Snappy engine

One thing I have noticed is at the transition between low RPM’s and tickover the engine behaves very snappy when riding, it is either on or off and is a bit of putting on very slow corners, is this normal with the fuel injection models. or is my system in need of adjustment.

Lots of engine braking with a v-twin, especially in first or second gear. Try slipping the clutch. I remember riding through a town center just after picking mine up from the showroom after 3 years on a 2 stroke... not a pretty sight.

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The on/off thing with the FI SVs is a common complaint. Pers'nally, I don't think you should be going on and off the throttle ion corners anyway, but that's by the by

I have this problem too. Have you done anything to affect the airflow? I have a full system on mine and it's very jerky because it's too lean. I'm going to get it remapped and having ridden Kate's SV I can say that it will help a lot to make the engine more connected with the throttle and easier to control.

By slow corners i ment at roundabouts in trafic and the like.

The key here is clutch control Use your clutch properly & you won't get the snatchiness you talk about - Get some practace on a car park somewhere

I used to slip the clutch to get past this, now I just drop down a gear before the hazard and do it at a higher RPM. More confidence inspiring too as there's more torque/pull than when slipping the clutch and if things change you're in a more responsive gear for accelerating/engine braking.

sveedy wrote:

just drop down a gear before the hazard and do it at a higher RPM. More confidence inspiring too as there's more torque/pull than when slipping the clutch and if things change you're in a more responsive gear for accelerating/engine braking.

That is definitely the way to get around making the motor lumber at too low revs and strcitly speaking you should always have a touch of drive gouing on to the back wheel when negotiating hazards even at slow speeds. Slipping the clutch is not the way to go at all.

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

sveedy wrote:

That is definitely the way to get around making the motor lumber at too low revs and strcitly speaking you should always have a touch of drive gouing on to the back wheel when negotiating hazards even at slow speeds. Slipping the clutch is not the way to go at all.

Jaysus.
Thank you Peter,SVeeedy, I was reading down through this thread, and getting increasingly wtf have I been doing the past decade !!! Even when I was on two strokes, I would always bang it down a gear when any kind of shenanigans was on the cards.

Reminded me of when I was reading the Flick of The Wrist (???) book. And your man started talking about steering in the wrong direction on quick bends. Whats all this about??? And within a week you are counter steering the crap out of everything you see and ripping through the bends.
Driving bikes is fun.

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the FI engine is a bit snatchy - i've found it gets a lot worse when there's too much slack in my chain and too much slack in my throttle cable. Its at least much more predictable when these are properly adjusted.