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Dear Sirs,
After picking up my XS11 last week and nearly freezing my fingers off doing so, I deemed the intake manifolds miraculous for getting me home. I put in the order for a new set which came in today. After taking the fragrant old dogs off I could see just how amazing it was that I made it home. They were all cracked all the way through and two of them were severed more than half of the circumfrance. There is no airbox on this bike. I got it, but it has the previous owner's indy cone filters on it, which we all know means added stress to the intakes.
So, I put the new ones on and replaced all the multicolored fuel lines (all various shades of blue from age and sun). After putting everything back together it was time to see how much of a difference the new intakes made.
When I got out to the street, I started the bike and put it in gear. Nothing special, got up to 2K RPMS and flipped it to second. Opened the throttle a bit and sped up a little more. Much smoother, but still nothing impressive. Then I say, **** I'll just open it up and see what happens. Good acceleration until I hit just under 4K RPMS. Then the damned thing nearly bucked me right off. I was absolutely shocked by how much power it had in that range.
Im not sure what I can do to get the low end up a little more. Tomorrow is spark plugs and the replacement of one of the plug boots. The rythm of the engine idling still seems a little off. Maybe that'll help it. but in the meantime, I'm not complaining. This bike is the BAOWMB!
After picking up my XS11 last week and nearly freezing my fingers off doing so, I deemed the intake manifolds miraculous for getting me home. I put in the order for a new set which came in today. After taking the fragrant old dogs off I could see just how amazing it was that I made it home. They were all cracked all the way through and two of them were severed more than half of the circumfrance. There is no airbox on this bike. I got it, but it has the previous owner's indy cone filters on it, which we all know means added stress to the intakes.
So, I put the new ones on and replaced all the multicolored fuel lines (all various shades of blue from age and sun). After putting everything back together it was time to see how much of a difference the new intakes made.
When I got out to the street, I started the bike and put it in gear. Nothing special, got up to 2K RPMS and flipped it to second. Opened the throttle a bit and sped up a little more. Much smoother, but still nothing impressive. Then I say, **** I'll just open it up and see what happens. Good acceleration until I hit just under 4K RPMS. Then the damned thing nearly bucked me right off. I was absolutely shocked by how much power it had in that range.
Im not sure what I can do to get the low end up a little more. Tomorrow is spark plugs and the replacement of one of the plug boots. The rythm of the engine idling still seems a little off. Maybe that'll help it. but in the meantime, I'm not complaining. This bike is the BAOWMB!
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