Topic: Hush's new ride

[Hush]

Hey peps, still lurking around here as it's the best forum bar none for bike help. I sold the S83 as it couldn't go around corners and madame's seat was too hard, 12k got me half a bus, I mean what do you call a bike that weighs 300 kgs? The 2011 Suzuki Boulevard C90T is a very very big bike, handles extremely well, not nifty like a sports bike but point it at a corner and it floats around like a large glider. Unfortunately it came with the original Bridgestone tires and I'm swapping them out for Metzlers. I asked the American owners of C90's what one thing I could do to improve handling, they said "cut off them Brickstones!!!" Apparently I also need a Bully Power Commander to improve the fuel injection smoothness since the PO fitted some lovely Cobra pipes but failed to follow through and then maybe $1000 worth of other "necessary" items before I can start enjoying my new toy!

[Terry in Australia]

I mean what do you call a bike that weighs 300 kgs?

A "Lightweight"? Well you would if you owned a Triumph Rocket III Hushy, and if you owned a new Goldwing, (over 400 KG) you'd call it a "Monkeybike", ha ha! Seriously, bikes aren't getting lighter, they're getting heavier, and for no good reason, methinks? Get the Power Commander mate, and a K&N air filter too, if it's not a 6 hour job to replace like it was on your other Suzy?

All the BHP and torque figures quoted by the manufacturers are "Crank" figures and not "Rear Wheel", so I was happy that when I installed a Jardine "Big Boss" pipe, Power Commander III and K&N filter, my Rocket was bunging out 140.7 BHP and 147 ft lbs of torque at the rear wheel, as that's a tad more than the factory quoted for my model, at the crank with the stock pipe and filter.

The Power Commander was easy to install, and I just downloaded the power and torque curves from the CD that came with it, via my laptop. Cheers, Terry.