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Originally Posted by bruce19
It's a long story that I won't get into, but this season I sold off my '02 998 and bought an '02 998S Bayliss. As far as I can tell the biggest improvements on the Bayliss are full Ohlins suspension (incl. steering Dampner), better front brakes and CF fairing. The original owner put a full Silmotor (badged as a FbF) oversized exhaust system on the bike. It also has a Power Commander and rear sets with GP shifting. The thing is amazing to ride. A friend who races at Louden and VIR rode the bike and said, "You win. You have the best bike of anyone I know. It's basically a race bike." And, therein lies the problem. This bike is really narrowly focused. It wants to be at 120 mph all the time. I just took it on a 350 mi. round trip and I was lucky to get over 35 mpg on the interstate at 75 mph. I know, I know.... that's not what it was meant for. But, that's one of things I like to do on my Ducs and it's such an awesome bike I can't bear to see it go. If only I had some cash to buy a second Duc...but then I'd have three bikes (also have an FZ1 for 2-up) and the Bayliss would be more a "colletor's item." Not my thing. What the hell do I do now?
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Take it to the Dyno and get the power commander tuned by a professional... My 748 was really peaky in spots untill i got the tune changed. It broadened the power band alot plus helped the mileage quite a bit. Wanna talk about bad MPG???? My RC51 only gets about 25-30 on a GOOD day!!! My normal MPG is 22 around town!