Deresticted or not?

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Deresticted or not?

Post by dobbslc » Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:16 pm

How can I tell if my GK76A is restricted or not?
It's got a 180kph top speed marked on the speedo and it will go right through this no problems. (private road ;) )
A guy that might want to buy it says that it's a restricted bike and it will cost him extra to sort it etc etc.
Any ideas?
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Re: Deresticted or not?

Post by Variablevalves suck » Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:20 pm

There are two types of restriction.
1) 180kph that is easily removed (cheap), if you can go above 180 then its been removed. A lot of importers removed it as it was a simple resistor mod.
b) pre 1993 bikes are 59 hp and post 93 bikes are 53hp. There is very little in them and altho the 59 hp bikes may go a little faster flat out the 53 hp models make more torque and are actually better as a road bike.
All manufacturers went to 53 hp and most just altered the cam and ignition timing to drop the power a little down the rev range.

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Re: Deresticted or not?

Post by Jaicen » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:59 pm

The GK76a won't go above 110mph on stock gearing unless it's derestricted, which is a convoluted process involving gear position sensors and CDI units.
If you have dropped the gearing though, it will pull higher speeds before hitting the limiter.

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