Hi,
I'm a big marine reefer, I own quite a few Marine tanks and I moderate on a South Africa forum. On that board, we have a section where people create a thread for their tank/s, its a good way to introduce themselves and post any additions, disasters or changes that happen to their tank, any updates happen there. There doesn't seem to be a sub forum for that here so I'll just post here
Anyways, I introduced myself awhile back, I am a proud owner of a 2007 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Iron Barrel. It's a bit of bitter sweet, I wanted a vintage bike and I got it, however the performance could be, and I was expecting, a bit better. SA highways unfortunately are unforgiving on the slow and the back roads are unforgiving on everyone! We have one of the highest road death rates in the world so you definately need to have your wits about you.
That being said, its something i'm happy to live with as the bike is a pretty thing and nothing this pretty is without its drawbacks
So if I can eek out a few more km/h i'll be a happy camper.
So, I have done a bit research (and thanks Ace for your fantastic contributions! they have been very informative) and I have realised what needs to be done in order to eek out a few more torques from the engine. Basically what we have is an engine that likes low revs and in order to make the bike faster while, keeping reliability, we need to make the bang bigger and more powerful which would move the bike and I forward at a faster pace without putting excessive strain on the crank.
Saying all this, I dont want to dismantle anything just yet so in the next few weeks i'll be looking at placing an order with Hitchcocks and it'll be the basic 1 stage upgrade. A freer flowing pipe, replace the air filter, bigger jet on the carb and a bigger sprocket. I'm hoping that these upgrades should give me another 10 - 15kmh in which case i'll be happy. Hitchcocks suggest I use a 175mm main jet for Silencer I want to purchase, can anybody confirm this? Also as far as I have read, the PAV system on my bike doesnt take away from my performance, is this correct?
Ace I would like to look at the air filter you sell, where would I be able to get pricing on this?