I was going to say almost the exact same thing. I can't tell you how many guys I've seen spend endless hours and countless dollars chasing a minor increase in HP. In the VStrom forums there are dozens of threads of people doing everything from hacking a chunk off the muffler can to spending $800 - $1000 for a "better sound and more performance." Start with the pipe, then the Power Commander, then start downloading maps, blah blah blah. And several posts from guys lamenting they'd ever messed with the stock exhaust to begin with.I usually keep my stuff stock anyway 'cause I'm not a tinker'r and I am a cheapskate, once you start changing stuff around it tends to snowball and before you know it you're in the bike for a couple of grand and it don't really run any better, just louder and less gas milage. Mods I make are mostly comfort and handling, not engine...usually works better that way.
You show this guy how to fix problem! He need TWO Power Commanders! He need more klazy holes drilled in exhaust pipe. He need patented Klazy Klen's Magic Chemical(H2O) Splay Tank to cool engine. Just rev it harder and that fix it you bet. Only Fo t'ousand dollah!Here's a post I found without even trying, just clicked the "new posts" button at the VSRI website:
I have ordered LeoVince but the local dealer need 1 mounth to solve it. Ok than....cut the bullsheet..., so I have made some exhaust incision.....and removal of some internal organs......More air flow, more low grunt noise....nice. But after the engine got hot - in 10 - 20 kliks the coughing came back at....3700-3800 rpm only if I go flat or easely. If I push-it ant jump fast over 4000 rpm - no problem. After 4000 km runs great...
I drove-it 4000 km with this problem .....No modification. Finally I received the the LeoVince exhaust. Happy and verry optimistic I proceeded to fix them. And drove it. Shame....same problem - even more coughing....I purchased a PCIII usb specially for my bike and tried some maps. There was some improvement but not to much and red led with FI some time on some time off.
What shuld I do? Otherwise I like verry much this bike.
Remove LeoVince pipe and PCIII USB, discard Motorcycle and ride pipe & dongle...............Here's a post I found without even trying, just clicked the "new posts" button at the VSRI website:
I have ordered LeoVince but the local dealer need 1 mounth to solve it.
What shuld I do? Otherwise I like verry much this bike.
KLAZY KEN'S EXHAUST PIPE CIRCUMCIZER NOW AWAILABLE AT KLAZY NEW PRICE!! WHY PAY T'OUSANDS DOLLAR FOR NEW PIPE? YOU TAKE MY CIRCCUMCIZER YOU MAKE PLENTY NOISE!! Only $1,234.00! (Dremel Mototool Not Included. Klazy Ken not responsbull for cough, sputta, stall, bike no run no more)You show this guy how to fix problem! He need TWO Power Commanders! He need more klazy holes drilled in exhaust pipe. He need patented Klazy Klen's Magic Chemical(H2O) Splay Tank to cool engine. Just rev it harder and that fix it you bet. Only Fo t'ousand dollah!
Pretty amusing. Imagine how much faster this guy would actually be if he spent the $1K+ on a track school instead of the stupid exhaust.
They'll never catch me! And if I'm in a chase, by the time the parts are done vibrating off of it, there won't be anything but handgrips left anyway. ;-)Lezeee,,,,California Air Resources Board, Air Quality Management District, Air Resources Board, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Automotive Repair...all fighting to keep your brown tinted Kalifornia air safe and clean. Good luck. Just wait 'till the BAR & AQMD make smog tests on motorcycles manditory. That means Buz will have to crush his Huffy!
ONE lousy bike pic out of 127? What, they don't have motorcycles there?They'll never catch me! And if I'm in a chase, by the time the parts are done vibrating off of it, there won't be anything but handgrips left anyway. ;-)
Here's me Greek pics!
.Mac Web Gallery
I'm sending him more money! If you don't like him, that's all I need to know. Thanks!Welcome to the Brave New World. Thank God the Black Jimmy Carter may win the nomination, and maybe the Prez. Between all the grand ideas and zero results he has so far, I figure we might be safe for another 4 years. Maybe 8. Things are looking up!
I actually agree with you on that one: what a spineless bag of miscreants the Dems have been. Not one thing of any significance has changed since they got a majority. However, at least Obama isn't a closet Republican like Hillary, whose most recent claim to fame is crying over the results (literally!!) from Iowa.Please do. If he is half as successful as the new Democratic Congress, you have a lot to look forward to!
Read em and weep my friend! My, how she is so much like her wonderful hubby :-DI actually agree with you on that one: what a spineless bag of miscreants the Dems have been. Not one thing of any significance has changed since they got a majority. However, at least Obama isn't a closet Republican like Hillary, whose most recent claim to fame is crying over the results (literally!!) from Iowa.
