HI,
My streetfighter, an early one, has awful fueling and a massive stumble in the 3500-4k rpm range.
Anyone with experience of the new monster 1100evo, how's the fueling on this bike, any stumbling issue?
Chris
I have a M1100 Evo and haven't noticed anything out of the norm. Granted, you're comparing an air cooled 2 valve to a liquid cooled 4 valve. Just from previous experience from a M1000, I expect it to pretty much be rough anywhere below 3500-4000 rpm depending on what gear I am in.
Although, I've never ridden a streetfighter or any of the liquid cooled ducatis so I can't compare but I did read on a lot of Streetfighter forums that they think this is an issue. I just figured they are trying to ride it to low in the RPMs. It's a twin with a light flywheel. It doesn't like to chug along.
I got the Monster 1100 EVO a few weeks ago. Being my first twin (and Duc) I will say I found it very different to what I was used to (Jap sportbikes). However, after a few weeks of riding it I became more comfortable on it.
I was really thinking on switching the front sprocket to a 14t one, since everyone with a Monster sais it makes it a lot better to handle below 4K rpm. I really wanted to do this because the bike felt kindda in between gears all the time while commuting on light traffic (light for LA might be heavy for others).
Last weekend I took the bike up the Angeles Crest Hwy (CA-2), from the moment I started going up it all made sense, the bike was in its element, the gearing felt perfect, the power was precise! I had such a good time and I feel my appreciation for this bike keeps growing the more I ride it.
Back to the "stumbling" issue, I have found that after only a few weeks of riding it, I know how to control it better and the bike feels better in the same commute. I am not sure I want to switch the sprocket any more.
After 400 miles on it, I feel that the bike rides very well at 3000 rpms, below that for sure it is rough.
Perhaps, the fact that it has a new wet "race like" clutch might be helping the bike run better at low RPMs. The clutch action is very smooth and definitely helps when riding slow in traffic.
Hope this helps!!
Quote from: zvezdah1 on June 23, 2011, 12:26:38 PM
HI,
My streetfighter, an early one, has awful fueling and a massive stumble in the 3500-4k rpm range.
Anyone with experience of the new monster 1100evo, how's the fueling on this bike, any stumbling issue?
Chris
I'd suggest getting the ECU reflashed, it made a huge difference on my 2006 S2R-1000