Mikeybikey57
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I know this subject has been done to death so to speak but I do feel that this needs to be seen. I was looking at April's edition of 'BIKE' (UK) magazine this morning and came across an interesting little article.
BIKE have an S10 as part of their long term test fleet, which is ridden in the main by their resident photographer Chippy Woods. Having perused this forum, found the thread relating to the clutch mod and thinking he could detect a whiff of "snake oil", the articles author decided to try it out on their test bike and check out the results on a dyno.
Shock Horror............... the subsequent dyno readings revealed a 2bhp drop in overall power and a minor reduction in torque to boot. They did agree that the bike felt smoother and that the engine seemed pick up more quickly but added that this was due only to changes in the ignition timing, as opposed to any increases in power/torque. It was also suggested that the changes in the ignition timing was also responsible for an increase in fuel consumption but by increasing the amount of unburnt fuel passing out of the engine, rather than burning any more petrol.
So.......does anybody here have any comments / opinions or evidence to either support this article or prove anything to the contrary? ??? ???
BIKE have an S10 as part of their long term test fleet, which is ridden in the main by their resident photographer Chippy Woods. Having perused this forum, found the thread relating to the clutch mod and thinking he could detect a whiff of "snake oil", the articles author decided to try it out on their test bike and check out the results on a dyno.
Shock Horror............... the subsequent dyno readings revealed a 2bhp drop in overall power and a minor reduction in torque to boot. They did agree that the bike felt smoother and that the engine seemed pick up more quickly but added that this was due only to changes in the ignition timing, as opposed to any increases in power/torque. It was also suggested that the changes in the ignition timing was also responsible for an increase in fuel consumption but by increasing the amount of unburnt fuel passing out of the engine, rather than burning any more petrol.
So.......does anybody here have any comments / opinions or evidence to either support this article or prove anything to the contrary? ??? ???