I'm glad you're enjoying it to, it's a really nice bike
Well, let's just wait and see. Too early to be dishing out awards and trophys, the Beta Testing has only just started.
What we don't know:-
a) Will the shift-cam hardware (actuator & pins) or Software eat itself, and if it does, what are the consequences?
b) How does the shift-cam actuator failover? Does it go back to low cam to limp home, or stay in high cam and strand you?. Do both actuators always mirror each other in failover?. what are the consequences if they don't?
c) How durable is the shift-cam actuator hardware (electronics, cam tracks or the pins)? do they wear and create havoc? are the electronics reliable? can you keep oil out of the actuator unit? How sensitive is it to be knocked or banged about?
d) What if one side actuator fails, but the other side continues to move cams normally.... does it shut down? Or continue, what are the consequences?
e) Can the final drive, gearbox, clutch, cush systems cope easily with the extra torque being dished out? It'll definitely induce more wear.
f) Will 1250 owners be moaning about rear tyre wear? Torque eats tyres.
g) ...add more questions here
Just saying like.... you lucky betabastards haha
But those engines are made in china...
Warlord I don't know where they are made but they work flawlessly for years in engines of various automobile manufacturers.As this system is a first in motorcycle engines but has been around for years in cars.I would not worry about it especially since you can always make it home as the low rpm cam-lobes are good for up to 5000 rpm or roughly 80 mph if anything should go wrong on the way to Ushuaia...
Warlord I don't know where they are made but they work flawlessly for years in engines of various automobile manufacturers.As this system is a first in motorcycle engines but has been around for years in cars.I would not worry about it especially since you can always make it home as the low rpm cam-lobes are good for up to 5000 rpm or roughly 80 mph if anything should go wrong on the way to Ushuaia...
Or be like the dutch homo in the video and tell yourself how the 1250 feels like a 4 cylinder and that you don't need the added power and how much better you like the old 1200...
It's all good !
