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Title: SV throttle tube (1/5 turn)???
Post by: squirrel-22 on August 23, 2007, 04:06:17 PM
How do I go about changing to a shorter throttle?

NEVER MIND I USED SEARCH AND FOUND IT.


THANKS ANYWAY
Title: Re: SV throttle tube (1/5 turn)???
Post by: ben2go on August 23, 2007, 08:34:06 PM
I wanna add this.I bought a racing 1/5 throttle tube.IT"S TOO GOOD!It barely turns before the carbs are completely open.If you barely flex your wrist it has turned all the way.It is equal to a 1/6 or 1/8 turn and is almost unrideable.
Title: Re: SV throttle tube (1/5 turn)???
Post by: Mk1inCali on August 23, 2007, 10:49:24 PM
Too bad Suzuki doesn't sell *just* the throttle tube.  Has anybody got any experience with the Pro-Grip SCS throttle tube and what that does to your ratio?  I've got a set of them in-stock at my store, so I figure I'll guinea-pig them for the experience if I don't hear anything about them.  It says universal to Suzuki fit and has the grip "molded" directly to the carbon fiber throttle tube.
Title: Re: SV throttle tube (1/5 turn)???
Post by: ben2go on August 24, 2007, 09:46:21 AM
I've never come across what you have.A stock SV throttle tube makes the GS into a 1/5 turn.If you do something  :cookoo: like I did and got a 1/5 racing SV throttle tube.You'll have some where between a 1/6 and 1/8 turn.Good for racing but a little to tight on the street.
Title: Re: SV throttle tube (1/5 turn)???
Post by: coll0412 on August 24, 2007, 11:52:34 AM
Yeah anything over 1/5 turn is actually to much for racing also, in racing its all about *smooth* throttle control.

I will be up at Brainerd International Raceway this weekend and will see if I can snag some SV racers left over stock throttle tubes(they often swap them for 1/5 turn ones) :thumb:
Title: Re: SV throttle tube (1/5 turn)???
Post by: Mk1inCali on August 24, 2007, 12:12:38 PM
BIR!  I raced MX in the infield once on an AMA SBK weekend.  At least, I think it was a SBK weekend, I wasn't really concentrating on the street stuff.  Cool track though!