Andy wrote:What I am saying though is that Honda only ever produced the NSR in 40-45hp form, and then made it safe! Exactly what Suzuki and Aprilia did for their 60hp UK spec' models. It will run all day long like it, in the same way, as you say, an RGV or RS. The problem is no-one other than Honda knows what the "safe" 60hp setup would be, so it's all down to individual tweaking, and that's where the problem lies. Even then, no one is going to stick with Honda's setup. I agree, a 60hp NSR should be bullet if set up correctly.

In my book this is such a big thing, even this forum is abound with "can I put pipes / cans / HRC cards etc. on with stock jetting?" posts. "No you cannot" is the only sane answer. Surely if you're going to attempt to derestrict the bike and potentially raise the power by 40% (think about that) a little more fuel may be required. So some base settings somewhere just above the middle ground in the HRC jet kit which is going to put it somewhere on the quite rich side with an oil pump would be a better place to start? Strangely enough this is where my '28 is.

HRC may never have published "safe" full power settings but you can bet your bottom dollar they've got them, they are in the jet kit and they are no where near the "safe" 40-45bhp strangled bike settings.
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