fontyyy wrote:Who do you remember from the 2007 MotoGP?

I don't remember ANYTHING as i've successfully erased all memory of that year's Gippo racing from my brain!

Straight cut primary gears would be the sort of difficult mod you'd make in the search for ULTIMATE POWER. So as part of a comprehensive tune including modification of everything that might yield a few more horse power - like using single ring pistons and altering the insides of the crankcases, running higher compression and getting some of those bigger carbs etc, then i guess it'd be another worthwhile job on the list.

But then, if you're going to these lengths it maybe alot cheaper and less heart breaking to buy an RS engine and put that in your frame (or better yet, try to find a complete RS to run instead). Though if you're actually racing the NSR then this would likely make it illegal for the class you normally run it in.

However, if a big part of your motorcycling hobby is playing with the engine to see what changes make what difference regardless of whether its a cost effective way of getting better lap times, then that's what you're going to do and i'd be very interested in hearing about the results when you try it.

As for the worth of straight cut primary gears in terms of laptimes - i agree with the others that its unlikely to give a measurable improvement on the track - though you could maybe see it on a dyno graph if you zoomed right in on the 'before and after' power curves.

Quick shifters apparently can give you a measurable laptime improvement because of the time and momentum normally lost on clutchless upshifts that require you to momentarily back off the throttle. I read that they can gain you "up to 8 feet per gear change". I'm just wary of them because they introduce another potential electrical fault.
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