I spent the better half of today tuning the bike up for my upcoming excursion to the Sierra Nevadas. Completed the following maintenance tasks: changed oil and filter, changed plugs, synced the throttle bodies, adjusted and lubed chain, removed evap canister and re-routed vacuum hoses to the throttle bodies (also known as the "vacuum hose mod" on the Versys Forum). Incredibly the bike has never felt better - totally smoothed out the throttle response, no low rpm jerkiness, responsive power delivery. I can go on and on about how much better the bike is performing now that I have completed these tasks. I was shocked after test riding. Sure enough, the bike is a dream now (significantly more then it was prior to the maintenance). By far the most difficult part of the job was trying to position the tank in a stable manner to be used during the tuning (mainly for syncing the TB's). No question, the V is now ready for the trip. Here are a couple of top down pics of the process.
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Tank and air-box removed for TB and spark plug access
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Another view of the top of the bike minus the tank and air-box
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| Stick coil for the plug |
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