Loss of smoothness on acceleration?

[Tony Nitrous]

I agree Seth & Tony but i like the fact people are still buying and asking about these old girls. 20 yr old at work asks me what its like to ride such an OLD retro. Hard to describe but i think that he thinks it has trouble keeping up with traffic. Different breed these new kids. If its over 2 yrs old, not interested. 40 th ks to him is huge.

Yeah, mates with Busa's and B-King can't understand why anyone would go out and buy a Bandit 1200. The guys that like old Skool GSX1100's etc (and some B-King and 1400 owners) can't understand why I love some of the new bikes.

The 1400 forum isn't as bad as some others. Some groups are so narrow minded and refuse to believe that they might not own the Holy Grail of motorcycles and really aren't open to the benefits of other bikes.

As you said, new Kids. They seem a bit surprised when they see how well a modded 19 year old GSX1100 can go, or that I can jump on a scabby old GSX1400 and do 300k's to my first splash of fuel, both ridden by a grey haired old bloke with bad arthritis.

[Eisenfarn]

Hi guys, thanks for all the replies. It's not chain snatch, the chain is adjusted correctly, it's had a recent air filter and all the cables seem in good order, but I will check the fuel pump / filters etc. For the record, I did search the forum for any similar topics, but nothing came up.

As far as my 14 goes, I love this bike, it's great fun, it looks a bit like the bikes I had when I was a kid and it does have the aura of a proper muscle bike. If I want to go with my buddies and play hogs of the road I'll use my ZZR14, frightening other road users and myself sometimes if I'm honest, but for sheer rideability (if there is such a word), the GSX14 is the better option

[Sweaty]

Hi guys, thanks for all the replies. It's not chain snatch, the chain is adjusted correctly.

Hi Eisenfarn, 
As I mentioned. Don't rule it out, just because your chain is adjusted correctly. Unless you know exactly how many kms your chain & sprockets have done.
I was anal about my chain adjustment, and it turned out to be worn chain & sprockets.

[grog]

Agree Sweaty, adjustment not the problem, chain itself, i found that out, pull off front cover, spend some time rolling chain over front sprocket, any tiny bit of unusual movement will give you the answer. Just the smallest change in running by hand is magnified big time under load. I found it hard to believe but was my problem.