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In Topic: Could This Be The New Cbr In Thailand

Today, 01:40

Let's see.

Honda produced at least a couple single cylinder 400cc bikes (CL,XR-both aircooled).
They also produced two (?) twins (CM,CB400T)
At least one triple (NS400R..2 stroke)
They had the awesome V-4s (VFR/RVF)
And of course their inline fours (CB,CBR,CBX)

I would assume that IF the rumours are true the bike would most likely be a twin.  If I could dream it would be the front 1/2 of the Crossrunner/VFR800 which may make the claims of ~50HP somewhat valid.  I can't imagine a 400 being released by Honda now that would be a single with dual pipes; this implies a reliance on upper RPM ummph rather than the torque that they are going towards in other new bikes.  My big thing is that I can't really see it weighing less than the ER-6* bikes (the old CB-1 and the current ER-6N are within a kg of each other; if you think that Honda would release it with an aluminium frame and be cheap I want some of what you are smoking), but only having 77% of the power.

In Topic: Honda Crf 250L

2012-05-25 00:22:41

Johnboy; it doesn't cost that much to get seats remade to your liking in LOS.  It's also a bit far to compare a proper 2T bike to a lite-offroad bike like the much softer KLX/CRF being offered for sale.  The power in either bike is much more accesible in that it's a gradual (very gradual for either bike!) build up over a decent range rather than an on/off switch that a smoker usually has.

Also, as an aside, I am having a bit of a problem reconciling the math here.  Taninthai claims that he does 120 GPS with the throttle pinned in 5th.  Anybody can check my previous link to the gearing website against the Honda specifications and make sure that my claim of 122 'real' can be reached at 10,5K in fourth.  I don't know DirtShop's setup; has anyone used their dyno before and note if they had to input the correct gearing or did the dyno determine it by itself (using a engine rpm/drum rpm and a tyre size)?

In Topic: Honda Crf 250L

2012-05-24 19:45:04

At 10,5K rpm the CRF with the stock gearing and tyres would be running 76,3 MPH (122 km/h) in fourth (4th) gear.  I put the bike in as a selectable bike in a gearing website.

Did the dyno tester have the right parameters in for the bike?  That makes a world of difference.  As I also remember the dirtshop dyno run on the CBR was some 93% of what every other dyno in the world found.

Of course we can just ignore those folks who have owned/rode both bikes and go with the anamoly.

In Topic: Upgrading Laptop Ram

2012-05-16 19:47:08

View PostMaxwellsDemon, on 2012-05-15 21:09:43, said:

I guess I should report back; the two Kingston 4 gig PC3-10600s went in without a hitch, not much noticeable improvement until I fired up Lightroom, and dayum. Working on 80 megapixel+ PSDs in Photoshop is noticeably smoother, too. It's still slow, but at least now it doesn't just freeze up and get really jerky. AE and PPro are alright so far.

My laptop has one of those only-turn-on-the-video-card-when-necessary "feature," which is usually when games are being run, otherwise a small pseudo card is run off the main CPU. But I think when I'm running PPro CS6 which is supposed to utilize the GPU for extra power, my computer doesn't switch over, and leaves it with the onboard video card. I can't figure out how to force activate the GeForce card on this thing....

Inside your nVidia control panel there is a setting to force the programme to utilise the nVidia card.  If it does not want to do utilise it, and you are sure the programme is optimised for using the Geforce card, go ahead and make a copy of the programmes *.exe and point your nVidia control panel to the copy; I've had to do this (learned it from another forum) and nobody knows why...

In Topic: Honda Crf 250L

2012-05-15 15:39:05

View PostSumetCycle, on 2012-05-15 15:32:45, said:

View Postdave_boo, on 2012-05-15 15:06:53, said:

View PostRichard-BKK, on 2012-05-15 14:54:20, said:

View PostBigBikeBKK, on 2012-05-13 00:34:13, said:

What Kawasaki motorcycle can you buy at Red Baron for less than what Kawasaki, Thailand charges?

Answer: None

Red Baron doesn't import any of the Kawasaki models that are sold by Kawasaki, Thailand.


Kawasaki Thailand sellls the ZX14R for 850,000 THB, Red Baron Bangkok has the same bike (new) for 715,000 THB See here

Holy crap that's a big tampon on that bike....
I'm sure it's a great bike, but that thing is fugly!

At the risk of derailing the thread, I have read up on this bike and it's a great slingshot/drag bike.  Really amazing numbers put down at the drag strip.

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