Ok, so fitting a quickshifter at the moment. Or at least I have been trying for the last few hours. I'm finally at the point where I can start plugging the harness in to the coil connectors. But I'm thinking... all the trouble to get the tank and airbox off... there's got to be summat else I can fiddle with down here while it's all off... are there any superfluous hoses, parts, cables I can get rid of? I might do all this again in the winter, to remove the ABS, so it's not critical to do it now. BTW I think these bikes must have been assembled by tiny Japanese children. Have any of you tried disconnecting the tank for removal???
You can remove the PAIR system and the intake flappers. You'll need block off plates though. Does make it a lot less cluttered under there.
The intake flaps are a bit of a pain to get out, you don't actually need to remove the flaps themselves if you don't want you can just remove all the gubbins associated.
Interesting vid on YouTube from the Dirty Garage Guy about removing PAIR systems. Saved weight of course but I wasn't sure about shoving HC's straight into the atmosphere. Made me think twice about it anyhow.
I think the amount we ride these bikes the environmental impact is negligible. Especially as the other 99.97% of drivers will be moving to electric vehicles in the next 10-15 years or so. I have an idea though, drill and tap the end can and fit an extra spark plug… full-time flames
I don't think there's any real need to remove the PAIR system either, I just wanted rid of the clutter for when it comes to valve clearances. They needed blocking off for when it went on the dyno aswell so I thought may aswell make it permanent. As for emissions it's an older vehicle and has been mapped with them blocked off so no sleep lost. If folk want to do something for the environment, dont buy your wife cut flowers . It's such a bad industry for the environment. Grown in greenhouses in Holland then shipped all over the place in refrigerated wagons. What for? So women can coo over them then bin them a week later? Grow something in your garden instead. I don't understand why some industries like this one get completely ignored whilst motorists get hammered.
Agree with the greenhouse problem they have in Holland. The typical gas heating of those things out weighs any and all bike emissions. What I thought was interesting in the vid I saw was simply the way he said that pure HC's being shoved out were the worst kind of emission. The fact they're very small amounts may mitigate this. I just thought it interesting to hear the other side. Motorists get hammered cos there's so many of them, they have to use their vehicles for everyday life and they're a soft target. Don't container ships and cruise liners throw out the most emissions ever? Tax them more, and don't even mention China and India and German power stations. I'll STFU now......
I had a look on their website and it looks like plastic to me. You can buy metal versions of the same thing for about the same price which won’t leave you scrabbling for containers when it breaks, which it will, at some point in time.
On my last bike for 30k miles and was still on it when I wrote the bike off so would say it was doing ok.
Fair enough, I was just letting folks know there are alternative versions out there. BMW use those plastic ones on a number of their bikes and they are well known for failing between 20-40k miles. The one on my tourer went at 45k. Not a big issue I agree but if you’re buying a replacement it makes sense to me to buy a metal one that’s likely to outlive the bike.
