I've asked this question on a couple of forums because it intrigues me. Seriously, who leaves them in for the full 2 years? My daughter Caz had them fitted purely to get the dyno charts or certificates, and then pulled them out as soon as the bikes arrived home. She got pulled a couple of times and was never asked about restrictors, even when she was nicked with me for serious hoonery on her NC30. Are they a waste of time and is the government kidding itself that people stick to the letter of this pathetic and discriminatory law? Opinions please. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Niged-out) Suzuki SV650 K3 (For sale - email for details) Honda CBR600 F-W trackbike Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X x2
Tori says... Yeah, but that's you -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Niged-out) Suzuki SV650 K3 (For sale - email for details) Honda CBR600 F-W trackbike Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X x2
Nige says... On an R6 the plates virtually cover the whole of each carb inlet leaving a small section at the bottom that is equivalent to the gap left when the carb slide is down. You can lift the carb slide all you like, the plate is still blocking the inlet. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Niged-out) Suzuki SV650 K3 (For sale - email for details) Honda CBR600 F-W trackbike Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X x2
I've left the buggers in because A) I lack spannering skills, but more importantly B) I mostly ride one up anyway, and if I wanted to go fast, I wouldn't be riding a fucking Virago.
<snip a bit> Wouldn't removing the restrictors potentially give you trouble with the insurance company in case of an accident? Geo
Geo says... Your insurance company is legally obliged to honour claims to third parties regardless. You will be liable to prosecution for insurance offences. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Niged-out) Suzuki SV650 K3 (For sale - email for details) Honda CBR600 F-W trackbike Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X x2
steve robinson says... If you're caught, and I've never heard of this happening. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Niged-out) Suzuki SV650 K3 (For sale - email for details) Honda CBR600 F-W trackbike Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X x2
SteveH says... Have you ever heard of it happening, I haven't. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Niged-out) Suzuki SV650 K3 (For sale - email for details) Honda CBR600 F-W trackbike Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X x2
The bike might be checked out if speed was a factor in a fatality but as long as it was the rider who died then who's going to worry about it being de-restricted?
Yes, but it's a bit like being nicked for having a derestricted 50cc or 125cc: it just doesn't happen. Or I've never heard of it happening. In France, where they have their pathetic 100bhp (or thereaboits) restriction, the inscos are *very* tough on derestricted bikes. Have a serious prang on a 'Busa, for example, and they probably will do a full technical inspection.
I got them taken out after a few months. I then crashed (as you do) and thought I'd be in major do-do but the subject simply never came up. As far as I remember there's nothing on the license to indicate you're restricted to 33bhp, or at least there wasn't on mine.
I was being a bit pedantic on purpose as I was curious; I just think that an insurance company would love to have an excuse for not paying up, even if lack of restriction had little to do with the cause of an accident. Geo Geo
I could never understand that restriction tbh. Unless they also restrict Lamborghinis to 300ps as well. No? Didn't think so. Thank f*ck Mr Bangeman didn't get his way a few years ago, when there was this proposal for a europe-wide 100ps limit. Geo
It was a knee-jerk reaction to when a Froghgie bike mag raced the TGV from Paris to Marseilles, on the then-new GPZ900R - and won. Oh yes, indeed. God rot him.
Every couple of years, someone pops up on fr.rec.moto or fr.misc.droit and asks why no one has taken France to the European Court on the 106 bhp restriction. It's so blatantly discriminatory, that I reckon any challenge has a reasonable chance of succeeding. D. -- des French Biking Vocabulary: http://minilien.fr/a0kg0p 'Kaiser: "Can you prove to me the existence of G-d?" Bismarck: "The Jews, your Majesty. The Jews"'
And the answer is "We surrendered, as usual"? It only affects those living in France, so why would they bother challenging? -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
