Hi all;
Having been a member of various bike-specific communities I know how annoying new members are when they start asking the same **** you have been over a million times. However having tried to find answers to a few immediate questions I have as a new owner of a 2005 RSVR (picked up a minter with 5K miles on it!), I still have a few unanswered questions: 1) what's the "red line" for these engines - the shift light goes mental from ~7K, but is there an actual safe limit for this bike? 2) is it possible to swap the controls on the left side for something with conventional layout of horn at the bottom and turn signals at the top - I had some damage to my left hand (no, not from overuse) so I can't feel the controls very well and keep hitting the horn when trying to indicate right - it is driving me nuts. 3) Can anyone recommend some aftermarket mirrors that work? 4) (the BIG one) the bike came with two sets of cans - visually exactly the same but one with baffles and one without. The baffle-less cans sound like a jumbo jet taking off and although it's kinda cool the bike gets seriously vibey and the popping on closed throttle to me sounds like the fueling needs adjusting. On the other hand, the baffled pipes sound like ****, but the bike runs SO much better - it becomes the machine it should be: smooth, but still plenty responsive without being unpredictable... Any advice on cans that sound good and neighbor/track-friendly (in the UK common noise limit for track days is 102db static) and are not going to need a dyno? Talking about fueling - is there an FI module for RSVR (I use Helatech for my gixxers, but they don't do one for Aprilia) that comes pre-loaded with filter/pipe-specific maps?
Also (rhetorical question) why the f*ck are the frame sliders for Aprilia so expensive - like twice the price of the ones I buy for my Japanese bikes!???
Cheers!
Max
Having been a member of various bike-specific communities I know how annoying new members are when they start asking the same **** you have been over a million times. However having tried to find answers to a few immediate questions I have as a new owner of a 2005 RSVR (picked up a minter with 5K miles on it!), I still have a few unanswered questions: 1) what's the "red line" for these engines - the shift light goes mental from ~7K, but is there an actual safe limit for this bike? 2) is it possible to swap the controls on the left side for something with conventional layout of horn at the bottom and turn signals at the top - I had some damage to my left hand (no, not from overuse) so I can't feel the controls very well and keep hitting the horn when trying to indicate right - it is driving me nuts. 3) Can anyone recommend some aftermarket mirrors that work? 4) (the BIG one) the bike came with two sets of cans - visually exactly the same but one with baffles and one without. The baffle-less cans sound like a jumbo jet taking off and although it's kinda cool the bike gets seriously vibey and the popping on closed throttle to me sounds like the fueling needs adjusting. On the other hand, the baffled pipes sound like ****, but the bike runs SO much better - it becomes the machine it should be: smooth, but still plenty responsive without being unpredictable... Any advice on cans that sound good and neighbor/track-friendly (in the UK common noise limit for track days is 102db static) and are not going to need a dyno? Talking about fueling - is there an FI module for RSVR (I use Helatech for my gixxers, but they don't do one for Aprilia) that comes pre-loaded with filter/pipe-specific maps?
Also (rhetorical question) why the f*ck are the frame sliders for Aprilia so expensive - like twice the price of the ones I buy for my Japanese bikes!???
Cheers!
Max
