Excellent effort ma man. You’re very smooth and absolutely had the joy on the R6. Not bad for an old bike against a modern 130bhp 600. You weren’t even revving it out completely. Then the R1’s etc come by it’s like FUCK!! That’s quick. I’ve just bought my TL as a bucket list, I’m 60 so never too late. What’s been done to yours? Sorry it’s 2 years ago!!! 🤣. Just catching up ….. read ALL the forums 🙄🤣🤣👍. TL’s Rock
Sorry mate missed the details of your note! My bike had a pretty stock engine. I made the airbox bigger and had short velocity stacks on it. Yosh RS exhaust, remapped powercommander. Marvic Penta wheels, Ohlins shock in back and race tech gold valves in the forks, resprung and revalved. The wheels/suspension were good and it ran well enough. Really fun bike to ride up to 90% or so!! Not the most fun if you pushed it as hard as you could, but absolutely great bike for what I was doing!
mike e I think of the TL as basically a 600-class bike, just with less RPM and more midrange! But once you look at it that way, it’s OK. It’s a decent matchup against 600s and 675s.
Nesterowicz Racing i have Forza and have to say, if you pick the right car, the sim of Road America is just like riding it. I run the same laptimes, too!
In our club no one has reached 130 HP. 120-122 HP and 73-75 lbs (102Nm) is considered excellent and nearly all of them have aftermarket exhausts and PCs.
Moto Mott gearing is stock. I ran a datalogger and compared the TL vs the KTM 1290R, I was actually faster thru most corners on the TL but the KTM gained about a second on each straight. I’ll have to post some of the datalog stuff, somehow.
I just watched this again- that guy on the Ducati- I didn't realize that was the same bike I kept catching up to. But man... on that front straight I think he put about 5 seconds on me 😅... Stunning. He turns into a tiny pinprick in just a few seconds. I suppose if the TL accelerated like that the lap times would be about 10 seconds quicker at Road America! Three long straights make this a fun place - even on a "milder" bike like a TL you get to go 150 mph a few times. It's super fun. I sold this bike in 2022, sadly - but it was a great trackday partner and it never let me down. I loved it.
@@whisperdancer But it sounds cool doesn't it? My TL1000S says 92 KW (123) on the registration. But there's quite a bit of difference between years and regions. I think later models even had the power reduced in 1st and 2nd gear.
@@rolandfrerichs5625 Bought mine just after they came out in the UK, it soon had recalls petrol tank, steering damper and ECU it was savage, the ECU cured the stalling it suffered but it was never as raw as the first few months of riding, it was hard to keep the front down, the only tank slapper I had was after hitting a bunny that ran out, fond memories of open roads and far less speed cameras
Back in 1997, a real strong stocker would make 113. Guys were saying 120 with a full exhaust. Mine never made those kind of numbers, even after fooling with exhaust, airbox etc my best was 117 hp when it was newer. Oh well. don't get too hung up on the number. Somehow it can run next to track-fitted YZF-6Rs and 675s, I don't understand it but there you go. On the other hand those bikes handle much easier on the track! haha
