Hi Jeff,
How do you find riding over in Taiwan buddy?
Am I being a bit primitive and ignorant in thinking the roads aren't up to scratch etc???
I'd say I would be otherwise you'd probably be riding a BMW GS or something hey?
Great you have plans to improve your bike's performance but imho I think 135 mains may be a bit ambitious initially until you can provide some more breathing space so to speak.
For instance, I use 135 mains and 42 pilots myself and whilst I haven't done a dyno yet for these settings, I was rich in my last dyno using 145 mains and 45 pilots, and considering I have virtually the straight through Staintune pipes
(btw, I had long tors originally) with a straight through rstrictor (not baffle but an easily removable part that just minimises the pipe's gases exit diameter), this in itself would imho make my speedie breathe better just by itself.
Then add the K&N pods hanging off the freak and you get some real O2 freedom.
In saying this, all our bikes are different in their own way and even if you were rich, that’s much safer than running lean. You’re definitely on the right track with the Uni or K&N filter too and 135 mains and 42 pilots do sound pretty good using them.
There is probably someone who may disagree with me on my comments but being an inexact science and that’s even after a dyno, I find a combination of a dyno with the air fuel ratio, colour of plugs and fuel consumption (beside the formance factor) will give you a pretty good picture of how accurate you are.
Btw, if your rear pads are rubbing I would have thought that would make a big difference on your range. Also, if your bike does have the warped disc as you say, I’m almost certain this will be replaced under warranty. Certainly, if your local dealer plays hard ball don’t argue just walk out and talk to us about it. Agro will just make the thing worse and as a group I’ve found the advice here invaluable to how much my bike costs to run.
One last thing, I know not everyone is a fan of the freak as a means of increasing a bikes breathing capacity but in my experience it was whilst initially quite expensive, not only reduced the ongoing costs (so would a drop in for that matter) the improvements were quite profound and that didn't take into the consideration the tone your bike makes when sucking air. Sweet
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Each to their own of course and whatever you decide on, you’ll be happy regardless. The same goes for pipes and again, I’m different to many of my fellow riders but my not being too impressed with my bike being too loud after installing Specialty Spares pipes, I found the staintune pipes easily my most impressive add on, balancing looks, performance and tone.
Unfortunately for me
LOL, louder pipes spoilt MY overall riding experience. Anyway, difference is in these days
Anyway, hopes this helps and maybe someone else can chime in to help you make some informed decisions from other's experiences.
Cheers and ride safe
ps: If you were wondering about the length of this post. I learnt to type morse code back in the 70's hence I can go on a bit.
Just trying to help
