Last time I looked, there were two cables going to the throttle bodies. I think that they control something down there, don't they? We're not a throttle by wire bike. We're a throttle by cable bike. It ain't the same as a throttle by wire.agreed
I thought it was just me and my lack of skill. I don't like hairpins on the C14.I find the BMW with it's longer wheelbase can be turned through a hairpin where the Connie need to be lain over and counter steered through it with a little throttle roll on like a sport bike.
I think that the throttle lag is endemic of anything accelerated by wire. The computer is calling the shots, not the rider. I quick twist doesn't necessarily translate to the same thing at the TB butterfly. On Motorhead Garage they had a device that removed that lag (now this was for a truck, I think) and could change it for road or track or some other condition. I don't see why that couldn't be done somehow for these fly by wire bikes.
I think that the throttle lag is endemic of anything accelerated by wire. The computer is calling the shots, not the rider. I quick twist doesn't necessarily translate to the same thing at the TB butterfly. On Motorhead Garage they had a device that removed that lag (now this was for a truck, I think) and could change it for road or track or some other condition. I don't see why that couldn't be done somehow for these fly by wire bikes.
I thought it was just me and my lack of skill. I don't like hairpins on the C14.
Can you describe the issue you have with the C14 in twisties? I'm just curious... and I'm not here to criticize either.
you mean me? if yes, my issue is with the really slow curves, like hairpins, where you go below the threshold value where you have to steer the bike, not counter-steer. The chassis has some sensitivity to load transfer fore-aft, and the steering gets heavy. We all experienced the top heaviness of this bike at low speed, and how it disappears when moving. Well, I guess in those hairpins the weight just pops up (?). It's unsettling, at least for me. When applying the rear brake very slightly, the rear suspension is already a bit compressed so you can apply power and will make less of a difference in pitch. When leaning, that's important because you have a more stable center of gravity.
Of course this is difficult when leaning right.
- imho , if your speed drops to where you need to steer where you want to go (as opposed to countersteering) , thats parking lot speed .... not hairpin speed.
- at parking lot speeds , hell yeah. The C14 is one heck of a handful !
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with all due respect, I don't think you've driven in Italian Alpine passes. And I don't mean Passo dello Stelvio, that one's easy. I mean passes with hairpins so tight that if it is wet and because of risk of ice you can't lean, sport bikes have to back up and then forward again to negotiate the curve. The steering radius is just to big
- like these ?
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