VTR1000 - Should I?

When I get hold of him.....

Hammo

 

On 11/2/04 9:15 PM, in article

All I get is naked girlies dancing on the dash.. I knew I shouldna used
Optimax.

Hammo

Actually, since my brother has been riding it.....

 

Yeah, but have you seen the size of the main jets in those things?
Forgot blowing them out with compressed air, just hold 'em up
in the wind

-----sharks

 

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And I'll add here that you have to be diligent about filling your tank to
the brim (and using high-octane). If you lazily just hang it up after the
nozzle goes "click" you'd better be wearing comfortable walkin' shoes!
Clem

 

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Uncle Bully wrote in message

Fairly stupid. (In my opinion)
Honda want you to buy their road bikes so they associate racing success with
their road range.
Same as they make the sport bikes look like the GP bikes they tried to make
people associate the VTR with Superbike racing. (Before they decided it was
easier to just concentrate on the 4cyl bikes in the domestic series and kill
off the WSB)

That's why the NSR150 looks like Doohan's 500 and the Cagiva Mito looked
like the 594 racer.

Same as Ford buys an F1 team; paints the cars green and tries to pretend
it's Jaguar road-cars are somehow related. (same as Mercedes and Illmore).

It's all about brand recognition.

Clem
(Now; can anyone explain why the VFR800 looks like George Jetson's car?)

 

What, you haven't been buying Honda Food Pills?

-----sharks

 

Hi Worn / Everyone,

I signed up with a 2002 Firestorm about 5 months ago (and have been
lurking here ever since - this is my first post - go easy on me!). G/f
and I use it every day for the work commute through Bris traffic -
about a 60km round trip, as well as a bit of touring, etc, on
weekends. Have never taken it on a racetrack, so I can't comment on
it's abilities there.

However, on the road it's very capable indeed. The big V2 is nice and
torquey down low, negating the need to worry too much about gears in
traffic. Of course, the trade-off is you don't get the real high-end
spin up of the inline 4's.

Corner-wise, I have the rear suspension set probably way too soft for
the two-up riding we do. Consequentally, it can *sometimes* be a
little hesitant to drop through a corner, and require a smidge of
extra encouragement to hold the line. But that's the only quabble I
have there.

As others have said, the 2001 model is the only major model revision
in the firestorm's life. A post '01 bike will net you a digital dash
(analogue speedo & tacho - digital trip metres, fuel guage, etc) and
the bigger fuel tank (19L vs 16L).

Fuel consumption wise, we average about 180-200 kms before the reserve
light starts flicking. That's two-up the whole time, in traffic during
the week. HOWEVER, the reserve light starts flashing when you've still
got 9L in the tank, so you could quite probably go a lot further. At
the end of it all though, you're still sitting on two 48mm carbs,
which is generally acknowledged as one of the most efficient fuel
destroying mechanisms in the known world.

That's all well and good, but the real reason that anyone buys a v2,
of course, is that magical noise. Don't let anyone tell you different!


Seriously though, go and ride a couple of different vtr's, and see if
they suit. I think it's perfect for the riding we do, but it may well
not suit your style. Have a shoot, and see how they feel!

Hope that helps!

Matto
02 Yellow 'Storm

 

But isn't the SP1 an evolution of the VTR1000F rather than the other way
round... The use of the VTR1000 in the name is really no different than say
(and who should know better than anyone, but you) the VFR750R deriving it's
name from it's VFR750F.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

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Not quite sure I'm getting your point but I don't think the SP1 (or 2) share
anything with the VTR except the name.
I s'pose the same was more-or-less true for the RC30 but the engine's
architecture (layout & bore-and-stroke) was (I think) the same as the
VFR750F....
[trails off lamely]....

Hang on; you're AGREEING with me!
Honda named these race-bikes similar to their road bikes to encourage buyers
to associate racing success with their road range.
Clem

 

Yeah, but hang on.................you don't even RIDE an RC30

Conehead

 

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Conehead wrote in message ...

And, according to a certain mongrel windcheater-withholding AMCN Editor, I
never shall!!
Clem
(Thanks for reminding me!)

 

You shouldn't respond to posts that mention someone mentioning someone
riding a bike that you don't think they will ever own then.

Is that right, smee? I couldn't write it down fast enough.

 

I have a 01 model and like you mentioned i only get about 190km till the
fuel light flashes. I really doubt that i have 9l left when this happens. I
think its more likely that i have the 16l tank.
I have heard that the 19l tank changeover occured during the 01 production.
so its possible that a 01 model has a 16l tank. like mine.

This is all hearsay by the way.

cheers

Mick

 

Doesn't the owners manual say how big the tank is?

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

| I have a 01 model and like you mentioned i only get about 190km till the
| fuel light flashes. I really doubt that i have 9l left when this happens.
I
| think its more likely that i have the 16l tank.
| I have heard that the 19l tank changeover occured during the 01
production.
| so its possible that a 01 model has a 16l tank. like mine.
|
| This is all hearsay by the way.
|
| cheers
|
| Mick
|
|
Guy's
The 16 L tank bike also had the earlier speedo/tacho display.
If yours is the same as the 2003 current model, you have the bigger tank.
The tacho face colour was changed to Gray in the last delivery of bikes
towards the end of 2003.
Rob.

 

Yup sure does. 19l and 3.9l left when the light flashes. when this occurs i
fill it up. the most ive been able to squeeze in is about 13 or 14 litres.
I recon it a 16l tank. it does however have the digital dash and fuel guage
with a white face anologue tacho and anologue speedo.

 

Honda fuel tank gauges usually tend to read pessimistically rather than
optimistically. The CBR1100XX fuel gauge is supposed to start flashing when
there are 3 litres left according to the manual... in reality when it starts
flashing there are 6 litres left in the tank. Even if it was accurate to the
very millilitre and you get 13 or 14 litres in, plus say 3.5 litres already in
there, that's 16.5 litres or 17.5 litres... so it's far more likely that there
is actually 5 or 5.5 litres of fuel left when the reserve light flashes. Of
course you could speculate about it endlessly and always fill it when the
light starts flashing, or you could calculate how many kilometres you can get
on 17.5 litres of fuel and ignore the light next time it flashes and travel
that many km before you fuel up. (with a litre of fuel in a coke bottle of
course )

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX