 - 2 years to
launch the 250r after rajiv bajaj told the press that they would launch...? any news on cbu or ckd? Thanks!

dude what is the name of the song in your video?

[invincible2110]

Click on the third link in my sig.

Ballant advertising ftw !!!!

cool video..infact great video!

who is the bajaj guy? i mean designation...is there any credibility on what he has told you? cause it took bajaj over 1.5 - 2 years to
launch the 250r after rajiv bajaj told the press that they would launch...? any news on cbu or ckd? Thanks!

[rudra666]

I've got 2 joe rockets; one mesh (rave) and another leather (speedmaster 5.0). Top quality. I got their carbon helmet too. Where you getting it from?

Performance Racing Store, mumbai

[dineshsamtani]

Hey guys I'm planning to buy a new riding jacket. Planning to pick up a JOE ROCKET SONIC 2.0 . Any suggestions is welcome.

Hey buddy i guess you are new to xBHP there is a seperate discussion thread for the riding gear.

Check out this. http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/universa...tml#post106240

[Streetfighter]

Hey guys I'm planning to buy a new riding jacket. Planning to pick up a JOE ROCKET SONIC 2.0 . Any suggestions is welcome.

I've got 2 joe rockets; one mesh (rave) and another leather (speedmaster 5.0). Top quality. I got their carbon helmet too. Where you getting it from?