check it...perf. bikes did an article last year or the year before where they took an older R6, smoothed out the power curve, where it was running stronger at every RPM and yielded more power...and then they took the same one, made changed the curve so that the power wasn't so linear. then they asked the riders which felt faster and better...they said the non-linear curve.

why? when power is linear, you're basically feeling the same pull all the time. when it's all spikey, you feel the bike pull harder and harder and harder, giving the 'feel' of fast.

do not count on SOTP when you try to rate your perf. mods because it's very deceiving.

fact is, without tuning, bikes with K&N are running sloppier than before. you can't feel the snappiness/jerkiness as before? maybe because the bike's power is sloppier. the better pull at higher RPMs...same deal there, deceiving.

 

i dunno what you guys are talkin about, i noticed a big increase when i installed my K & N. It feels like i gained like 3-5 hp from it, the bike was more jumpy. The bike was more touchy and it sounded alot better. Even when i clutched it up it came up alot quicker than usual. All i was running was a Blueflame Slip-on Exhaust and the air filter no PC. I dont get any of the popin like i used to with the stock filter.

 

yo mang... you gots to put that on a dyno.
you stunna not track feen...

only thing i noticed was that the engine revved faster, but that may just be me. i'm running stocker right now....but sheesh...itz dirty!