I never understand why people part exchange bikes and leave all the ‘goodies’ on them? The dealer will not pay you any more than they would for a ‘plain’ standard bike. You just help them sell the bike to someone else. I always put my bikes back to standard before trading them in then sell the goodies on here or eBay
ooh how do you find the monster pal, been looking at them for my mrs who's just passed her test. im looking at getting her the 821 but don't know much about them or whether it be a good first big bike for her or not as weve been looking at naked's like the monster, street triple, mt etc but I'd be interested to know how they ride!
And now with a proper exhaust (cheers Dave!), just need to get the upmap sorted. Did about 180 miles last Sunday, dunno why I haven’t bought a multi sooner (we’ll skip over the 9 months I owned an 1100 Fuglystrada), bloody marvellous!
Upmap installed today by Wilf at Rapido, dang these things get a shuffle on!!! nice to see @Android853sp as well!
Great to hear, the engine becomes a gem with the up map, mid section on the rev range doesn't run out of breath and the low range is much smoother. Enjoy! If you haven't yet, consider dropping a tooth on the front sprocket or the opposite on the rear (can't remember rear tooth I do 14T/40T). It'll match the gearing to the rev range so motorway cruising doesn't sit between 5th and 6th and generally gives the bike a bit more pep in it's step.
Either go 14T front & 40T rear or 15T front & 42T rear. There are those who think keeping 15 front gives the chain an easier life.
I think it's more a case of giving the front sprocket an easier life. Going down from 15 teeth to 14 teeth increases the workload done by each tooth by 7%, so it wears out quicker. I noticed that when I fitted a 14t sprocket I had to change it long before the rear sprocket or chain was worn as it's teeth were getting hooked. The hooked teeth would have wrecked the chain prematurely. Going the 15/42 tooth route is better for that reason.
I recommend adding a tooth in the back instead of messing with the front sprocket. Next mod should be forged wheels. They will transform the way it handles.
I do a lot of highway riding (75-85mph) and have noticed going up one tooth works best for me. If highway speeds are closer to 65-75mph then going up two teeth is likely the better way to go.
I had Wilf put a map on my 2014 1200 (the one on my avatar) after I installed a second hand Termi supplied with no up map. He put on one of his 1198 BSB bike maps. Boy what a difference! No engine braking at all, pulled like a train and then some! I miss that engine still! Enjoy!,
I thought I read once that one off the front is the same as just over 2 teeth up on the rear ? So should be pretty similar
That’s correct. I just went up one tooth in the rear because that works best for me at the speeds that I usually travel.
