Hiya Kickstand-down, yea I did put the rider on unless you really really know what you are doing. I do accept there are talented & experienced folk out there who know what they are doing (e.g race teams) and if regs were removed and performance was the ultimate goal more could be gained, possibly much more.
However. I don’t see the Euro5 regs as a negative though, just think for a moment. A new BMW S1000RR puts out about 200bhp (or thereabouts), the first Fireblades in 1992 put out about 110bhp (real world) with little in the way of emission control, noise restriction or anything else for that matter (compared to today). It’s got cruise control, heated grips, active suspension, quick shifter and goodness knows what else. That’s nearly double the power and it would literally run rings around it. That’s progress.
I was walking the dog this afternoon through the village and a guy came past on a Harley fat boy, heard it long before I saw it actually. It looked great, had slash cut leaf blowers on it. He left the village and opened it up pretty much in front of me to a properly deafening sound. We have loads of horses and riders around here. Not great. It was way too loud for my liking but everything is a compromise really and it depends upon what matters most to you, or me, or someone else……
However. I don’t see the Euro5 regs as a negative though, just think for a moment. A new BMW S1000RR puts out about 200bhp (or thereabouts), the first Fireblades in 1992 put out about 110bhp (real world) with little in the way of emission control, noise restriction or anything else for that matter (compared to today). It’s got cruise control, heated grips, active suspension, quick shifter and goodness knows what else. That’s nearly double the power and it would literally run rings around it. That’s progress.
I was walking the dog this afternoon through the village and a guy came past on a Harley fat boy, heard it long before I saw it actually. It looked great, had slash cut leaf blowers on it. He left the village and opened it up pretty much in front of me to a properly deafening sound. We have loads of horses and riders around here. Not great. It was way too loud for my liking but everything is a compromise really and it depends upon what matters most to you, or me, or someone else……