tallpaul
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I was being daft. Chris made the same comment about having a reflash, I was just throwing it back! I think anything that improves riding comfort and safety is a good thing.
So do i am just having a bit of fun.I was being daft. Chris made the same comment about having a reflash, I was just throwing it back! I think anything that improves riding comfort and safety is a good thing.
Thanks, you're making my point, whether it be engine tune, a slipper clutch or both, these are both means to reduce the effect of engine braking.I don’t think it’s true that MotoGP riders have their bikes tuned for less engine breaking. Indeed the slipper clutch featured on many sports bikes now was developed in the gp world to prevent rear wheel lock up due to huge engine breaking
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You totally left out automatic spark advance!Shall we include ABS, traction control, linked brakes, leaning ABS, Leaning traction control, any extra lights as you have as obviously can see properly, any aftermarket seat because your arse aint tough enough, any screen because you cant man up to the wind blast, you get my point.
Don't forget electric start...You totally left out automatic spark advance!
My apologies sir i stand corrected.You totally left out automatic spark advance!
Am thinking we need a new thread here. We can build it up like an oil thread. Im getting excited now.My apologies sir i stand corrected.
HAHA!! You get it. If I knew that a ref-lash would in anyway help me out in riding comfort I would be all over it. This is the very first bike I have ever owned with so many cool features. It is almost overwhelming. Just a few years ago I was laughing at the thought of having cruise control, traction control, heated grips, antilock brakes, and performance modes. I cannot imagine going on road trips with out these features.I was being daft. Chris made the same comment about having a reflash, I was just throwing it back! I think anything that improves riding comfort and safety is a good thing.
BSMeaning no offense but do you have impaired depth perception? Reason I ask is because I never rely on brake lights to indicate someone slowing down. Brake lights are mechanical and can fail.
Slowing down and speeding are gravitational time dilations which are variable and dependent on the vacillating behaviors of the driver. These are a proven and reliable way to indicate a driver/rider slowing down.
Whenever I close the safe distance on someone slowing down it means I'm not paying attention. Brake lights and turn signals are nothing more than a tool. Unfortunately, a lot of times, they are in no way meant to indicate what a person is doing or preparing to do.
Why would you say that? I am not stating an opinion than can be called BS. Simple proven facts.
I thought the brake light coming on meant its time to overtake. This riding game seems more complicated than i thought.Here we go again saying an ECU flash covers for lousy riding capability. Yet you contradict yourself earlier in the thread by saying you swap jets in your carburetor on other bikes to suit the riding you will be doing. Do you lack the talent to use the bike as supplied, or are you altering the fueling properties to make it more rideable? How does that not equate to an analogue version of a reflash? Do you decry manufacturers that dare to have more than one engine map? My vstrom had one map, a smooth fuelling profile and good economy. How did they get it so wrong...?
Are you sure you know how to quit properly ? .I'm thinking of quitting, as I'm clearly going about it all wrong!
No contradiction here. And yes, I alter the fueling properties on some bikes to make the bike more rideable. I will be first to admit I lack the talent to ride some of my bikes as supplied (at the level I desire). The Super Tenere does not happen to be one of them.Here we go again saying an ECU flash covers for lousy riding capability. Yet you contradict yourself earlier in the thread by saying you swap jets in your carburetor on other bikes to suit the riding you will be doing. Do you lack the talent to use the bike as supplied, or are you altering the fueling properties to make it more rideable? How does that not equate to an analogue version of a reflash? Do you decry manufacturers that dare to have more than one engine map? My vstrom had one map, a smooth fuelling profile and good economy. How did they get it so wrong...?
May i ask just for the record.No contradiction here. And yes, I alter the fueling properties on some bikes to make the bike more rideable. I will be first to admit I lack the talent to ride some of my bikes as supplied (at the level I desire). The Super Tenere does not happen to be one of them.
I have on my older XR 600 and XR 650R. The needle size and position has the most effect. Both those bikes sputtered on the mountain trails.May i ask just for the record.
Has anyone who has had a carbed bike ever set it up to have more engine braking ?
Thanks for the reply. I just wondered if you could do it.I have on my older XR 600 and XR 650R. The needle size and position has the most effect. Both those bikes sputtered on the mountain trails.
I mostly rode those in the desert. They both had CV vacuum operated carbs that were very simple to tune.
For more engine braking you simply raised the needle. For even more engine braking you use a narrower needle.
OOPS!! My bad I had it backwards. Less fuel more engine braking, more fuel less engine braking. Sorry about that. I was so used to running my bikes rich for the desert.All carbs I've had, raising the needle let's more fuel in. That would lessen the effect of engine braking. Ditto the narrower needle. Or were your bikes carbs contrary too? That said, I don't know a great deal about Honda pigs.