Pcxdemon wrote:I wot it most of the time..it's hard not to but it's not really hurting it so far. Remarkably I still get just over 200km out of the tank. If I would to gear it up, it would be even better than it is now, but I'm quite happy and content getting it fast to 135kmh on the speedo..it's fast enough!
Really? That's quite the number there, about 84 mph IIRC. I can only do about 70mph on a bit of downhill with full transmission mods, air filter, and exhaust on my 150. It might simply be the island roads(almost no straights, low speed limits, heavy traffic in the day), but I typically can't go much faster without encountering one obstruction or another that makes me back off the throttle.
Pretty shocking that 11cc's can make that much of a difference. Did you also tweak the fuel mixture a bit?
For me, it's not quite about raw speed, but rather how fast I can get to that speed. Right now I'd say 0-50 is about 10 seconds or less, but anything past that takes forever to climb up to unless I'm going downhill. Unless I'm on a flat or downhill, a family sedan can still leave me in the dust on the highways.
I'm also thinking that if the WOT speed is 85 mph, but I'm only twisting enough to go 70, it would be much less straining on the engine, which I suppose might be an irony of an engine mod if my point was for reliability.