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haha... Not yet. I'm going to route a power port to the front of my bike so I can use my gps though. I used to ride those roads a lot 10 years ago. I made a big Google Maps route the other day and studied it like crazy. I'll PM the route to you guys. I surprised myself and actually stayed on course until Orangeville where we decided to change the plan, otherwise we would have been an hour later getting home.
 
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Thanks for the route Dave, looks like a nice ride you guys had. Good weather for it. I was suckered into moving my dad's furnace out of the basement.

Hey Jeff, out off curiosity...how many km do you get to a tank??
 
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dc519 said:
Hey Jeff, out off curiosity...how many km do you get to a tank??
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On the ride on yesterays tank I got 240km before the lights came on, On average I get about 220km.

Also Dan, If you are doing chain and sprockets anytime soon, I have a 15 tooth (-1) front sprocket if you can put it to use.
If not I will just throw it on Kijiji.
 
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jeffjones said:
On the ride on yesterays tank I got 240km before the lights came on, On average I get about 220km.

Also Dan, If you are doing chain and sprockets anytime soon, I have a 15 tooth (-1) front sprocket if you can put it to use.
If not I will just throw it on Kijiji.
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Ok, about the same as me then...

I have a 15 tooth right now and not sure what I will do when I have to change...but thanks for the offer.
 
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How you doing the fairings? I'm in the middle of repainting the fairings on my track bike - using Duplicolor rattle cans. Most of the fairings are done, but I think I'm going to paint on the numbers by hand instead of doing the vinyl cutouts etc. Did some Bondo work - it's not professional level, but it's a giant leap forward in how the bike was from when I got it. Still have to strip down the tank and go from scratch on it. Trying to find some "SprayMax 2K Clear" rattle cans -- it's a 2 part clear coat in a can that won't run if fuel spills....
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Im paying to have them done. Im getting some quotes by taking in the parts to the shops. Any one had any experince with MACO? I have heard mixed reviews but the price seems right.
 
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dc519 said:
Ok, about the same as me then...

I have a 15 tooth right now and not sure what I will do when I have to change...but thanks for the offer.
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Do you have a speedohealer on yours?
Whats your highway rpm's? Mine are 20km/hr per 1k rpm's, So at 100km/hr I'm at 5,000rpm.
I was thinking of dropping the tooth or doing the -1/+2 but my bike is a commuter I didn't think it was the best idea.
 
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Very intresting i have 22 litre tank and get around 280 -300 before i turn on the reserve ..as far as hwy rpm's at 100 kph i am at 4400 rpm's //sprockets
/...17 front and 44 rear
 
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On my 929 I have -1 front +2 rear, and I'm turning 5000rpm at 125km/h indicated (no speedo healer yet). I think that's about 108km/h. Not sure though... my gearing chart is at home. Jeff, when we were cruising home on Sunday what was your indicated speed for the most part? I think I was keeping mine around the 125 mark most of the way home (on the straight boring roads).
 
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Wow those bikes are screamers I am turning 2900 rpm at 110.
 
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Scuba Steve said:
Wow those bikes are screamers I am turning 2900 rpm at 110.
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Yeah, my bike is a riot in the lower gears and much better around town with the -1/+2 gearing but I'm starting to dislike it on the highway.
 
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doozerdave said:
Jeff, when we were cruising home on Sunday what was your indicated speed for the most part? I think I was keeping mine around the 125 mark most of the way home (on the straight boring roads).
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To be honest, I hardly ever look at the speedometer lol.

If you want next time we ride I can hook up the GPS and get your actual speed vs indicated?
 
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jeffjones said:
Do you have a speedohealer on yours?
Whats your highway rpm's? Mine are 20km/hr per 1k rpm's, So at 100km/hr I'm at 5,000rpm.
I was thinking of dropping the tooth or doing the -1/+2 but my bike is a commuter I didn't think it was the best idea.
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I have never really noticed what my highway rpm's are. I will have a peak next time I'm out. All I know is the speedo shows roughly 10% faster then what I am really going.
 
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jeffjones said:
To be honest, I hardly ever look at the speedometer lol.

If you want next time we ride I can hook up the GPS and get your actual speed vs indicated?
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Maybe I can get my GPS going too and we can compare to see if they're even trustworthy.
 
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dc519 said:
I have never really noticed what my highway rpm's are. I will have a peak next time I'm out. All I know is the speedo shows roughly 10% faster then what I am really going.
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So does that mean your odometer adding 10% more on as well?
Did you have stock gearing on before? Does it really give it more kick with just a tooth down?
 
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Seems like I made a pretty good guess. According to my gearing chart, at 5000 RPM my bike should be going 108.8km/h. So, indicating 125 that puts it 15% high. The gearing chart says it should be 11.6% higher than stock, so there's 3.4% error on the bike to begin with.
 
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doozerdave said:
Seems like I made a pretty good guess. According to my gearing chart, at 5000 RPM my bike should be going 108.8km/h. So, indicating 125 that puts it 15% high. The gearing chart says it should be 11.6% higher than stock, so there's 3.4% error on the bike to begin with.
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Yeah the factory offset is about 4% from what I have heard everywhere.

And your trying to say a 929 with -1/+2 isn't a wheelie machine? lol
 
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jeffjones said:
So does that mean your odometer adding 10% more on as well?
Did you have stock gearing on before? Does it really give it more kick with just a tooth down?
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Umm...roughly 10% more then the factory setting of the odometer. So, yes....??

I got the bike with -1, so I can't tell ya the difference.
 
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dc519 said:
Umm...roughly 10% more then the factory setting of the odometer. So, yes....??

I got the bike with -1, so I can't tell ya the difference.
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FYI, when I did -1f on my '99 F4 it was a pretty nice difference. -1f/+2r was even better ;) The 520 chain and aluminum rear sprocket is good too for spinning mass reduction.
 
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jeffjones said:
Yeah the factory offset is about 4% from what I have heard everywhere.

And your trying to say a 929 with -1/+2 isn't a wheelie machine? lol
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Could you see me on Sunday? ;) Yeah, it's not crazy crazy, but it wheelies without much effort in 2nd gear and a bit of effort in 3rd. It's good. haha...
 
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