warmed up to 47f here today and the roads were 1/2 dry but still damp in patches, figured it was good enough for a shake down ride to make sure everything’s working as intended.
Stream of thought as I’m out riding goes something like this:
Ooh that’s torque, that’s a lot of torque.
Back brake not working... ok no biggy will use fronts.
Roll around slow at first, haven’t ridden in 6 months so need a few minutes to recalibrate my brain from my cage.
10 minutes later... yep, I remember this!!
So the bike runs strong, real strong, low rpm high rpm, everywhere it’s got fantastic response and torque.
It likes to rev!! It’s smoother mid range than before, less vibration but a little more low rpm.
OH look a dry empty spot lets give her some head (devil on shoulder chuckling wildly) lean forward, wack it open in 2nd gear at 3k....
HOooooLy shiiiit Batman were ****ing moving!!! Abort abort!! Backed off at what I think was like 7k.
Overall it’s just stronger, everywhere. Haven’t even flirted with full power at redline in the higher gears or 1st, just the brief blast in 2nd, **** me, it’s so fast lol. So ****ed happy (despite having to fix my back brake now). The engine revs much more freely, and easier, it’s a quicker to power on after shifting just everything is exactly how I want it. The tune is fantastic, as expected.
ALL that to say: if your even on the fence about a Carp kit, just do it, don’t hesitate, don’t rationalize why you don’t need it, just do it, it’s SO MUCH FUN. Nothing will feel the same again