too far?

[hazza]

so i go to uni this year, and im wondering if (after rebuild) commuting from staffordshire uni at the stafford campus to wolverhampton is too far for my rxs 100. i imagine it wil be mostly 50mph roads, which is 6500 rpm and feels like its going to take off lol. ive had alot of trouble with the bike ever since ive had it (third engine now) and im wondering if making this journey a few times a week would kill it off again
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Stafford to Wolvo is the A449 which is mainly a 60 limit. From Stafford a 30 limit to Moss pit, 40 to just the other side of the M6, then 60 to Penkridge, 40 through Penkridge, then 60 to just before Gailey Island, then 70 from there until just before the M54 where it turns to a 40 for Wolvo.

Doable, but not fun. Tends to be talivans on the A449 (hence why these days I use the back lanes). I would doubt it would kill the engine off, but ou will crank up the miles pretty quickly.

All the best

Keith
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[hazza]

well i say wolverhampton, its willenhall right on the border, the way i was going to go was via cannock, that might be where you just said, but im not very good with road names

imnot really comfortably on the bike past 55 ish i know its a two stroke but it feels like im over revving it leaving it at 7000 rpm all the time
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Hi

RXS100 should do over 70 true top speed. And being a 2 stroke there are less moving parts to care about being over revved.

A34 takes you from Stafford to Cannock easily, but the bit from there down is not really a pleasant jouney.

All the best

Keith
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[hazza]

whats the limit from stafford to cannock then?

im fine as soon as im in cannock, used to ride there regular before the bottom end went just used to go via great wyrley 50mph max roads then through bloxwich

with any luck the engine may survive then, it will be a full rebuild job anyway the barrel has been scored to hell for the last few thousand miles by the looks of it
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Not sure. Think it is a 60 limit, although there is a long slow bit into Cannock.

Barrel is the easy bit to do. Bottom end is more difficult.

All the best

Keith
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[hazza]

yeah splitting the cases at we speak, this bikes costing me a fortune its just hard to let go

youve been a great help cheers (Y) took some worry off my mind
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[Annabella]

From Stafford go A449. The journey from Cannock to Wolves is horrible. Too many speed cameras and too many lorries. At least the '449 is dual carriageway most of the way.

You'll be fine on the RXS
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If you go from Cannock to Stafford, you're looking at the A34 through Huntington which is slow and full of speed cameras (30mph) but after that it's a straight run along NSL road through the Chase to the Police Headquarters, then right along Baswich Lane past the crematorium and arrive at the Staffordshire Uni campus.

I travel in the opposite direction from the PoliceHQ to Cannock and on a bike it takes me 12-15 mins. From Cannock to the Uni I'd say about 20 mins on a bike.

If you DO decide to come along the A449, turn right at Penkridge and follow the lanes through Acton Trussell - it brings you out on the A34 just shy of the PoliceHQ and you're almost there.
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[Finglonga]

If you go up the A34 be careful at Brocton (40MPH) as there is a scamera just before the Penkridge crossroads. Then after Brocton its NSL until just before the Pottle Pool island where its 40MPH for abt half a mile then drops to 30MPH with as said loads of scameras.

I used to live next door to the Police HQ and work in Wolvo', I used a GP100 for a couple of years to get there with no problems.
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More to the point why the hell would you commute to uni whilst staying at home

-You will realise ALL your friends back home are tossers
-Any gf's you are with will get dumped or resented for holding you back
-Its cheap as shit to stay at halls.

A mate of mine commutes back and forth cos he wanted to stay with his gf back home
Hes just ended up cheating on her loads, hasnt made any close mates cos hes never there, and hasnt grown up at all.

If i were you id escape as far away as humanly possible.

Im over 200 miles away from my hometown. Best thing i could ever do. Gives you a chance to be an island.

Just think about why you want to commute from home to a local uni.
Usually people say bf or gf/lack or money/dont want to lose or make new friends

All very weak reasons, and usually the people who stay at home tend to drop out quite quickly.

You may think the degree is the important bit, but its REALLY not. Infact 99% of the time i think the degree is a pile of arse.
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Please forgive me...I'm old and my eyesight isn't what it used to be.

You'll be looking forward to mixing it with the social elite at the finest nightclubs in Britain then eh?
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