I do agree with someone that doesn't know how to ride shouldn't be modding anything or jumping on anything bigger than a 500. But once you get a good 5-10 years of experience and learn how to handle a bike, it's fair game.
One year after riding in "b" mode, I finally tried "a" mode!
Well, I wish I hadn't waited so long! I just assumed it was gonna be like my FZ10, so I left it in "b" and though it felt fine. There is a definite difference in how much quicker the power comes on when you twist on it! I rode it fairly aggressively yesterday down local curvy roads and never had an issue other than getting used to the power coming on much stronger and quicker. I can only imagine how it would be with a full exhaust, air filter, and tune!
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I have been wanting to switch to A but riding this for 2.5k kms I felt the B mode is too much for me already.Well, I wish I hadn't waited so long! I just assumed it was gonna be like my FZ10, so I left it in "b" and though it felt fine. There is a definite difference in how much quicker the power comes on when you twist on it! I rode it fairly aggressively yesterday down local curvy roads and never had an issue other than getting used to the power coming on much stronger and quicker. I can only imagine how it would be with a full exhaust, air filter, and tune!
Did it or would it wheelie on A mode if you just slam the throttle? For B mode I have never slammed it but just gradual squeeze. Im new to bikes, just 4 months riding, 2 months on a 700cc.
wow....so sorry i didnt realise we have a motorcycling God amongst us.....**** i didnt know you were just so awesome that we should all just listen to your every word.......f...ing go pull your finger out of your ass, grow up and stop telling everyone how they should ride or do to their bikesYou sound like a slow and unskilled rider that has no business being on a 145 HP machine.
Pansy Poseur is the perfect name for you. The rider who hangs out with gigantic chicken strips.
Seems like we both have opinions.
I can guarantee you that I am going to modify mine. Just like how I modified my TLR. For me it is part of owning a bike and I enjoy working on and improving the stuff that I own. Afterall, it is mine. I paid for it and I am allowed to do whatever I want to my own sh**.
When I finally decide what exhaust I'm getting, I'll get it dynode and tuned. then we'll find out!Don't know if Canada has the same ECU restrictions as the USA, but if you do and haven't had your ECU derestricted that rush you felt in the upper RPM was actually quite diluted. There is WAY more pull on top that is restricted from the factory!
Disclaimer: I've been riding for 17 years, over 80K city/highway commuting miles, and more of just fun riding. But I don't see myself as an expert or even a great rider, I'm just a competent and safe rider.
Having said that, I really don't get why people don't ride this bike in A mode right away, especially if it's stock (not uncorked/tuned). I get C mode, it's nice for wet pavement or if you just want a very lazy ride. I don't get B mode, because A mode exists. But A mode is soooo docile (again, stock bike), butter smooth, basically nothing unexpected or even remotely intimidating happens below 5K RPM. Yeah, if you keep twisting the throttle the world will become a blur, but you can ride all day long at or below 5K RPM and never have a scare.
This isn't an S1000RR, what is so scary about it? I just don't get it. Those of you who were intimidated by A mode, have you ridden any other liter bikes, especially liter twins, or is this your first one? Not judging at all, I'm honestly just curious.
Oh, and loud pipes save lives. There, I said it.
Having said that, I really don't get why people don't ride this bike in A mode right away, especially if it's stock (not uncorked/tuned). I get C mode, it's nice for wet pavement or if you just want a very lazy ride. I don't get B mode, because A mode exists. But A mode is soooo docile (again, stock bike), butter smooth, basically nothing unexpected or even remotely intimidating happens below 5K RPM. Yeah, if you keep twisting the throttle the world will become a blur, but you can ride all day long at or below 5K RPM and never have a scare.
This isn't an S1000RR, what is so scary about it? I just don't get it. Those of you who were intimidated by A mode, have you ridden any other liter bikes, especially liter twins, or is this your first one? Not judging at all, I'm honestly just curious.
Oh, and loud pipes save lives. There, I said it.
I liked B because it slows the throttle response but is a bit more aggressive than C. I was coming from an R6 which was essentially less responsive torque-wise to small throttle movements. Having gotten more used to the gsxs's throttle response in B, essentially by developing a more more stable throttle hand, then A became more predictable and amenable. Me, I like quiet pipes, the quieter the better- I want to hear just enough of the engine so I can tell if its happy or not, beyond that I want to hear only the wind. F'ing cagers don't see me anyhow, too busy f'ing around on their phones.. loud pipes will only freak them out.
I've had v-twins most of my life, including a KTM 1190 that I commuted on, so perhaps that's where I developed my right hand finesse. Twins have a lot more down-low torque so they feel more rowdy, at least to me. This inline four is sooo much less intimidating in my book.I liked B because it slows the throttle response but is a bit more aggressive than C. I was coming from an R6 which was essentially less responsive torque-wise to small throttle movements. Having gotten more used to the gsxs's throttle response in B, essentially by developing a more more stable throttle hand, then A became more predictable and amenable. Me, I like quiet pipes, the quieter the better- I want to hear just enough of the engine so I can tell if its happy or not, beyond that I want to hear only the wind. F'ing cagers don't see me anyhow, too busy f'ing around on their phones.. loud pipes will only freak them out.
As for loud pipes, I don't want to start an argument in yet another thread, but... take it from those 80K commuting miles, loud pipes do help. When you're passing through someone's blind spot, or if they're merging into you, when you see someone waiting to pull out into the road in front of you, or even coming to an intersection... they help. I had numerous auxiliary lights and an air horn too, but my exhaust note saved my bacon more times than I can remember. Big city commuting isn't for the faint of heart.
Yeah no problem with here- I have miles like that logged too- all with quiet pipes. I find minding my position and keeping initiative and minding distance and time has more to do with staying clear of the cages. I commute in the DC/Baltimore metro corridor so I know what you mean.
Yeah, I commuted in and out of Seattle, no joke every day I had someone try to kill me with their inattentive or aggressive driving. That 6th sense we bikers develop was very sharply honed in me, I felt like I could predict the future. It's a miracle I'm still alive.Yeah no problem with here- I have miles like that logged too- all with quiet pipes. I find minding my position and keeping initiative and minding distance and time has more to do with staying clear of the cages. I commute in the DC/Baltimore metro corridor so I know what you mean.
My motorcycle being quiet was specifically stated by the cop that last pulled me over as a major reason he let me go without giving me a ticket.Me, I like quiet pipes, the quieter the better- I want to hear just enough of the engine so I can tell if its happy or not, beyond that I want to hear only the wind. F'ing cagers don't see me anyhow, too busy f'ing around on their phones.. loud pipes will only freak them out.
But also civilized people don't play loud music or ride incredibly loud motorcycles as socially reasonable people. If you've ever lived in any North American city then you'll notice that while urban traffic is often loud, motorcyclists are so much louder. I would think walking a dog without it being scared and barking just because a motorcyclist drives by is reasonable right, but apparently rider's rights to noise pollution trumps everyone else's rights.
The motorcycle community is generally a noisy community; when we're producing 1000cc sportbikes that make 200 plus HP delicately wrapped in a 430 pound chassis while meeting Euro-5 emissions regulations, and riders still change out their mufflers, then you can be sure it's to be noisy than any other reason. I'm guessing most GSXS riders don't regularly do track days, don't lean their bikes completely on the tire edges, and don't keep their throttles open for more than 3 seconds at a time; the weight savings and extra power afforded by aftermarket mufflers are thus completely wasted on such street riders. While, at the same time, being illegally and irritatingly loud.
A lot of US and European riders don't know what a world without catalytic converters is like. I do, because I've lived in 3rd world nations where pollution controls is but a thought and the air is lethally polluted. If all drivers suddenly took off their catalytic converters then you can be sure it'd be motorcyclists who'd demand drivers put them back on. As they should...motorcyclists don't have HVAC systems in their nostrils.
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