My first proper RVF run :)

[400_Rider]

Howdy guys :D

Well I got me log book this morning so am all fully road legal now, tax, insurance and mot and no sooner had I put the tax on the bike I was reaching for me leathers to go have a play

First impression as I pulled off, fook me the pegs are high in leathers lol gets round corner, bike doesn't wanna pull well from cold, so I respect it and let it warm up fully.

Gets to petrol station whacks a tenner in, fills it, saddles up and off I goes again.

5 or so mins later I give it some beans, warrrrppppppp 3rd gear gives a shove like a powerband so I keep it going right round to 16,000rpm Woooooo hard on the brakes, .. easy tiger, I then heads off to the long duel carridgeway.

Banks round long left hander up through the gears, head tucked in arse up against the seat, coming down a LONG stretch into a long right hander, snicks it into 6th, throttle held back to the stop, 12,000rpm in top Wahoo and its still pulling, wooooossshhhhhh...

What a buzz that has been today and fook me what a sound

I took a few pics ere :













Never tried to get me knee down today but I did push it a bit just to see what it was like, I have gone from a R1 that never wanted to tip in, to one that falls on its side for me first run this isn't too bad and I've taken it past the band first go, when I get more practice and confidence these will go and I can get a new pic and compare em



All in all a great ride and lots of fun loving the V4, different characteristics than an inline 4, ya can't come down the gears and blip on the down change as effective on the V4 as you can on an inline 4 and theres defo more engine braking on the V4 too.

Just one problem today and that was me speedo isn't working I would love to have seen what speed I pulled while banked over in top at 12.000rpm, I bet it was about 130 ? certainly fast enough.

Something else I have seen, there is a HRC ECU you can get which gives you an extra 1,000rpm but my bike revs past the end of the limiter so I wonder if this has already been done ? either way performance wise I is very happy :D

So far very happy with the RVF

[Smev]

Thats a clean looking RVF you have there!!

Maybe you should change your profile name now?!!!

Welcome to the V4 club too!

Cheers Smev

[400_Rider]

Thanks Smev

I have GSX-R 400 too



It's not running right at mo but when it does I wanna put me datalogger on both bikes and see which is fastest

[georgenc30]

Now this is what they look like when cornered hard.

[400_Rider]

Blimey ! respect

I take it that was done on the track not on the road ?

[georgenc30]

On the road on a long sweeper turned around and done it again for about six times.
france has some great roads just watch out for the coppers LOL.
August for the track days for me.

[gothicsanta]

With you on the "fun factor" the RVF provides

Regarding the revs probably just that the counter is reading high and you're not at the limit? I know that speedos on bikes are usually way out and I guess the same can apply to the rev counter?

[Moore]

Just felt that i have to comment on your bike!
WOW, THATS FIT.. NICE COLOURS, Sounds like you have REALLY enjoyed your day.. good stuff/happy days to ya,,

Im trying to choose a nice colour scheme for my NC30 project, Somthing to go with black wheels, id like a bit of red in there somwhere! i just dont want to choose and then regret it once painted ANY IDEAS!!!!!!!

[chris_fisher]

Afternoon,

Lovely bike! Just a quick question, I really like your rim stripes, could you let me know where i could get some from?

Chris