That's no shame. I wonder how many 'Sunny Sunday' riders you passed ??? They're the ones with the shame:moon:

no i wouldnt trade the bke in for ... whats one of those things with 4 wheels called again???

this Review is excelent as I will have to have my xtr restricted when i get it this weekend hopefully. so its good to hear it still has some welly!!!
especially coming straight from my first bike a 125!!:toothy2:

techno bog....who gonna know if ye have the bike restricted or not..... dae ye think the police or the insurance is gonna call ye up an want ye tae book the bike in fur a dyno tae see how many horses yer pushin......Na...leave it like it is,, its not breathtaking speed anyway....

I have thought of this, but have decided to keep mine restricted. I know the chances of getting caught are very slim indeed, but I just dont like the thought of losing my license for the sake of 11bhp. I find it's quick enough at 33bhp, like mentioned before it still beats most things off the line. The front wheel still comes up in first gear from acceleration.

The only problem I have found is overtaking on A roads, I have to plan ahead further than more powerful bikes and build up the speed more gradually. Although saying that, in the lakes when me Keithblade etc went on a road ride, I apologised in case I was slowing them on the A roads, they seemed shocked that the bike was restricted! I must just be a fantastic rider :tongue5: *ahem* *cough*

I guess it is helping me to become a better rider having to plan ahead even further.

Harry

p.s. Once my restriction is up, I fancy me one of those stage 3 air boxes :thumbsup[1]:bigwink

After reading this comment i must agree so much. When you jump on a 125 you think right ok i will just sit behind this car etc (think i over took about 3 people in 6 months and 1 was a tractor!!!)

Anyway once you up the power yes you can over take a few more people but you still have to plan your overtakes and seeing as most riders only just ride a 125 to get up to a bigger bike they dont really spend that much time in the seat. So the 33bhp restrictor is good in a way but also can cause you to over take in some dangerous situations.

I think they should have like something like a 40bhp restrictor one year then next its 80bhp. Ok it is boring/annoying being restricted but you have to think about it as you say that bit more power for what really, getting caught by the fuzz or binning your bike by doing something silly that if you where going slower or had more experience would have been able to save??

This is all very true!

I went from a 30hp DR350 bigbore to a 130hp ZX10 while restricted.
Granted, before my restriction was up, I pulled the plates out. Not without replacing them with something slightly larger though, so it was still restricted as such, but had a little more power to get used to.

Then once my restriction was up I was squaring off back tyres from pinning it in first all the time :headbang:

would just like to comment on the advice on this post would like to come along to one of the meets and ride outs and would like to meet up with all you people who help make this site what it is so thanks for all your hard work

Marco, come along to Kettlewell next weekend. You'll see plenty of XT' ers there, trailing and camping or just come along for the day.