fasttuna

I had a 1996 VFR750 for a while and it was a sweet bike and I would be very satisfied to find another. I think a clean injected VFR would actually be my #1 choice.

NICE! 02's were the first year for the redesign with the VTEC motor... when that kicks in at 7,000 RPM it was pretty abrupt. That's why I never tried to track mine.

I rode a friends 05 model once and the VTEC was a ton smoother on his... I think Honda got the VTEC smoothed out in the 05+ models!

I had a PC3 on my 02 to clean up the fuel injection but kept the stock pipes. Made 101 RWHP with a nice flat torque curve that peaked around 57-58 lbft. Several occasions it indicated 145 and I still had throttle to go!

Loved that bike... I called it my poor man's Desmosedici! Sold it to a friend at work... he mostly sport tours with it now... does 500-700 miles a weekend.

Just thought of one other option you might consider... last spring I sold my '02 Honda VFR800! That is one hell of a bike... and you can easily set it up with higher bar risers to get more upright. That with a 2 inch taller doublebubble screen and upgraded seat, you could pull 3-4 hours stints without even thinking twice. That bike can do almost anything (short of advanced trackdays) and has one sweet motor!

Gary, that is a sweet bike! Always wanted to get one.

Anyway, I know what you're dealing with... I'm 37 and separated my left shoulder a couple years back. I can barely stand to be on my ZX10R for more than an hour at a time. I will tell you... you don't have to go the cruiser path to find some confort. I also have a Ducati Hypermotard... its just stupid fun and you sit upright so no shoulder or grip issues. Lots of other naked options to pick from... Tuono's, SV's, etc...

Good luck on finding a new ride!

Uff...if nobody would worry about that then we could ALL just go by the engine HP...lol

Confusing for sure... but I'll help you out!

If your bike's rated at 145HP crank and dyno's measure at the rear wheel, so subtract 10% drivetrain loss from 145... that 14.5... call it 15 to make the math easy and you should pull around 130HP on a dyno.

If you are seeing 130RWHP or better on a dyno... you've got a "hot motor" and should be happy!

(and fyi - not all dyno's are calibrated the same so shop to shop will post different results, if using a dyno in the future to tune your bike, use the same one for consistant results!)

Rode the Hypermotard 1100 out as I was curious about numbers...

It put down 78HP and 68lbft.... ok numbers from an all stock, air cooled, 2-valve, twin!

Factory spec says 90HP (at crank I assume) so minus 10-12% for drivetrain loss and that number sounds right to me.

Mikes Monster 900 (carburated Ducati 904cc air cooled, 2-valve twin) put down a very good 71-72HP I believe.

I also watched 2 ZX10R's run... the higher mileage bike making 137HP (pipe only) and I believe a stock (black/pink/purple) one made 145-147HP. As I'm a nice guy I'm not going to callout the owner of the "weaker" 10R but it did lose to a girl's bike!

Unless you have a big ol' emissions dip in your powerband that you'd like to go away.

That's correct! Most all bikes now come extremely "leaned out" from the manufacturer to pass EPA emissions tests. A proper PC setup will help enrichen the fuel mixture... and typically clean up surging and/or hesitation due to factory fuel map config, even with a stock airbox and exhaust.

If stock, MPG shouldn't be impacted much at all.

Airbox & exhaust mods will impact MPG... more air thru motor means leaner mixture, thus O2 sensors detect and tell computer to put more fuel into motor to keep A/F ratio correct.

Good tuners will setup a PC for a "street bike" with a slightly "rich" map to protect the motor. Race setups will be tuned leaner to maximize HP but risk higher cyclinder temps, burnt pistons, etc...

I had a Honda VFR800 with stock setup that suffered freeway speed hesitation and bucking... very annoying! A PCIII cleaned it up very nicely and convinced me they are pretty manditory anymore...

Man my form sucks! I'm really thinking I'm off the bike until I see these pics vs. the Buell guys! Holy $hit those guys drag pucks!!! A diet and yoga are in my future...

But first time out on a new bike and brought it home in one piece. That's an accomplishment in itself! ;-)

BIG THANKS to Joe for posting up these pics!!!

Seems there's always late-model liter bikes around for $5k-$7k that folks want rid of... either insurance, payments, or impulse buys play to our favor!

I just found an '06 10R with 3,400 miles in the $6k range... has some scratches but otherwise, is almost new. I thought... what's a newer unit getting me performance-wise, very little for that extra $6k (warranty aside)!

I'm in on the 20th, A group.... gonna bring the new ZX10R! Should make for an interesting day... thinking 3rd gear is all I'll need, at least for the first 3-4 sessions! <gulp>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#Compatibility_issues_with_2_GB_and_larger_cards

Looks like a confusing topic as there might be some "non SDHC" 4GB cards made but no guarantee of compatibility. (I believe SD vs microSD is just a form-factor thing... no difference in the specification on how data is written to the device.)

I have an SD-based camera that I can put 4GB SDHC cards in but once I exceed 2GB of data written... the video gets corrupted.

I found this on a Blackberry support forum for the 8300's:

Currently the BlackBerry smartphones running the following BlackBerry® Device Software versions will support up to the size listed.

BlackBerry Device Software Media Card Size Limit

BlackBerry Device Software 4.2.0 Up to 2GB

BlackBerry Device Software 4.2.1 Up to 4GB

BlackBerry Device Software 4.2.2 Up to 4GB

BlackBerry Device Software 4.3.0 Up to 8GB

You all rock! Thx for the welcomes!

Hey all, FastTuna here from the Columbus area! I've finally got my stick in gear and have joined Ohio Riders cause I hear you guys do some cool $hit!

I'm actually a DesmOhio (Ohio Ducati chapter) member and club officer but also want to get some outside exposure to what other clubs are doing too so... here I am.

FastTuna comes from: I got back into riding about 6 years ago and picked up an older Katana 750 to brush up on the skills. "Tuna" kind of stuck and you always want something speed related in there too so... fasttuna I became!

I currently have the affliction of owning too many bikes so I'm in the process of downsizing (for me, 4 bikes is like 2 too many!) I'm just glad I only own a 2 car garage or this could get really out of hand! -Brandt