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2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:41 am

I took the toy for its maiden outing last night just to see how it went.

Everything seemed to go well, the little buggers certainly rev like the bejeezus. Question for those that have them though. When you blip the throttle on down changes do you have to give it a real handful?. I'm used to the 10 where you blip it and it jumps. The 6 though just semed to do nothing to the point that a couple of times I thought I was out of fuel. The fuel lights on but theres a bit in it before anyone suggest that one.

It seems to accelerate fine and it revs out no worries it's just that its dead flat when you blip it.

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:20 am

Will test it tomorrow at OP and let you know :twisted:

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:32 am

+1 :D 8)

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:13 am

should have bought a 10r. no problems with questionable power ;)

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:49 pm

How much play do you have in the throttle?

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:13 pm

Blurr wrote:.....should have bought a 10r. no problems with questionable power ;)......


except for the midrange......

:lol:

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:44 pm

HTFU Gleno..

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:44 am

zxsixr03 wrote:How much play do you have in the throttle?


Pretty well none. I think I'm just used to the 10.

The rest of you lot fugg orf ya clowns :P :) :)

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:18 pm

I reckon Cath's is exactly the same Glen. You wont notice it when you're on the track :)

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:17 pm

Needs a quick action throttle to keep the wrist from wearing out :kuda:

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:24 pm

When you "blip" your's just on idle Glenn does it have a delayed response?

Mine has it as well on down shifts.....I just thought it was an FI thing.....Coming from a carby bike before this one where it seem's to be a quicker response.......

BTW I just put a K&N filter in last weekend and seemed to make it worse... :shock:

Your more than welcome too take mine for a blat if you want to organise it to compare......

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:35 pm

Glen, can you clarify?

Are you talking about a pause or lag between the blip action and blip response?
Or are you talking about the 'amount' of blip you're used to doing gives you next to no results?

If it's the first one - yes. There is a noticeable (though small) lag between blipping the throttle and actually getting the response.
If it's the second one - probably. I reckon the ratio of input:response on the 6 would be quite different from the 10. In the same way that for the 6 to do anything, you need to get up high in the rev range compared to the 10, I think you'd have to give it a bigger blip to get the similar blip response.

If you'd like me to investigate further, I'm more than happy to ride your 10 for a week or two :lol:

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:44 am

feels fine as of now

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:03 pm

are the 08 Fly-by-wire?

i would have thought it has something to do with that

Re: 2008 ZX6 Throttle response

Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:25 pm

dont think so. only thought the yammy did that for a couple of years the tossed it :?
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