RB20 reports

[bazman]

Hmmmmm poss, but does tail off the power when up a hill or your not in the power band etc, down to revvy pipe and small block casing, the orientation of the moon , tidal waves , someone farting in china......

[sean brady scooters]

we sure could accomodate you matey..............i,m sure.........

[bazman]

Cheers fella , wifey got wind of last post so had to edit....

[Diablo]

Baz was the guy measuring your rpm? If he didn't you won't get a reliable torque figure anyway. I absolutely garuntee that RB20s make more than 8ft/lb torque

[bazman]

Hi Al, feck knows mate he seemed to be a bit vague and was not filling me with confidence with his gear and clutch changes!! Personally speaking i was hoping for a great deal more tourque and when on the road it was keeping up with a ts1 and some spare left , overall very happy and seems very fast so not too worried........honest!!

[Special X]

I've not heard any doom and gloom re the RB20 . . . the RB22 and RB25 have a reputation of being unreliable but everyone I know of really rates the RB20 which seems to have addressed all the weaknesses of the other two.

[bazman]

Well had the sat nav out today , on motorway with slight side wind upright 77mph. Reckon 80 mph is very acheviable in good conditions ie head down and no wind....

[sydduckett]

Now have just over 300 miles on the clock and was out today, to be honest its a bit of dog to ride at mo, seems like other posters that unless yr in the power band you aint going knowhere fast! On the couple of occasions i have opened up the taps (yeah i know) then i have had to rag the nuts off to get in that band and then she really picks up. Only prob being that as im running it in i cant really give it the beans, so sitting there pooping and farting along being overtaken by 125s, no change there then...lol

Hoping that as i near the 600 miles mark the power starts to become a little more accesible, maybe the change the to 2% will help as well....


Also just went through £13 worth of oil in i day, reckon im getting about 35 per 5 litres.

[bazman]

What is your set up fella ie gearing carb exhaust etc? Personally i would stick at 4% oil mix certainly no less than 3%.
I'm going to change sprocket's on mine to get around the 5.0 ratio as in windy conditions won't pull 4th, on 4.8 ratio at the mo , but then i'm 15 stone so won't help matters!