That was a hysterical response. Not hysterically funny, hysterical like a 4 year old throwing a tantrum. Did you need to check your blood sugar? Or had you just chugged your 5th energy drink for the morning? I hadn't intended to get your panties in a bunch when I offered you that information. I was merely sharing facts with you, For Your Information and all. You asked the question and didn't like the ONLY reply you got. Well don't life suck. If you just wanted to be told you are doing a good job and have your ego boosted, maybe next time you'll post a picture on instagram.
@SoraXS400, since you criticized the fine people here, let me ask you some critical questions. Who the heck are you and what makes you think you know anything? How many years of experience do you have working on bikes? How many bikes have you worked on? And how many were dyno tested after your expert manipulations? Any relevant education? I get the impression that you don't even know your level of ignorance. 95% of the motorcycle people I've met (here and on the road) with modified bikes don't know
. They certainly can't tell the difference between marketing BS and practical application. And none, not a single person, has been able to discuss volumetric efficiency or pulse propagation tuning. All of the bike mechanics I've met were no different.
Back to the temps you are trying to read. They are virtually useless because you don't know where the inner pipe is in relation to the outer, how much thermal energy is being transmitted or at what rate. Sure, you can read a change. But how long does it take to get that change? What is the ambient temperature, humidity and air speed and how are they effecting the reading? If you are such an expert, why don't you know all this?
@SoraXS400 do you really think that carb tuning is the answer for every engine modification or mistake? If so, you know even less than I thought you did. The fact that you are ordering a jetting kit demonstrates your knowledge.
As for how my bike is running, I have over 57,000 km (35,500 mi) of documented records. I log everything done to the bike. I keep notes on how the bike is running and the weather at the time. So when I say I'm getting better fuel economy, I am. 4.1 l/100km (24.4 km/l, 57.3 MPG US, 68.9 MPG UK) is hard to argue with and certainly not anecdotal evidence. I often ride the same roads with the same loads. I know what gear and how much throttle it takes to climb a certain hill without loosing speed. When I say the results indicate the bike is making more power, they do. Installing the restrictors in my mufflers, with no other changes, increased the fuel economy from just over 5 l/100km (45 MPG US) to 4.7 l/100km (50 MPG US).
@SoraXS400, you know that power and economy are the same thing, right?. With further tuning (reduced jetting) the economy has increased and so has the power. I still haven't been able to tune out the stumble I get around 7000 RPM, but I'll live with it. Unless you
@SoraXS400 can tell me, with your infinite tuning wisdom, what the problem is and how to tune it out?
Now, do you want to swear at us some more? Are you going to send me nasty PM's? Or are you going to be polite?
