Keeping up

[Anthonypowell]

Hi just a quick question, I have a 1150 Adventurer and often go abroad with a couple of other riders, They have a Varadero and VFR800 ,I have to continually gun the throttle not thrash it but give it some welly to keep up, I wonder if this heavy use of the throttle does the engine any harm over a period of time, The engine has done 30,000 miles with regular servicing, any comments

 

[D6]

tell em to slow down an enjoy the scenery more?

 

[adie]

thats what there for give it some stick

 

[RickG]

Just give it some stick, it'll cope, no worries.

A looked after (serviced) engine will do 100,000+ miles, easy. Yours is only just run in.

You'll not catch a well ridden VFR though as you are much heavier and down about 20hp; even harder if you are on knobblies. Think of fitting road tyres if you never intend to go off-piste.

Try the Alps or Pair-of-knees and get up high on some tiny roads, you'll soon get your own back!

 

[Gas'd Off]

tell em to slow down an enjoy the scenery more?

+1
It's not a race it's a holiday Don't try to "keep up", you'll likely crash
Edit: Didn't mean to sound patronising there BTW!