Mon Nov 25 16:58:23 1996
- Message No. 196
From: Martin Franz <100265.3434@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: power reduction on @
Hi !
In austria, the RD07/93 was power (and noice) reduced by
- intake to the carbs
- different "Nockenwelle" (uhh, those rotating thing, which hits the
valves)
it killed power over 5.000rpm's, making the bike less loud :-)
- different "end" transmission by smaller rear sprocket
less RPM at Vmax == less noise
Power was reduced to 50hp. The overall experience with that kind of power
reduction was very bad: the @ consumed 1 liter more fuel, and it was a bit
hard to overtake, cause the bike "shut down" over 5.000 rpm.
The "reverting back" to 62hp was quite expensive, cause the "Nockenwelle" has to
be changed, the rear sprocket is also not too cheap...(and the work time...).
The price was about 600US dollars, as far as I remember.
I hope, that the 34 hp power reduiction is done on another basis...
>>> Main stand
with the main stand, I got (offroads) stuck on a hill twice. The first time, it
was only funny, the second time I was thrown over the bike. That did hurt. No
fun. Comparing the advantages with the disatvantages of the main stand, I did
rate it for the "most useless" additional part. OIling and retensioning of the
chain can be archived without main stand. I won't dismount it (hmm, when I get
stuck the third time, I will consider..), but I won't buy one.
have a nice slide, Martin
P.S. IMHO: my tires (trialmax) only last for 6.000km.
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