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ScrapperX said:
That's why you get owned. You should ride around in 6K range these bikes were meant to ride in the higher rev range. Drop it to 3rd. You can't ride this bike in on the hwy in 5th and 6th. unless you are doing 160mph plus :D
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I ride mine in 6th gear all the time on the highway. But then again I'm not looking to get a huge ticket for street racing. Save the fast riding for the back roads when nobody else is around. And that's not preaching, just makes more sense. I'd have bought a ZX-14 if all I cared about was "owning" people on the highway.
 
quackquack said:
I'm sorry but if you didn't naturally feel gearing to be wrong then you need to get back on a 600 asap!!!! As for wheelies traction on level 8 if your still not comfortable 195hp low .... I'm proud of the guys here not bashing you they usually eat guys like you for breakfast with such a post ......
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+1 try low and put traction above 5 you wont really wheelie. forgot about that
 
ScrapperX said:
If you want to beat up on the S1K a simple cam timing will do it (cheap). I've learned from a buddy that the cam timing is really ...... on the Panigale to meet the EPAs requirement. I did mine too but also bumped up the compression (expensive) on it and now the HP4 is no contest but it not fair my neighbor complains.:D
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ScrapperX: I read this and had to ask... (Apologies to the OP for this thread jack)

What did you bump the cam timing up to? Was it just intake side or exhaust as well. Any information would be greatly appreciated on this one. Also, what did you do to bump the compression; head work, pistons, gasket, etc.

I did intake and exhaust cam timing to my 05 ZX-10 and a thin head gasket and it really made the bike feel like it was possessed!!
 
jjsC6 said:
I ride mine in 6th gear all the time on the highway. But then again I'm not looking to get a huge ticket for street racing. Save the fast riding for the back roads when nobody else is around. And that's not preaching, just makes more sense. I'd have bought a ZX-14 if all I cared about was "owning" people on the highway.
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Me too, I put at speed limit or up to 10 over on basic freeway riding (generally to get to the mountains). No sense risking a ticket and our real riding comes in the twisties. As my friend told me when I first started riding, "Any monkey can go fast in a straight line." Admittedly, I'm an old fuddy duddy with a kid, I stoped taking too many risks long ago. But I wouldn't even ride with anybody who had any hint of competitiveness. Save that for the track. Golden rule we all ride with, ride your own ride, forget about what everybody else is doing.
 
Downshift into 2nd and redline that duc & use quick shifter, dont let off throttle while shifting.
Creamed two of my friends a zx10 & S1000 on the highway multiple times.

(they start to creep up around 260km/hr)
 
Carbon fibr said:
Downshift into 2nd and redline that duc & use quick shifter, dont let off throttle while shifting.
Creamed two of my friends a zx10 & S1000 on the highway multiple times.

(they start to creep up around 260km/hr)
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Not on the hwy I hope???:p
 
Denver Rick said:
Me too, I put at speed limit or up to 10 over on basic freeway riding (generally to get to the mountains). No sense risking a ticket and our real riding comes in the twisties. As my friend told me when I first started riding, "Any monkey can go fast in a straight line." Admittedly, I'm an old fuddy duddy with a kid, I stoped taking too many risks long ago. But I wouldn't even ride with anybody who had any hint of competitiveness. Save that for the track. Golden rule we all ride with, ride your own ride, forget about what everybody else is doing.
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This is fine..till you ride with an ......... So you have to have awareness of the guys around you...;)
 
Stw said:
This is fine..till you ride with an ......... So you have to have awareness of the guys around you...;)
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I have a cure for that. If some guy in your group is riding up on you, trying to show how fast he can be, being a general nimrod, I just let him take the lead of the group, turn around, and go home.
 
Denver Rick said:
I have a cure for that. If some guy in your group is riding up on you, trying to show how fast he can be, being a general nimrod, I just let him take the lead of the group, turn around, and go home.
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How about a guy that constantly is up your tail and when you stop he crashes into you???:(
 
JArnold said:
ScrapperX: I read this and had to ask... (Apologies to the OP for this thread jack)

What did you bump the cam timing up to? Was it just intake side or exhaust as well. Any information would be greatly appreciated on this one. Also, what did you do to bump the compression; head work, pistons, gasket, etc.

I did intake and exhaust cam timing to my 05 ZX-10 and a thin head gasket and it really made the bike feel like it was possessed!!
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A good friend of mine owns a MC tuning shop he builds race/drag bikes did the mod for me. My bike is his personal project I guess, I just pay for the materials. I'm mechanically inclined but when he starts talking number of degrees TDC/BDC and reason why the high compression pistons needs to be designed this way I just say ok if you say so. I just ride these things. My only request was I didn't want to be restricted to race gas like my track bike. The piston were designed by him and machined by a local machine shop that he uses. The compression ratio I believe it is now 13.5:1 due to my request for super unleaded gas and not race gas. He said he could of bumped it up to 14:1 but he wanted to be on the safe side without going to race gas. The bikes low and mid torque is really a beast now. I had this mod for a couples of months now the engine runs smoother and cooler with no knocking or problems except the DID EVR3 chain stretched more than usual. The AFAM light weight aluminum rear sprocket seems to be holding up quite well.
 
5th-6th WOT on the highway?

JenningsGP is about 3 hours from Orlando. Take it to the track.;)
 
Stw said:
How about a guy that constantly is up your tail and when you stop he crashes into you???:(
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I think you're misconstruing the don't pay attention to the other riders in your group statement. Of course pay attention to any vehicle around you. The point intended was not to worry if other riders are getting ahead of you, thinking like you need to keep up or ride like they do. Not to actually ignore any riders. ;)
 
Stw said:
This is fine..till you ride with an ......... So you have to have awareness of the guys around you...;)
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As for the guy who rides up and crashed into me, I murder him. Well, actually that would generally be my wife as she is usually next in line behind me. Actually, murder her too, and even better since I have life insurance on her. ;)
 
Denver Rick said:
I think you're misconstruing the don't pay attention to the other riders in your group statement. Of course pay attention to any vehicle around you. The point intended was not to worry if other riders are getting ahead of you, thinking like you need to keep up or ride like they do. Not to actually ignore any riders. ;)
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I know..I was kind of being facetious but I think we all have to pay attention... its scary out there...
 
Stw said:
I know..I was kind of being facetious but I think we all have to pay attention... its scary out there...
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Speaking of...have you seen that rear view camera helmet? I need to set a post asking if anybody has tried that out.
 

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