The Motorbikerist Thread

[JLv3.0]

Can someone tell me how to stop timing my laps? I've no idea how it started and I can't stop it, and the user manual is very confusing!!

Nope.

Just click onto a different screen - like Range

[unzippy]

Can someone tell me how to stop timing my laps? I've no idea how it started and I can't stop it, and the user manual is very confusing!!

More tape, over the display innit.

[tim]

So this 'essential' Brembo RCS 19 master cylinder upgrade. There's a school of thought that says the ABS will just compensate and it won't make any difference...

[JLv3.0]

Nah that's nonsense. How would the ABS compensate unless the wheel locks? It doesn't know how strong the brakes are - just when the wheel locks. Are the internets of the opinion that the wheel now instantly locks with this different master cylinder?

It's personal choice tbh - my mate loved the action of the front brakes of (then) his S1kRR, as it had a very smooth progression from off to on and allowed plenty of modulation.

I hated them for pretty much the same reasons - also the brakes on the Tenere are monstrous and I wanted to emulate them - and the RCS19 now gives it the zero-lag bite I really like. They're not grabby but it gets rid of that first few mm of dead travel that always reminded me what colour adrenaline is.

Up to you mate. It really isn't essential at all but it's a very nice upgrade.

[tim]

Nah that's nonsense. How would the ABS compensate unless the wheel locks? It doesn't know how strong the brakes are - just when the wheel locks.

Well for one Miles off of the U-S-A-U-S-A internet said so, so it must be true

https://www.s1000r.co.uk/index.php?topic=3057.0

Just putting it out there. The brakes on my S are so far beyond my other bikes, that and the motor are probably the last things that, for the time being, I think need upgrading.

The cable operated clutch is a bit old-hat though. It bites too far out for my taste, but winding in the adjuster a bit gives too much slack. I guess it needs taking up at the other end somewhere. It's an excuse to fiddle

[JLv3.0]

Well for one Miles off of the U-S-A-U-S-A internet said so, so it must be true

Good god alive - what a moron. There is literally no way what he says can be correct, either in theoretical world or reality, where I've confirmed otherwise!

JESUS CHRIST:

"No, because the bike will still use the ABS pump as a sort of "power assist" on the brakes. The difference is that it won't prevent you from locking the brake up."

What utter shite! Americans really are the worst for assigning expert status to themselves, aren't they.

[tim]

Keep reading, it gets better!!

[JLv3.0]

Does better now mean MUCH, MUCH WORSE??!!

The way that cockknocker has described it, the brake lever is nothing more than a way of sending a signal to the - wait for it - ABS PUMP to tell it how much braking you would like.

Y'WHA?!!!

[tim]

He gets comprehensively owned on Page 2.

[tim]

http://www.britishsuperbikeschool.co.uk/

I'm booking the Level II course in April later today if any of you lot fancy it.

[_andy]

I had a package turn up from Thailand this morning, unfortunately it wasn't my replacement ladyboy ( ) but was my new exhaust for the MSX125 ( ). I think she's going to be a loud one!





Welds look ok:



I'll try and fit it later to see what its like. It did come with a sort of DB killer installed but it's pretty half arsed. I might see if I can knock up something a bit better.

[Simon]

Why has it got a Tamiya logo on it?

[_andy]

Why has it got a Tamiya logo on it?

Because that's whose logo they decided to rip off

They have a cheerful disregard for intellectual property in some parts of SE Asia.

[Barry]

http://www.britishsuperbikeschool.co.uk/

I'm booking the Level II course in April later today if any of you lot fancy it.

I'm still pondering my next course but I'll bear it in mind. Gainsborough is a fair old trek for me though.

[tim]

Me too - will be up the night before. We get 50% discount for being RoSPA members though, so it's a good deal I reckon.

[tim]

So with some excellent discounts at Infinity Motorcycles currently I treated myself to a new track lid today - Shoei GT-Air that just so happens to match my S1000R perfectly.

£510 down to £340, job's a good 'un. My 11 year old Arai Viper GT is heading for the bin.

[JLv3.0]

What's the collective's thoughts on replacing lids beyond a certain age?

[tim]

I had this discussion with the dude in Infinity, he winced when I told him how old my Arai was, and said really 6-7 years is the suggested maximum. Obvs they and helmet manufacturers want to sell helmets, but I can see the thinking behind it.

To be fair my Arai feels like an old piece of crap compared to my two new ones. Helmet tech has come on a long way, and will no doubt continue to do so.

[JLv3.0]

Yeah I've heard 5 years max - all the sweat and stuff degrades the polystyrene apparently.

This was used as an excuse to buy a new carbon Airoh for the quad - the old one must have had thousands of gallons of sweat pass through it! - but I can't see me binning my RF1200 lid any time soon.

Oh and that Shoei is superb, but you already know that - if anyone makes a photochromic visor for the GT-Air, you know what you need to do.

#MoneyRemovalDevice

[NotoriousREV]

As said elsewhere, I love the GT Air and really want one but the ones I’ve tried on don’t feel very comfortable. They seem to pinch my crown. I don’t know if it would bed in after a while.