Afternoon people and greetings!

[Speedy1959]

http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=2373.msg28450#msg28450

My bike lives outside and is NEVER on an optimate charger.
It is ridden all year round.
Last winter which was a pretty bad one in the UK it never failed to start 1st time every time..
At one point its cover was covered it snow/frost for over 3 weeks and still she started 1st time with no charger (or alarm) fitted.
Oh and its still on the original battery !

[Notty]

http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=2373.msg28450#msg28450

My bike lives outside and is NEVER on an optimate charger.
It is ridden all year round.
Last winter which was a pretty bad one in the UK it never failed to start 1st time every time..
At one point its cover was covered it snow/frost for over 3 weeks and still she started 1st time with no charger (or alarm) fitted.
Oh and its still on the original battery !

If you fit a permanent live usb you WILL need an Optimate as they draw current even with nothing plugged in

[tingus]

Mines the same as mjgt's....  no issues with the alarm in 15 years (touch wood)... but kept on optimate especially during winter.    As for pick up from low speed, I'm usually in 5th at 50kmh (sometimes 6th!) and it pulls away just fine!   The 14's got a fine engine with loads of torque... no need to be dropping gears (unless you want to lift the front end  )

I went into third or fourth today and the revs go down to 1k and feels like it's gonna konk out unless I'm reading into it too much...

[ARH]

Tingus... have you got standard sprockets on?  At 50kmh mine is sitting at around 1400 rpm in 6th...

Will be interesting to see what the other guys are at that speed...

[KiwiCol]

At 1000rpm in 3rd or 4th, it would feel like it's about to conk out & be very jerky. 
Something isn't right there, if you're doing 1000rpm in 3rd or 4th at 30mph.  You'd need a 19 front & 38 rear? or some other weird combo of sprockets to get that.
The speedos do read high, but usually not more that 8-10%, yours would be need to be reading about 50% too high.


Probably better to start a new thread for this really.

[tingus]

At 1000rpm in 3rd or 4th, it would feel like it's about to conk out & be very jerky. 
Something isn't right there, if you're doing 1000rpm in 3rd or 4th at 30mph.  You'd need a 19 front & 38 rear? or some other weird combo of sprockets to get that.
The speedos do read high, but usually not more that 8-10%, yours would be need to be reading about 50% too high.


Probably better to start a new thread for this really.

I'm being a spaz, earlier I cruised in 4th whilst doing 30 easily. Fricken love this bike, not given it full throttle yet, gotta break myself into it lol.only passed a few days ago and want to live aha!

[ARH]

All good Tingus! 

[Kiwifruit]

Go fast slowly Tingus.....took me a little while to get used to the bike. They will go reasonably quick and they are reasonably heavy.

In a 50kmp/30mph area I tend to ride in a lower gear at somewhere between 2500 to 3200rpm. Not sure what gear but most likely 3rd. Pulls nice and clean, close throttle no need for dabbing the brakes and the bike feels lively.

Just a word of caution. They get very heavy very quickly if you stall them.

[tingus]

Go fast slowly Tingus.....took me a little while to get used to the bike. They will go reasonably quick and they are reasonably heavy.

In a 50kmp/30mph area I tend to ride in a lower gear at somewhere between 2500 to 3200rpm. Not sure what gear but most likely 3rd. Pulls nice and clean, close throttle no need for dabbing the brakes and the bike feels lively.

Just a word of caution. They get very heavy very quickly if you stall them.

I've stalled it a fare few times now already especially when pulling off at junctions and accidentally went into neutral whilst going around a round about, was trying to find second gear. Aye I'm with you on staying in a lower gear, just feels more responsive and control in general at that speed. You can go higher as other people have suggested, but I prefer the control most of all unless it's a very long road then sure go higher.

Are they suppose to run very hot aswell? Whilst riding you can feel the heat emanate from the engine and to the touch can burn! Maybe it's me, just use to a smaller bike.

[Speedy1959]

Yes they give off loads of heat..
At traffic lights my mate comments he can feel the hot air from my bike !!

[Sweaty]

Yes they give off loads of heat..
At traffic lights my mate comments he can feel the hot air from my bike !!

This is great when riding in an Aussie Summer at 40 degrees C

[Mick_J]

At 1000rpm in 3rd or 4th, it would feel like it's about to conk out & be very jerky. 
Something isn't right there, if you're doing 1000rpm in 3rd or 4th at 30mph.  You'd need a 19 front & 38 rear? or some other weird combo of sprockets to get that.
The speedos do read high, but usually not more that 8-10%, yours would be need to be reading about 50% too high.


Probably better to start a new thread for this really.

I'm being a spaz, earlier I cruised in 4th whilst doing 30 easily. Fricken love this bike, not given it full throttle yet, gotta break myself into it lol.only passed a few days ago and want to live aha!

That's an essential part of enjoying bikes 

[grog]

Tingus, just roll onto faster with ease. youll get there. when i got 14, 2012, i was Ducati man for 20 yrs. i could move those things as good as anyone. along came 14, heavier, less stable, first time i pulled into car park, nearly off. extra 50kgs makes a difference. now just how it is. youll be same.

[KiwiCol]

The monster 1200 not tempt ya Grog?


@grog

[Mick_J]

It did me.