Definitely one to pick up if you are not subscribed to it (my xmas pressie off the in laws I hope!!).

Nice article about a certain members F3, he even got his piccy in the mag.

Andy and the Forum got a mention too which is great.

Another article about adjusting the different kind of power valves, the RC valve is included.

Good stuff, but we don't the NSRs getting too popular now do we?
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It's about time everyone knew! The lemmings have been living in a cloud of their own 2-stroke smoke for so long!

The prices are too high for the cheapa$$ masses... don't worry Bully!
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.....and next month will have some more 250 articles!!!!


A Rgv, tzr and a certain mc18sp will be featured.

Woo hoo, love this mag at the mo.

I get a mention in there too

Still haven't been sent a copy out though

Maybe I will send them a few pic's & see if they will send one out

MM!
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Chris was most impressed with a certain nsr - not sure he wants to give it back

He's gonna be disappointed riding his RGV once it's back together! Shame he didn't ride Steve's MC21... that would've finished him off!

I'm not sure if 2Smoke's quite the same since riding it either, and his MC16* doesn't go bad at all!

*Well, it's sort of an MC16... well, it's got a '16 frame anyway!
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Must say I'm realy enjoying Practical Sportsbikes Mag, it's actually been very good since issue 1, but in recent months the features on NSR's have been superb.
Good to see a mag covering 2T's with as much, and sometimes more enthusiasm, as the 4T's.
The F3 article was a great read. Next month's 250 group test should be interesting too.
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Andy wrote:He's gonna be disappointed riding his RGV once it's back together! Shame he didn't ride Steve's MC21... that would've finished him off!

I'm not sure if 2Smoke's quite the same since riding it either, and his MC16* doesn't go bad at all!

*Well, it's sort of an MC16... well, it's got a '16 frame anyway!

Perhaps... but for now, the RGV with terrible carburation still outran the MC18. Win

Though that isn't necessarily an indicator of how the test went... or is it? No. Or maybe yes...

The only way an RGV outran an MC18 is;

The MC18 has issues.
The MC18 is still restricted.
The RGV has had some attention (they can go well, I swear Dave Reynold's Aprilia pulls harder than either Steve's F3 or Tom's RS).

Please please please don't let a group test be blighted by such things, the lightweight tests of around 2001-2005 were always the same;

£5k near new ZXR400.
£3k RVF400 with soggy suspension.
£2.5k Aprilia RS250, needs a top end and hasn't been setup for it's pipes.
£2k FZR400, stuck Ex-up valve.
£1800 GSXR400, running like a dog and on o.e. GPR70's.

"conclusion", This GSXR400 is rubbish but the bike has potential, the FZR400 has no mid range but that's an easy fix, the Aprilia runs like a 3 legged dog but handles like nothing else available today, the RVF400 decks it's pegs too easily so the first thing to do is remove the hero blobs are fix the suspension and the ZXR400 is brilliant but costly!

Helpful...real helpful.
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A poor carburating RGV outruns an MC18

Which forum member provided the MC18?
Do they know if their bike is indeed derestricted and running 'as to be expected' albeit with full power? Standard gearing?
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It was Stephens old Terra MC18 SP. All derestricted etc so I guess the RGV is a well set up one as well. I am sure the poor little TZR was left miles behind as its still restricted

It was Paul G's MC18, formerly Stephen's I believe, which has had the wiring splice done. Having ridden it, I'd question whether there's another restriction to stop it passing 112mph - perhaps something in the speedo, ala NC30? My RGV is stock aside from a set of Nikon pipes (which are crap, to be fair) and a Pipercross filter (but road spec, not the freer flowing type). And I've not sorted the fuelling out yet, so it's not what it could be either.

And like I said, just because one was quicker flat out, that doesn't necessarily reflect the outcome of the test. We're not that small-minded that we'd base the outcome on numbers on a speedo. The three bikes were a good match in terms of condition - enough for us to make sound, unbiased judgements on them. The fact that one bike is mine won't make a blind bit of difference to the test.

PS will live or die by its reputation as a mag that does things fairly and researches stories properly. I'm not going to risk that by picking my bike as a test winner if it doesn't deserve it. We're only human, so we won't be 100% right all of the time. But we've got pretty damn close in the first 14 issues. Unlike a good number of other writers in this business, we're taking a lot of pride in doing things well, and doing them right. That's why in researching the buyer's guide part of the test, I contacted two people on here with the experience of them, rather than trotting out the assumed knowledge on NSRs other magazines wheel out year after year.
Feel free to contact me directly if we get something wrong - we'd rather be corrected and learn from it, but at least wait until the test is out before making a judgement on it.

Intriguing......I'll look forward to reading the article next month.
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MC18r5k/6k has the low stock gearing as standard, lower than the MC18 R2J and MC21. They won't do much more than 115mph even de-restricted. You can use MC21 gearing to help them as they have plenty of punch to pull it.
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