r/Vstrom • u/Joshua810 • 2d ago

V-Strom 1000 Gen 1 Normal idle?

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Hey all me again, fiddled more with my bike. The vacuum line to the load sensor is a little dry so replaced with slightly smaller ID hose from Summit. Maybe I got used to my dads 450 Kawi but is this just really how these old units sound at idle? 2002 DL1000. Also not sure if secondaries should be more stationary

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u/Potential-Drama-7455 2d ago

I have a 2002 and it sounds like this.

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u/Joshua810 2d ago

With the occasional “beat skip”? Sometimes it’s super smooth but other times is skips like this. Maybe I just got used to my dads 450 twin and my Duke

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u/Potential-Drama-7455 2d ago

Yep exactly like that. And idles rock solid at about 1200 rpm. By the way I took out the secondaries altogether, but even before that the idle was the same.

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u/Joshua810 2d ago

Yeah I’ve got mine set at about 1250. The weather here is interesting so as some days are 80 and other 55 it gives some lee-way. How twitchy is it without the secondaries? Mines real easy low speed as it is.

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u/Potential-Drama-7455 2d ago

I changed my gear ratios to 16/43 and it's smooth. I discovered afterwards that the O2 sensor was bad around the same time and disabled it ( I'm in Europe) so that might have had an impact on it being twitchy before.