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Benno wrote:If you're looking for redline on a 10 though Mike, I'd be suggesting a visit to PI! I tend to agree with the motortune method. My bike is an ex demo, so I wouldn't mind running it on the dyno to see what it can do.
yea, exactly even on a Z1 finding red is pretty tuff on the street

i haven't even found 5th or 6th gear yet!

i'm gonna change the oil and filter this weekend just to be safe, i tend to stick with Motul half synth since most decent mechs use the same brand. - i should ask the place i bought it from what oil they use to.

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Ian Irving did an article on what happens to the engine during run-in a few years back in Rapid magazine. I don't remember a lot of the details, but basically too hard or too soft and the hone on the bore doesn't get worn properly and you may have problems. The long and short of it, if I remember correctly, was to just ride the thing without babying it or flogging it.
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Mick C wrote:Ian Irving did an article on what happens to the engine during run-in a few years back in Rapid magazine. I don't remember a lot of the details, but basically too hard or too soft and the hone on the bore doesn't get worn properly and you may have problems. The long and short of it, if I remember correctly, was to just ride the thing without babying it or flogging it.
that sounds about the best i reckon!
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For anyone buying a bike new, dump the oil as soon as you get it home & look at all the shiny little metal particles suspended in it! See if that doesn't underline the need to change oil more frequently than the manual suggests (especially during the early life of the bike).
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BikerBoy wrote: yea, exactly even on a Z1 finding red is pretty tuff on the street


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ummm not really... come for a ride with me...lol

they definately have a rev limiter in em... :P
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Neka79 wrote:
BikerBoy wrote: yea, exactly even on a Z1 finding red is pretty tuff on the street


cheers
ummm not really... come for a ride with me...lol


they definately have a rev limiter in em... :P

BB..... neka just wants you to show him how to change gears ;) ..... contrary to what he thinks... it is not a CVT :)

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swabio-ACT wrote:
Neka79 wrote:
BikerBoy wrote: yea, exactly even on a Z1 finding red is pretty tuff on the street


cheers
ummm not really... come for a ride with me...lol


they definately have a rev limiter in em... :P

BB..... neka just wants you to show him how to change gears ;) ..... contrary to what he thinks... it is not a CVT :)

:) :D ;)
what is a cvt??
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Continuously Variable Transmission
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MiG wrote:Continuously Variable Transmission
my transmission is continuously variing tho...??
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No, that'd be your right wrist Nath :lol:
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Someone on this site once said to me......

"Be a little gentle..................., then ride it like you stole it.
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jewjew wrote:Someone on this site once said to me......

"Be a little gentle..................., then ride it like you stole it.
Or, "Just launch the Farker" :D
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photomike666 wrote:
jewjew wrote:Someone on this site once said to me......

"Be a little gentle..................., then ride it like you stole it.
Or, "Just launch the Farker" :D
havent heard that one in a while... :P


i was gunna get personal plates too... "Launch"...lol
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