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j-rad
14-05-2009, 04:24 PM
I couldn't think of a better bike to do this to! :D
saf
14-05-2009, 04:33 PM
Rev limiter for half an hour! http://smiliesftw.com/x/turborofl.gif I'm surprised it didn't all melt into a puddle.
Captain
14-05-2009, 04:37 PM
Yea, but what a result. Awesome.
Let's see them try it with a ducati :lmao:
Marshy
14-05-2009, 05:43 PM
Cool! So they are bulletproof, even after :spank:
Johnny
14-05-2009, 05:51 PM
Bike engines vs idiots

Love this bit, saids it all really..
bdinnerv
14-05-2009, 06:19 PM
Sheesh, and to think that my engine dropped it lunch at approx 5000 rpm whilst riding with full radiator and oil and no overheating after approx 15 minutes of riding!
ozducati
14-05-2009, 06:27 PM
Yea, but what a result. Awesome.
Let's see them try it with a ducati :lmao:

they obviously didn't bother with a Honda, wouldn't have got past the first paragraph...:lmao:
Krack
14-05-2009, 06:34 PM
Go the Big K!
I seem to remember something about some journos trying to kill a C90 or CT110, something or other.:confused1: Anyway, they dropped the oil and replaced it with cooking oil. After being abused and dropped off a roof it still happily plodded along.
Mr.Ed
14-05-2009, 06:41 PM
:clap::clap::clap:
Wow! Just... wow!
Captain
14-05-2009, 06:50 PM
they obviously didn't bother with a Honda, wouldn't have got past the first paragraph...:lmao:

:lmao: ah yes, sorry, forgot the :stirthepot: emoticon.
Although the article starts with a comment about Jap bikes being 'indestructible' (or something like that) ... and I'm guessing that they meant Honda too, I thought they're generally up there.

I like the test, because frankly I'm always worried, after all we go on track and run the bikes at high revs for a fairly long time. It takes a bit to get used to the bike being OK with it, doesn't it?


I seem to remember something about some journos trying to kill a C90 or CT110, something or other.:confused1: Anyway, they dropped the oil and replaced it with cooking oil. After being abused and dropped off a roof it still happily plodded along.
When I was an apprentice, I filled up a vacuum pump (like an air compressor but a little closer tolerances) with car wash rather than oil (looked the same, felt the same and I had a cold so I could not smell the difference ... idiot). Anyhow it ran non-stop for a good 70 hours, and it was as good as new (and probably cleaner :lmao:). Revs were lower of course, but still ...