33bhp restriction question

You should have had a go on the GFR. Another time perhaps. The
electronic power valve is fairly binary in operation. The answer is
naturally to keep it open at all times when not stationary. This is more
easily achieved on a race circuit than the high street, which might make
it not ideal for a learner.

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The RGV had a two-stage valve, which effectively meant ****-all below
8k, a child's impression of midrange til 10k and then it all went silly
for 1500rpm before running out of puff.

The only way to ride it was keep it pinned while working the gearbox to
keep the revs between 10k and 11500. Hilarious and devastatingly
effective when done well.

 

Krusty escribió:

Sounds like theft to me. The first victim of that would do well to head
straight to the European Court of wossits.

 

ogden escribió:

You just brought back pleasant memories of a day at Mallory Park. Oh, and
another at Rockingham. It may have even been on the same bike?

 

Nah, your one went to darsy, and then (I think) to a mate of Ant's. I
never rode it.

 

It happens all the time with uninsured cars. They seize it, & charge
you for storage until someone with insurance comes to collect it. If
it's a worthless piece of shit you can sign it over to them & they
crush it instead.

 

Not quite and not that it makes a shit load of difference, but the lower
limit for a DAS is 46bhp, not 33. (give or take a single BHP). It's probably
why the training centres are full of 600 Bandits and ER-5's.

 

Speaking of wobbly death traps - my first bike was a Honda 50, and I
was 6'5" and 175lbs. Scary top heavy. The Beezer 650 I got next was
_much_ easier to manage.

 

Try comparing a restricted learner TZR with a CG125, both with 12hp.
I reckon it would be a close thing.

 

First you'd have to find a CG125 that makes 12bhp, which would be quite
an achievement.

My TZR, when restricted, would just about crack 70mph and was quite
tractable at the bottom end. Perfectly quick enough to get me in trouble
as a new rider fresh from a moped. Decent disc brakes front and rear, a
nice stiff chassis and a fairing to keep the wind off.

None of which, except maybe for the front disc on late models, applies
to the CG125.

 

I fail to see why anyone that could, wouldn't take the DAS on a gixxer thou,
or at the very least a ZZR1100.

Good fucking god, what happened to a bit of thrill seeking, biker boys &
girls?

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Nige,

'That's shot the fox'

Eunos Roadster (for summer)
Grand Cherokee (for winter)

 

125 road bikes are fucking terryfying, fucking horrible sacks of disgusting
fetid shitweasel scat.

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Nige,

'That's shot the fox'

Eunos Roadster (for summer)
Grand Cherokee (for winter)

 

Have you ever actually ridden a decent one Nige - like a 30BHP one with
a FOAD front brake and pin sharp handling?


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You are the registered keeper of the vehicle. Who owns it is a very
interesting question.

They have had a lot of success using the crushing of cars in Suffolk
apparently. It seemed to be quite effective at keeping the chavs under
some kind of control as opposed to them doing donuts on the High St
outside the chippy.

 

No, but i've picked a few out of my arse crack -



Nige,

'That's shot the fox'

Eunos Roadster (for summer)
Grand Cherokee (for winter)

 

Thanks all for the replies. What does everyone think of the big red L
all the learners must display?

 

You wouldn't want to wear it with a purple top.

 

It's prolly better than a big red "A".

 

I can see the ER-5, but fail to see the connection between 46bhp and
the Bandit 600.

 

It's got more than 46bhp, so it qualifies as a bike that can used to take a
DAS course/test.

The DAS has to be taken on a bike with a *minimum* 46bhp. I'm not sure of
there's a maximum though.