Bouncing your engine off the rev limiter

[hermann]

Right. It wasn't major problem but as usual there was the odd person revving their engine till it hit the rev limiter. Now ignoring the noise which is a bit of a minor irritant. Why? Surely it cant do the engine a lot of good. I know of one story of a lad at the farmyard puting the piston through the cylinder head. Normally it seems, (this may be stereotyping) that these are 'performance' bikes. Surely if you've spent that much on an engine, riding it to a show and revving the knackers off it isn't the best plan. Can this do any damage to the engine. Just curious more than owt

[Urban Terrorist]

Well the rev limiter should stop the engine going bang shouldn't it?!!!

[shaggy696969]

No it wont , especially if done while cold, rev limiter is meant for split second use , incase of accidental over revving, so to seee a piston or con rod appear where it shouldnt is most common , and very amusing. Twats

[johnr]

yeh, ive seen it done quite a lot lately, and youre right, it does seem to be the sportsbike types doing it, though not exclusively. its usually people with very little mechanical sympathy or mechanical knowlege, who think that the rev limiter is some kind of safety device for them to bounce the engine off.
ive wondered quite a bit why exactly they do it, and have come to the conclusion that it is because they are tits! :D

[Urban Terrorist]

i don't know,I'll bounce it off the limiter during a big burnout :D

[Dougie]

Those who do the rev-limiter thing (and them who yell "I'm Spartacus") at 4 in the morning deserve public flogging! :p :p :p

[IPC_Jules]

i havnt been to that many rallys (yet) but i have noticed there seems to be someone doing it at all the ones ive been too. i mean whats the point? if your riding the bike its slightly different to push it through the gears into the red but when your just sitting by your tent :confused:

strange folk eh?

[Urban Terrorist]

strange folk eh?


Says he with a link to lawn mower powered motorbikes
:D :D

[Kylie]

1. theres currently some twat near my house doing the very same thing

2. Should have gone to Ali Bongos - twat free rally :D

[IPC_Jules]

lawn mower powered motorbikes... *whistles*

atleast i wasnt being chav like when i was younger eh ;)

[Urban Terrorist]

lawn mower powered motorbikes... *whistles*

atleast i wasnt being chav like when i was younger eh ;)


Nothimng bleeding chavy about me mate :mad: :D

[Mustang Boy]

That'll be Stormin' you chaps are on about then???
Really glad i had Fuck all sleep thanks to the Pricks trying to blow their bikes up.....can't get my head round it!!!
One of the fucking idiots did blow his motor saturday evening!!

Shan't be doing that one again!!

Cheers'en. :D

[hermann]

Nothimng bleeding chavy about me mate :mad: :D
Not anymore ;) :D

[Urban Terrorist]

Chav hadn't been invented when i was growing up, it was goth or casual :D

[hermann]

Chav hadn't been invented when i was growing up, it was goth or casual :D
I'm quite impressed. You managed both :D

[Urban Terrorist]

bolloxs, I was neither!!

[hermann]

bolloxs, I was neither!!
:D :D Fair play. TBH cant really imagine you in a pringles jumper

[Urban Terrorist]

I have always non fashionable. me mum bought me a shell suit, 2 yrs after they went out of fashion :D And it was a girls one :eek:

I had a kickers sweatshirt, that I wore with combats and para boots!

Went to a rave once wearing a slayer t-shirt,leather jacket and jeans!!

[hermann]

I have always non fashionable. me mum bought me a shell suit, 2 yrs after they went out of fashion :D And it was a girls one :eek:

I had a kickers sweatshirt, that I wore with combats and para boots!

Went to a rave once wearing a slayer t-shirt,leather jacket and jeans!!
You know when shell suits first came out they recommended you didn't stand too close to fires. cos if you did everyone could see how fucking stupid you looked :D

[IPC_Jules]

wasnt trying to say you were a chav UT just that atleast i was doing things with mower engines and pissing about getting into bikes not going around being a chav waste of space :D

pretty much what im like.. pair of combats boots and whatever i find comfortable. feck spending money just to dress like the "in thing"

[Astroid]

when i use to work at the race tracks normally when bsb (british super bikes)were on that all you would hear for most of the night and when one went bang they thought that was fun. i dont know y anyone would spend that much time and money on a machine to rev the bollocks out it till it went bang. i saw one go bang one year then burst into flames which at the time seem quite funny the down side to it was we had to try drag it out of the bike park before anybody eles bike was damaged. i just hope he enjoyed his walk home.

[Taff]

Can this do any damage to the engine. Just curious more than owt

No but a swiftly applied ball pein hammer can.
Or strolling up like you're dead impressed, saying cool mate, whats it revving out at, then launching his keys as far as you can.
Or very carefully, like yank, yank, pulling the end plug caps off and smashing 'em to pieces in front of him.
It'd be worth the, er, comedown to stay up all nite and upset these fuckheads as much as they do everybody else.

[STEViE]

Yes, one my least fond memories of Faro. That an' the smell of burnt octopus.


M - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N - N at stupid o clock time an' time again. Kept waitin' for 'BANG' but it didn't happen. Havn't really heard too much of that at rallies over here in a long time. GOOD.

[Nitrowing]

That'll be Stormin' you chaps are on about then???
Really glad i had Fuck all sleep thanks to the Pricks trying to blow their bikes up.....can't get my head round it!!!
One of the fucking idiots did blow his motor saturday evening!!

Shan't be doing that one again!!

Cheers'en. :D
I used to go to Stormin but it's got worse over the years. Last one I went to was the 'Stranglers Chav fest' when they refused to let bikers in because they'd sold all the tickets to car drivers and chavs.

[Spike]

No but a swiftly applied ball pein hammer can.
Or strolling up like you're dead impressed, saying cool mate, whats it revving out at, then launching his keys as far as you can.
Or very carefully, like yank, yank, pulling the end plug caps off and smashing 'em to pieces in front of him.
It'd be worth the, er, comedown to stay up all nite and upset these fuckheads as much as they do everybody else.


Well said that man :)

It's fun to lob the keys and say "go fetch" :D

[xjtriker666]

didnt that appen at bulldog couple ov yr ago ,some divvy twat bouncin it off rev limiter,keys took off him an told to get them from main gate wen he went home,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, one reason i wont do stormin ever agen,,,,,,,,,,,

[Urban Terrorist]

cor, your abunch of boring old gits :D :D

Scared of losing out on abit of beauty sleep?!!! :D

[minxy]

Must say it always makes me smile. Best bit of a Gary Rothwell stunt show for me was sideways across the arena, smoking the rear on the gixer's rev limiter. My hearing isnt so good tho either so just doesnt worry me.

[hermann]

You've seen us then :D . TBH its mainly just that thing of knckering your engine when you've got to get it home. Each to their own. The Stormin wasn't that bad for tha sort of thing. The worst we've seen was at a rally the other year the lads who were putting petrol in a glass bottle then stick iti n the middle of the fire. We could feel the heat through the tent and we were about 20 metres away with our bikes in between. Luckily there wasn't any damage. My main complaint was if your going to have a no glass rule enforce it
{from the website} Yes, but please don’t bring any glass bottles on site. Please only bring alcohol for your own consumption. Action will be taken against anyone other than bar staff selling alcohol.
By saturday night there was broken glass down the front of the stage all over the place. If your going to have that rule your going to have to bite the bullet and search cars and people

[Spike]

Must say it always makes me smile. Best bit of a Gary Rothwell stunt show for me was sideways across the arena, smoking the rear on the gixer's rev limiter. My hearing isnt so good tho either so just doesnt worry me.

In a stunt show, thats ok, BUT 3 in the fucking morning, thats just being a twat.

[minxy]

What can I say - I like to hear valves bounce. Each to their own ;)

[Gnome]

I find it entertaining, but not at 3am in the morning.
Wouldn't do it to mine, for the chance that the pistons could go skyward.

[Blue]

didnt that appen at bulldog couple ov yr ago ,some divvy twat bouncin it off rev limiter,keys took off him an told to get them from main gate wen he went home,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, one reason i wont do stormin ever agen,,,,,,,,,,,

That's a common occurrence at Bulldog, and I'm impressed at how calmly it's handled - warning not to do it, then if it continues the keys are politely removed and owner told where he can collect them. End of story. (Or would have been for one chap who'd gone through that process and then, five minutes later, tried to run me down in his mate's car. Things then moved to Process B... :D )

[minxy]

I wouldnt dare do it on any of my bikes! Well, not for any considerable period and certainly not at a rally. Just doesnt upset me, that's all.

[Blue]

Like Gnome, it doesn't bother me over much (and seems to be very popular at Continental events) unless it's at stupid o'clock in the morning. Then I appreciate it about as much as folk shouting 'I'm Spartacus'. :mad:

[minxy]

Or

'Where's me tent?!
Here!
Here!
Here!
Here!

Well .... it's funny when you're pissed. ;)

[100%Pat]

I'm Spartacus :p

[Mankind F.M.B.]

And so is my wife...blah blah blah!!!! :D

[hermann]

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius,




Commander of the Armies of the North,



General of the Felix Legions,



loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius,




father to a murdered son,



husband to a murdered wife,


and I will have my vengeance -- in this life or the next.




On fucking spartacus
:D

[Peirre]

Or

'Where's me tent?!
Here!
Here!
Here!
Here!

Well .... it's funny when you're pissed. ;)
there was a slightly different twist on that at the farmyard a while back
Confused drunk wandering through the camp site shouting loudly:
THEY`VE GONE AND LEFT ME, THE BARSTEWARDS!..........................
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?

WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?

to which the crowd replied:
THEY`VE GONE AND LEFT ME, THE BARSTEWARDS!..........................
WHERE THE FECK ARE YOU?

[PILRCGeff]

That's a common occurrence at Bulldog, and I'm impressed at how calmly it's handled - warning not to do it, then if it continues the keys are politely removed and owner told where he can collect them. End of story. (Or would have been for one chap who'd gone through that process and then, five minutes later, tried to run me down in his mate's car. Things then moved to Process B... :D )

We want to know what plan B was, sounds far more entertaining!

[Yoda]

:D :D Fair play. TBH cant really imagine you in a pringles jumper
thers always photoshop

[Taff]

My word rally go-ers sounds a bunch of proper japesters.
What a smashing wheeze and lots of fun.
Fucking annoying cunts.

[pagan_flame]

Shame that rev limiters are now so common - back in the good ol' days, the only thing usually louder at 3 am were the cheers after the bang when 'Revitupus LikeaTwatus' blew the motor up...

*removes rose tinted specs and Crazy Daze t-shirt*

[Scouse]

Of course ther is the "Hmm... it's facing a big hedge, I wonder what would happen if I wandered over and accidentaly kicked into gear" option , which allegedly happend to a very distraught Revus Twatus..ahem...not by me ...but occured to somone I know who was marshalling and said Twatus had a spare set of keys after having the first set confiscated. :D

[Louis]

It's a knobs trick for the disposable jelly mould bikers.....they have shelled out on something that is worth buggerall once the next latest and greatest gets reviewed in the knobbers comics So they are not bothered if they break it they have aready lost all the value once its rolled outside the dealers.