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Sounds like a nice bike
Although I'm guessing when you wrote 'with just about every trick bit of kit you can get on it, with exception (annoyingly) to rear sets.' You probably meant, as you later implied... every bit you could get bearing in mind what you were prepared to spend.
Nothing wrong in that mate, some swines are lucky enough to spend thousands on their toys , some lucky enough to have a brand new one, but makes us no better or worse as a person.
Unfortunately there are some folk who believe their possessions define them(I've been guilty of this at times), when in actual fact it's their actions which define them.
Sorry mate, I'm wanking on a bit.
Hope you enjoy the forum, there's some real top folk on here.

r.j.e.berry wrote:Well.... I know I could upgrade the forks and rear shock, but that's mega money and the stock set up is pretty good, so I can't justify that. There's not much more on the performance side I can do, unless you can suggest something and as for bling, that doesn't really interest me

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At the end of the day mate, it's your bike, you who ride her, wash her and pamper her, it's for you to decide what you want and like.

There are loads of improvements I could make to my bike, but I'm not a good enough rider to benefit from that, well I think I'm not

r.j.e.berry wrote:

PJC wrote:Not a bad list but sadly lacking in many departments [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]

In which departments should I improve on?

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Decent brake discs and pads, Flashed ECU, (MUST HAVE), proper steering damper that actually works especially if you flash the ECU

everything else like rearsets suspension, wheels and calipers are a tad expensive, just ask Damo on that one.

There is a thread called to make her your own, you will get an idea of what I and others have done to our 4c8's and other R1's

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r.j.e.berry wrote:Well.... I know I could upgrade the forks and rear shock, but that's mega money and the stock set up is pretty good, so I can't justify that. There's not much more on the performance side I can do, unless you can suggest something and as for bling, that doesn't really interest me

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Performance wise you've done most of the bolt ons part from velocity stacks race filters, quick action throttle.... but unless you can use more ........ But there's plenty more available to spend cash on if you wanted blue printing, yec kit lightend parts, gas flowing, thinner head gaslit, lighter wheels ect ect





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PJC wrote:

r.j.e.berry wrote:

PJC wrote:Not a bad list but sadly lacking in many departments [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]

In which departments should I improve on?

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Decent brake discs and pads, Flashed ECU, (MUST HAVE), proper steering damper that actually works especially if you flash the ECU

everything else like rearsets suspension, wheels and calipers are a tad expensive, just ask Damo on that one.

There is a thread called to make her your own, you will get an idea of what I and others have done to our 4c8's and other R1's

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4180" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New K&N filter is on its way and will be fitted once the new chain and sprockets are done.
On the subject of ecu flashing, does anyone know of someone in or close to Staffordshire that does it?
As far as the rest is concerned, maybe if I win the lottery [emoji4]
I can only dream of the day marchesini's are fitted [emoji4]

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r.j.e.berry wrote:

PJC wrote:

r.j.e.berry wrote:

PJC wrote:Not a bad list but sadly lacking in many departments [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]

In which departments should I improve on?

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Decent brake discs and pads, Flashed ECU, (MUST HAVE), proper steering damper that actually works especially if you flash the ECU

everything else like rearsets suspension, wheels and calipers are a tad expensive, just ask Damo on that one.

There is a thread called to make her your own, you will get an idea of what I and others have done to our 4c8's and other R1's

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4180" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New K&N filter is on its way and will be fitted once the new chain and sprockets are done.
On the subject of ecu flashing, does anyone know of someone in or close to Staffordshire that does it?
As far as the rest is concerned, maybe if I win the lottery [emoji4]

I can only dream of the day marchesini's are fitted [emoji4]

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I've used Rich at RB Engineering / http://www.woolichracing.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; on my R6, top bloke and good service & results. Not that local to Staffordshire but would be a nice ride out down to Gloucestershire!

r.j.e.berry wrote:

PJC wrote:

r.j.e.berry wrote:

PJC wrote:Not a bad list but sadly lacking in many departments [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]

In which departments should I improve on?

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Decent brake discs and pads, Flashed ECU, (MUST HAVE), proper steering damper that actually works especially if you flash the ECU

everything else like rearsets suspension, wheels and calipers are a tad expensive, just ask Damo on that one.

There is a thread called to make her your own, you will get an idea of what I and others have done to our 4c8's and other R1's

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4180" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New K&N filter is on its way and will be fitted once the new chain and sprockets are done.
On the subject of ecu flashing, does anyone know of someone in or close to Staffordshire that does it?
As far as the rest is concerned, maybe if I win the lottery [emoji4]
I can only dream of the day marchesini's are fitted [emoji4]

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Contact MikeR1 the owner of the forum he is the European distributor for VeloxRacing .... It's worth sending him a PM about flash tuning, he is the expert


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That's great, cheers chaps!!

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r.j.e.berry wrote:That's great, cheers chaps!!

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Steve should have said, he is the owner of the forum and Velox racing and is the European distributor for Flashtune. He does a mail in service mate, look on the Velox section on forum sponsors

The K&N won't make any difference, in fact it will slightly restrict it, however you never need to spend money on filters again

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r.j.e.berry wrote:That's great, cheers chaps!!

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Steve should have said, he is the owner of the forum and Velox racing and is the European distributor for Flashtune. He does a mail in service mate, look on the Velox section on forum sponsors

The K&N won't make any difference, in fact it will slightly restrict it, however you never need to spend money on filters again

Thanks for that.
How will it restrict it and whats the alternative?

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Yamaha paper ones are efficient and allow a load of air to pass through the filters. I run a K&N and its never worried me, I bought it to save me £100 a year on filters.

BMC filters are known to be good, K&N do a full race one which is muted to be better, but I have no personal experience of them.

PJC wrote:Yamaha paper ones are efficient and allow a load of air to pass through the filters. I run a K&N and its never worried me, I bought it to save me £100 a year on filters.

BMC filters are known to be good, K&N do a full race one which is muted to be better, but I have no personal experience of them.

I've got K&N in the 4C8 and BMC in the R6, both as good as each other IMO

Ah, ok. I'd always assumed they allowed more air through

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r.j.e.berry wrote:Ah, ok. I'd always assumed they allowed more air through

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That's what they lead you to believe, all the company's do an R version which allow a greater flow BUT they are designed for track use so less sh!te about and more rebuilds


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Im running an MWR filter in mine,previously was a K&N and the difference in induction roar is massive so i would presume its flowing more air

Welcome in mate

At the risk of getting another bollocking for a physics lesson... Less restrictive filters don't actually flow more air. However, they can reduce the pressure drop across the filter, in theory allowing the engine to run more efficiently. However, this will only occur when the throttle is wide open, so unless you ride on the track or are totally mental, you're unlikely to get much benefit. But oiled filters are cheaper to maintain than paper, although less efficient at removing fine particles.