Need More Power!!!!

[Anonymous]

I have recently past my test and i want to know how to de-restrict my GS125. It just doesnt have enough power for me. Is there any mods I can do to my bike to get even more speed from it? :twisted: Any help would be gr8
Alex

 

[Anonymous]

The GS125 is not restricted, its just dog slow. Trade it in for a bigger bike.

 

[JJ]

There's no substitute for cubic inches/centimeters! Normally aspirated, of course....

 

[Jethro]

It's a 125, man! I rode a vespa with a bigger motor than that! I'm afraid that more power is gonna mean a bigger bike. A man's bike.

 

[earlfor]

Re: Need More Power!!!!

About the only thing I know of that will improve your acceleration would be to pedal faster.

Earl

I have recently past my test and i want to know how to de-restrict my GS125. It just doesnt have enough power for me. Is there any mods I can do to my bike to get even more speed from it? :twisted: Any help would be gr8
Alex

 

[argonsagas]

It's a 125, man! I rode a vespa with a bigger motor than that! I'm afraid that more power is gonna mean a bigger bike. A man's bike.

Careful, Jethro..... 1100ED/Tony may choose to disagree with you.... :twisted:

Alex:

Since you say you just got your ticket to ride, and you have apparently only experienced a GS125, you will undoubtedly need to go up in size to get more power, but be careful how high you go on the next step. If you can find a GS400/450 go for it. They are still fairly small in size, so they will not be much more difficult to handle. You don't need to go to a bigger machine to get the power to go faster....400/450s will accellerate faster than most cars and can hit 160kph/100mph.

Any higher in displacement and you get a bigger frame, and a heavier bike. Oh, yes, you also get a LOT more power and, very frankly, I would recommend against that move until you gain experience on intermediate size machines.

 

[Anonymous]

You could spend all sorts of money and put a turbo/supercharger/N2O on it, but even if you doubled the output you'd still be owned by some frenchman in spandex on the downhill. Go for a bigger bike.


-=Whittey=-

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Ron,
I had my bike up to 130km/h with the tach at 8500RPM so the rumors may be true that the bike can make 160km/h. Too bad it's been sitting for two weeks since I haven't had time to fix her up as I'm getting ready to move back to Ottawa for the winter. I am determined to take a little time off of school and ride her up to James Bay around mid/late September. I was gonna do the trip the a few weeks ago but it required a 1300km day. I wish I had gotten up at 8am rather than noon as I could have made it...

Steve

 

[argonsagas]

Steve:

What a tremendous trip! No one I know has ever gone all the way up there by road.
I've been well past the tree line by air, but by road never went too much north of Sudbury.

By mid to late September you will likely see chilly temperatures, especially at night. Take clothes that you can wear in layers, just like skiing, and make sure you have gloves or mitts.

Take pictures.

PS...I'm sorry to say I did not find the package of signal/switch parts. Hope you got that fixed.

 

[Billy Ricks]

Hopefully this topic was meant as a joke.

 

[1100ED]

It seems to me like Alex asked an honest question and all((sorry, I meant some of)) you macho guys are stepping on him--Maybe he just wants a little more power out of his 125cc bike. maybe he cant afford another bike. Alex Ihope you are not turned off by the responses. This is a bit unusual.

 

[Billy Ricks]

It seems to me like Alex asked an honest question and all((sorry, I meant some of)) you macho guys are stepping on him--Maybe he just wants a little more power out of his 125cc bike. maybe he cant afford another bike. Alex Ihope you are not turned off by the responses. This is a bit unusual.

Strange coming from someone who's reply to my post about animal lovers generally being good people was "Yuck".

 

[argonsagas]

Tony, I don't think anyone will disagree with you, but, depending on which figures are put forward, the GS125 turns out 8 to 11 hp, so a nominal increase in power would not make a significant difference, and anything more than a nominal increase would be expensive to obtain.

Given the cost of parts and mechanical expertise needed to reach that objective, then for the expense involved, Alex could easily buy a GS400, sell the 125 and have a few bucks left over, along with a better bike.

 

[Anonymous]

Good logic Ron but i dont think she was aiming at what you had written

 

[Jay B]

Ron makes a good point. Go with the next size up and get used to that. What ever you do dont got buy one of these big horsepowere crazy bikes and get yourself hurt.

 

[Anonymous]

You might try the simple things...

Check your air filter, plugs, synthetic oil, tire pressure, etc to make sure the bike is putting out what it can. Upgrading any of these to the best you can get is still cheap enough to try.

A 125 is not a crotch-rocket, but it can still out-run a car under some of the best conditions -- for a little while anyway.

Also, make sure that the rear sprocket hasn't been increased to something geared for off-road. You can get more top-end speed by making the rear sprocket smaller. This will decrease the "quickness" of the bike, but freeway speeds won't be rattling your teeth.

And ALWAYS, be safe. The first rule of biking -- defensive riding. You are invisible to a vast majority of cars, and the first mistake you can make is to become "confident" (notice I didn't say "overly confident?")

Cheers

Roger Moore

 

[Billy Ricks]

Ride the 125 a little longer and get your skill level polished as much as possible. The bike I would recommend you look at next is a GS500. It's been around since the mid '80s and gets refined a bit more as time goes by. It is still in production today. It is the last of the GS line still being built. Here is a link to Suzuki's website showing the latest version. Click on GS500 to see it.

http://www.suzukicycles.com/sr_02/sportstreet/fs_haya.htm

 

[lecroy]

"... tire pressure .... Also, make sure that the rear sprocket hasn't been increased to something geared for off-road. "

I'll second that!! Best advice yet!! Just drop the back down a couple teeth at a time. Maybe your local shop has some junk parts you can play with to try and find the sweet spot. When the top speed start to drop you are there.

Even cheaper, try to make yourself as small as possible when riding. You want to have as little air resistance as possible. If you dare, dangle your feet out the back and shift using your arm (look ma, no pegs). Learn to push off with both feet using the weight of your body to push the bike of the start. Wear tight fitting clothes and loose a little weight. Of course, maybe that "dangle your feet out the back" is a bit much. Forget that one, for now anyway.

 

[Anonymous]

"... tire pressure .... Also, make sure that the rear sprocket hasn't been increased to something geared for off-road. "

I'll second that!! Best advice yet!! Just drop the back down a couple teeth at a time. Maybe your local shop has some junk parts you can play with to try and find the sweet spot. When the top speed start to drop you are there.

Even cheaper, try to make yourself as small as possible when riding. You want to have as little air resistance as possible. If you dare, dangle your feet out the back and shift using your arm (look ma, no pegs). Learn to push off with both feet using the weight of your body to push the bike of the start. Wear tight fitting clothes and loose a little weight. Of course, maybe that "dangle your feet out the back" is a bit much. Forget that one, for now anyway.

You will have this guy running a 125cc dragster soon :lol:

 

[Jethro]

It seems to me like Alex asked an honest question and all((sorry, I meant some of)) you macho guys are stepping on him--Maybe he just wants a little more power out of his 125cc bike. maybe he cant afford another bike. Alex Ihope you are not turned off by the responses. This is a bit unusual.

Yeah, pretty harsh, sorry Alex. It's just a joke my friend, and seeing as we don't have much else to brag about, us big bore boys need to find something to make us more masculine.

Truth is this guy could probably out-ride any of us!!