State of Tune

TC's SD

TC's SD

It’s very strange how something’s effort the overall “State of Tune” of my bike for not apparent reason. Case in point; My bike wasn’t running very well, sure it was fast, had good power and all but the on-off transition of the throttle and general smoothness was very low. I did everything I could to cure this issue but to no avail. Than one day I discovered a small coolant leak around the case cover the water pump housing bolts on too. I ordered a complete water pump rebuild kit from KTM TWINS website and after I got the kit I took my bike to my favorite KTM dealer for repairs. It took him maybe 2 hours to overhaul the water pump while I waited across the street to test ride a BMW S1000RR (both shops owned by the same person so no worries). After I got the bike back I really could not believe how smooth the bike felt. All I was thinking was WTF! How and why does a new water pumps affect the overall State of Tune of my bike. Anyway, thought I would pass-on this little story. I’d like to read other stories about how changes you made to your bike enhanced your bike overall State of Tune for no apparent reason.
Willh

Willh

strange.......my bikes always been better than the 'snatchy' complaints, but i do notice it is a little tricky to be smooth with

then recently my 5 year old boy has been going with me on short town rides and i somehow notice he could ride without holding on and would never fall off the back(not going to try!)......leading me to the conclusion my right hand is quite capable of smoothing out what jerkiness the bike may have under the right state of mind???