Just subscribed to your channel, love your approach to testing, i.e. real-world vs dyno. Been playing around with my RE Hunter here in the USA. So far, I've fitted the DNA filter and cover, the Kent stage 2 cam from Hitchcocks, and a tachometer (rev-counter). Based on the performance gains thus far that my "seat of the pants" scale gave me, I've changed to a 16-tooth front sprocket. The back roads in my part of the USA (north central New York state) are mostly 40 - 55 mph (64.3 - 88.5 kph), with hills. In the original configuration first gear was pretty much useless, I couldn't even get across an intersection without needing to up shift. I now ride the bike more like it's a four speed with an overdrive, than a five speed (fourth gear will now take the bike to 70 mph (112.6 kph)) at about 5900 rpm. Now I can use fourth or fifth gear to keep up with traffic depending on conditions (headwind or hills). In regard to the exhaust system, I keep switching between the stock silencer and a KP Performance unit I ordered from "The Bikerz" in India (Neeraj is great to work with), this is based on personal preference. Much as your testing has shown, while the KP Performance unit is throatier in the low range, it's also louder when on our highways. As I suspected, the cat pipe doesn't harm the performance enough to tempt me to change it. Keep up the good work you are doing, I know many who are reading this would be interested in the mileage vs. performance results you may note from your testing of the FuelX Pro+.
Thank you for your comments, it's always nice to hear from people who like tinkering with their bikes as much as I do! I have some more testing that I'd like to do on the Hunter, but that's going to have to wait until 2025 now...
Just subscribed to your channel, love your approach to testing, i.e. real-world vs dyno. Been playing around with my RE Hunter here in the USA. So far, I've fitted the DNA filter and cover, the Kent stage 2 cam from Hitchcocks, and a tachometer (rev-counter). Based on the performance gains thus far that my "seat of the pants" scale gave me, I've changed to a 16-tooth front sprocket. The back roads in my part of the USA (north central New York state) are mostly 40 - 55 mph (64.3 - 88.5 kph), with hills. In the original configuration first gear was pretty much useless, I couldn't even get across an intersection without needing to up shift. I now ride the bike more like it's a four speed with an overdrive, than a five speed (fourth gear will now take the bike to 70 mph (112.6 kph)) at about 5900 rpm. Now I can use fourth or fifth gear to keep up with traffic depending on conditions (headwind or hills). In regard to the exhaust system, I keep switching between the stock silencer and a KP Performance unit I ordered from "The Bikerz" in India (Neeraj is great to work with), this is based on personal preference. Much as your testing has shown, while the KP Performance unit is throatier in the low range, it's also louder when on our highways. As I suspected, the cat pipe doesn't harm the performance enough to tempt me to change it. Keep up the good work you are doing, I know many who are reading this would be interested in the mileage vs. performance results you may note from your testing of the FuelX Pro+.
Thank you for your comments, it's always nice to hear from people who like tinkering with their bikes as much as I do! I have some more testing that I'd like to do on the Hunter, but that's going to have to wait until 2025 now...