Posted by David T. Ashley on March 5, 2008, 8:11 pm
I noticed that the bike is air/oil cooled.
I'm familiar with that technology, as light airplane engines are the same.
Are there any drawbacks to that arrangement? Will the motorcycle overheat
in stop-and-go traffic? Will it make my legs uncomfortably warm? Anything
I should know?
My Honda Shadow VT600 is liquid-cooled. It has an electric fan on the
radiator and everything; and a thermostat. It might as well be a car, as
far as its behavior.
Anything I should know about air-cooled bikes?
Thanks.
Posted by osamahornifukus on March 5, 2008, 8:26 pm
> I noticed that the bike is air/oil cooled.
> I'm familiar with that technology, as light airplane engines are the same.
> Are there any drawbacks to that arrangement? Will the motorcycle overheat
If you plan to put 100k miles on the katana I'd imagine air cooling
would
be a problem. I totalled, broke or sold my previous
bikes way before the engines gave up. YMMV.
> radiator and everything; and a thermostat. It might as well be a car, as
> far as its behavior.
and weight?
Why not an SV650/S?
I'm still struggling to understand why would anyone want a Katana.
Posted by . on March 5, 2008, 9:31 pm
On Mar 5, 5:26�pm, osamahornifu...@gmail.com wrote:
> Why not an SV650/S?
> I'm still struggling to understand why would anyone want a Katana.
It's an inline-4. Inline-fours run smoother, and, although they may be
turning a lot of RPM, they don't feel like you're wringing their necks
to keep them moving.
So far as I know, all the Katanas had simple forked rocker arms with
screw-adjusters for the valves. Katanas also have that really nice car-
type alternator that keeps the battery charged at low engine RPM.
Posted by osamahornifukus on March 6, 2008, 11:54 am
> On Mar 5, 5:26�pm, osamahornifu...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Why not an SV650/S?
> > I'm still struggling to understand why would anyone want a Katana.
> It's an inline-4. Inline-fours run smoother, and, although they may be
> turning a lot of RPM, they don't feel like you're wringing their necks
> to keep them moving.
> So far as I know, all the Katanas had simple forked rocker arms with
> screw-adjusters for the valves. Katanas also have that really nice car-
SV valves need shims for adjustment? Do shops charge more for that?
> type alternator that keeps the battery charged at low engine RPM.
Argh. David got electrics already? I did not realize Suzuki
cut corners with SV alternator :-[
DA mused
> I figure for that price,
> one simply can't go wrong.
you tend get what you paid for. I "saved" over $3.5k on yzf and got a
lowered
bike with very soft suspension and a loud fart can.
Posted by . on March 6, 2008, 7:27 pm
On Mar 6, 8:54�am, osamahornifu...@gmail.com wrote:
> SV valves need shims for adjustment? Do shops charge more for that?
Oh, yes. $60 an hour.
Shim under bucket valve adjusters supposedly stay in spec longer, but
the cams have to be removed to change a shim.
Screw type valve adjusters will dig a little divot in the end of the
valve stem which you cannot measure because the feeler gauge is flat.
> > type alternator that keeps the battery charged at low engine RPM.
> Argh. David got electrics already? I did not realize Suzuki
> cut corners with SV alternator :-[
When I looked at the original TL-1000S and saw that it had a permanent
magnet alternator, I remarked to the $crewzuki representative at the
motorcycle show that it seemed like a step backwards.
He told me that Honda had a patent on excited field alternators and
that Suzuki had to pay a royalty on every motorcycle they built with
an excited field alternator.
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> I'm familiar with that technology, as light airplane engines are the same.
> Are there any drawbacks to that arrangement? Will the motorcycle overheat