Love Emails like this especially on Mondays.
"Kelly,
I received and installed the carb this weekend. I was able to go for a 15 mile semi technical ride last night as a shake down. There is no hype, these things are the real deal. The bike started second kick in my garage at 6500 ft and 25º F Idled great, and I just had to adjust the idle speed as it was a little low out of the box. Yesterday went out and rode some desert single track which has it all, and that I'm vary familiar with, to see if I could feel a difference. It was about 5000 ft and 33º F Once the bike warmed up it ran quite good. Within the first mile I was very pleased with the "electric" feel to the throttle, I then spent the next three or so miles purposely in the wrong gear trying to get it to "cough." Never happened, it revved a little slow but was clean and crisp. I then switched bikes with Adam Krefting of Kreft Moto, he is a AA desert racer and is building a reputation for tuning on the KTM 300's. I swapped to his modded everything FI 450SX and liked the bike, but wanted mine back. When we switched back he said he had done the same thing I did, was initially impressed by the smoothness and midrange, then spent the rest of his time on the bike trying to get it to cough or sputter and was unable to.
Thanks again for your help and I'll be posting a writeup on ADV Rider and Gas Gas Rider of my initial impressions and long term findings.
Drew"
"Kelly,
I received and installed the carb this weekend. I was able to go for a 15 mile semi technical ride last night as a shake down. There is no hype, these things are the real deal. The bike started second kick in my garage at 6500 ft and 25º F Idled great, and I just had to adjust the idle speed as it was a little low out of the box. Yesterday went out and rode some desert single track which has it all, and that I'm vary familiar with, to see if I could feel a difference. It was about 5000 ft and 33º F Once the bike warmed up it ran quite good. Within the first mile I was very pleased with the "electric" feel to the throttle, I then spent the next three or so miles purposely in the wrong gear trying to get it to "cough." Never happened, it revved a little slow but was clean and crisp. I then switched bikes with Adam Krefting of Kreft Moto, he is a AA desert racer and is building a reputation for tuning on the KTM 300's. I swapped to his modded everything FI 450SX and liked the bike, but wanted mine back. When we switched back he said he had done the same thing I did, was initially impressed by the smoothness and midrange, then spent the rest of his time on the bike trying to get it to cough or sputter and was unable to.
Thanks again for your help and I'll be posting a writeup on ADV Rider and Gas Gas Rider of my initial impressions and long term findings.
Drew"