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JRH
Joined: 21 Jan 2013 Posts: 223 Location: West Mids/North East
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:11 pm Post subject: Donington Park |
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JRH
Joined: 21 Jan 2013 Posts: 223 Location: West Mids/North East
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Had a great day, it's been 10 years since I've been around Donington on a bike.
VDue is outgunned by the big stuff on the straights, but as long as they don't steal your line, you can catch them on the brakes and on corner speed.
First to second gear jump is way too big, god bless the engineering idiot who worked on the ratios. Could improve it a bit with sprockets, but at the end of the day, it's too big a jump. I don't think their are other gear ratios available?
The Pirelli's are knackered, and I've never opened a petrol cap so many times, in one day…...
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mm500
Joined: 18 Feb 2014 Posts: 121 Location: Norway
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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nice picture
did you try to change the front or rear sprocket?
if front where did you buy them? |
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JRH
Joined: 21 Jan 2013 Posts: 223 Location: West Mids/North East
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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I went up one tooth on the front, which was back to the gearing that was on the bike when I got it.
Sprockets came from Piero, but I'm sure they are very close to 916.
Longer gearing helped out of the hairpins, but the gap from 1st to 2nd is way too big. |
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mm500
Joined: 18 Feb 2014 Posts: 121 Location: Norway
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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ok
I asked Piero about -1 on the front sprocket;
He don't have any and did not know if the 916 would fit. |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:29 am Post subject: |
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Beaut photo JRH... any more photo's of the day?
Sounds like you had a blast, the bike looks awesome! _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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trev45
Joined: 15 Jun 2011 Posts: 449 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:38 am Post subject: |
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15 and 16 fronts no problem
and rears whatever you want
Trev |
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Vdue-pt
Joined: 02 Jun 2014 Posts: 108 Location: North Portugal
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JRH
Joined: 21 Jan 2013 Posts: 223 Location: West Mids/North East
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Got about 50 pics and loads of gopro footage, will post some on YouTube soon. |
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