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Tuono Vs Superduke
10 posts · Started by rog · 04 Apr 2007
Post 2 by Befbever,
#2Well as it happens I know that stretch of road very well. My sister-in-law has a hotel there. To be honest I find this road to be more of a 125 track. Bigger bikes tend to run wide out of those tight and then even tightening corners. I know I have.
Owning a Tuono I can certainly believe an SD would beat me there. That's okay. As long as it's not an '07, I'll probably catch up in the high speed sweepers.
Probably, not certainly.
Owning a Tuono I can certainly believe an SD would beat me there. That's okay. As long as it's not an '07, I'll probably catch up in the high speed sweepers.
Probably, not certainly.
Post 3 by rog,
#3I'd love to give that stretch of the road a blast, where is it Befbever?
Post 4 by Befbever,
#4It's not what it's cracked up to be but maybe that's just me. There's a stretch of twisties, very bumpy but no traffic or population and it's just a bit further with longer corners.
Anyway, this part in the film is off the exit Houyet from the E411 direction Luxemburg coming from Brussels. A bit past Dinant.
Take the exit, go right and follow the road until you see the sign 'Houyet' on your left. That's the road that leads you downhill into Houyet. If you don't drop it or run wide and hit on of those brick walls or a car.
Anyway, this part in the film is off the exit Houyet from the E411 direction Luxemburg coming from Brussels. A bit past Dinant.
Take the exit, go right and follow the road until you see the sign 'Houyet' on your left. That's the road that leads you downhill into Houyet. If you don't drop it or run wide and hit on of those brick walls or a car.
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Post 7 by Befbever,
#7Right, went there today and first warmed up the BT-021's on the other road to make sure I could tackle the road on the video. Sorry, took no pics because there really isn't a safe place to park basically. I was on my Futura with Mrs.Bef riding pillion today.
Check this link and you'll see that the road in the video is the N929 coming off the N94. The riders are doing it downhill towards Houyet. I watched the video again and the guy on the Tuono is doing it all wrong. He wants to keep up with the KTM so desperately he's revving it way too high. That makes the bike go in too deep and the throttle response makes it run wide. Believe me, I know all about throttle response: I have 2 Aprilia's.
I could tackle most of the hairpins on the Futura in 2nd gear and my perfect mapping (Tuneboy) allowed me to go in under 3k rpm and slow down mid-corner, lean the bike even further and exit on the right line and accelerate early. In slow, out fast.
The road to test your suspension set-up however is in this link: from Celles to Gendron. It is extremely bumpy and although the map doesn't show it, it's got all kinds of corners in it. The bumpiness is what I like because that shows if you've got everything set up well. Needless to say that my highly modded (Technoflex) Futura handled brilliantly there and no way would I ever keep up on my almost stock Tuono. You guys with the WP stuff should give it a try if you're ever in the neighbourhood.
I know my buddy from work will read this (he's about to give up on DAM exhausts. They're giving him the same excuse each time he calls) and will look up these roads if he gets a chance.
Check this link and you'll see that the road in the video is the N929 coming off the N94. The riders are doing it downhill towards Houyet. I watched the video again and the guy on the Tuono is doing it all wrong. He wants to keep up with the KTM so desperately he's revving it way too high. That makes the bike go in too deep and the throttle response makes it run wide. Believe me, I know all about throttle response: I have 2 Aprilia's.
I could tackle most of the hairpins on the Futura in 2nd gear and my perfect mapping (Tuneboy) allowed me to go in under 3k rpm and slow down mid-corner, lean the bike even further and exit on the right line and accelerate early. In slow, out fast.
The road to test your suspension set-up however is in this link: from Celles to Gendron. It is extremely bumpy and although the map doesn't show it, it's got all kinds of corners in it. The bumpiness is what I like because that shows if you've got everything set up well. Needless to say that my highly modded (Technoflex) Futura handled brilliantly there and no way would I ever keep up on my almost stock Tuono. You guys with the WP stuff should give it a try if you're ever in the neighbourhood.
I know my buddy from work will read this (he's about to give up on DAM exhausts. They're giving him the same excuse each time he calls) and will look up these roads if he gets a chance.
Post 8 by the-bunker,
#8I'm going to Bouillon in June on my SD - which is further south, so will see if we can pass down thru that way - sounds interesting...
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