Gladius engine into curvy frame - what's involved?

Throttle bodies, mapping and a whole lot of other stuff contribute to getting the Gladius smoother. Stupidly, Suzuki only went and spent years and a few million much needed yen developing it, when they could just have asked here how to do it properly.

[DJ123]

A million yen is only £8,000

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Throttle bodies, mapping and a whole lot of other stuff contribute to getting the Gladius smoother. Stupidly, Suzuki only went and spent years and a few million much needed yen developing it, when they could just have asked here how to do it properly.

I'd suggest the twin plug head is far more emissions driven than smoothness.

By smoothness are we talking NVH smoothness or throttle pickup "jerk" smoothness?

Originally Posted by daddyjob

A million yen is only £8,000

It's all about emission, to bad, I like both gen of SV, I don't like the gaydius, there I said it, but it's true. Nothing against gay people btw, just a figure of speech.

The engine feels more like a V4 than a V twin - they're actually far nicer than the SV to ride because of this, especially at low speeds and through tight corners and roundabouts. The 2012 V-Strom uses the same throttle bodies and motor and that's a damn sight nicer than the older models.

[yorkie_chris]

With the caveat that I haven't ridden one (maybe I should get a test ride ), I'd reckon that is down to mapping and the heavier flywheel smoothing things out.

The later SV's with the twin plug head don't feel much if any different to the single plug.