Re: ST Impressions

["Lance LaCerte, Psy.D." <LACPSYD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich,

I have no such problems with my ST, and I'm convinced that it has to do with
my dealer's service department who has a CO analyzer and used it to set up
the bike.

Just my .02,     Lance LaCerte, Denver CO
- -----Original Message-----
From: Rich Weyand <weyand@xxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, May 29, 1999 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: ST Impressions


>At 10:48 AM 5/29/99 +0200, Biker wrote:
>>Mechanically - and I'm no technician - there still seems to be
>>that deadspot between about 2 and 3,000 rpm when you have to
>>grit your teeth and coax it up to about 3,500. During that
>>space, mine sounds and feels like the two fat ladies wearing
>>old-fashioned roller skates passing over rumble-strips - it's a
>>kind of growly sensation of rubberized vibration - by which  I
>>mean you can feel the engine isn't performing optimally but all
>>the vibrations and extra power it's using to get there are
>>coming to you through some well-insulated medium and you only
>>feel it indirectly. It reminds me of the bike they lent me while
>>I was waiting for the ST - which was an Aprilia Pegaso -
>>completely different bike, but as you revved up it was as if the
>>whole bike was giving you feedback through the grips, pegs and
>>saddle.
>
>Seems to me like there are a couple of spots where the engine response
>changes rather abruptly, at 2500 and 3000.  Below 2000, pretty much
>forget it; I didn't expect anything else.  From 2000 to 2500 there is
>some torque coming on, but still pretty anemic.  At 2500 there is
>another bump, and finally at 3000 you really get into the beginning
>of the happy zone.  Below 3000 there is noise which I believe is gear
>noise, which disappears abruptly at 3000.  It is distinctive and
>regular enough that I don't need to look at the tach to know I have
>fallen just below 3000.  So anyway, I normally just motor around
>town in proper gear to stay in the 3000 - 4000 range, unless I am
>putting around a corner.
>
>
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