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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 10:05 AM
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Yesterday I tried to ride the h*** out of my bike just to test the performance.
I gave full throttle and noticed some engine hesitation. It accelerates just fine
otherwise, but it seems to lack some top end performance.
Can the stage 1 upgrade solve this?
 
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 10:26 AM
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Default RE: Performance question

Let me answer your questions this way first. Will the stage 1 upgrade help your bike, Yes it'll help it breath alot better with a high flow Air filter and a less restrictive exhaust. Will it help your problem of performance at full throttle, Maybe if you tune and jet the carb to fix the problem or have it done for you. You could tune the carb without doing the stage 1 upgrade also because they are pretty much 2 different things except that if you do the upgrade you'll have to retune for it anyway. If you read the DIY section Fuel/Carb related there are some really good articles about tuning and rejetting the CV carb. Hope this helps.
 
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