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Sluggish 1st Gear.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 9:09 am
by tapper54
Hi Everyone,Any ideas,(R 1100 S) Sluggish acceleration from 1st gear,once it gets going its fine,only had it a few months and must have stalled it about 5 times at the lights,is this normal for one of these ?would have thought it had more power than that for a 1100cc,its a 2003 model with only 24,000 on it,in mint condition,cheers.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 10:06 am
by big rob
where are you? perhaps a local Trixter could have a wee blast on your bike and hopefully put your mind at rest, it's possibly just you're not used to the bike yet?
Rob
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 10:43 am
by slparry
+1 on what Rob said
Also it could be the TPS is out of sync
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 11:11 am
by Dai wiskers
+1 on the TPS
Throttle bodies may need syncing
Tick over to low can cause stalling but not lack of power
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 11:41 am
by Merecat
I did find that the transition from a higher revving bike to the R1100s made me stall it more than once, which isn't pleasant with short legs. The S doesn't stall elegantly and lurches to a full stop!
Get the TBs balanced, once its rolling it should take off quite rapidly in first gear.
Mick
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:52 pm
by nab 301
Is the cat still fitted ,? I felt mine was a lot better after fitting a Y piece, although all the advice offered already may improve things also.