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10-08-2005, 06:41 PM
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| Where Am I ? Join Date: Sep 2005
Bike: 04 GSXR 750
Location: Fairfax, VA
Posts: 28
|  Greetings from New Member
Hey everyone. Great forum. Should've joined a long time ago, but better late than never. I've had my 04 GSXR 750 for a year now and love it, especially after adding some nice mods last week (below). My prior bike was an 03 VFR. Nice, but not what I was looking for. I'm still gushing over how these few mods transformed my bike (apologies for the long post, but I had to share the results in case it benefits anyone else): Ivans Ignition Retard Eliminator - No more twitchy throttle and no more rough idle. Factory Pro Shift Star - Best mod to date. From day one and about 30% of the time my bike would go into nuetral instead of 2nd on hard runs. Plus overall shifting was clunky compared to the VFR. Friends told me it was just me and that I had to concentrate more and use more effort (never had to with the VFR). Now it's unbelievably smooth and without misshifts. And nuetral is just as easy to find. Kicking myself for not addressing this sooner!! Bigger Rear Sprocket - I bought near mint 04 600 wheels on ebay because I scraped my rims on a curb and figured I could use the originals for future track use; I was told they are the same. But it appears and feels to me that the rear sprocket is larger. The perceived gear change has made launching, whether in normal traffic or going full on, much better, and the corner rpm's are matched much better to the speeds I'm taking (not to say I'm taking them too fast or dangerous, just that I no longer feel like I'm having to pick one gear or the other and getting stuck having to shift more often). If the size is actually the same and I'm just imagining things, then some one please correct me! The last mod I'm considering is a full dyno tune. Worth it or not? Right now I'm using the power commander stock map and I have a micron pipe (with the quieter end cap). I am very happy with the bike as it is now, but if missing even more improvements, I'd like to know. Thanks everyone for having me, and I look forward to the great info and communication in this forum. Cheers  |
