Snatchy throttles

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Re: Snatchy throttles

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dern wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:37 pm The 1150gs was the worst throttle response of any bike I've ridden. It made the superduke feel like a superdream.
I was reading reviews on the Kawasaki Z900RS last week & the common complaint/fault with the bike is the snatchy, on/off throttle on the earlier versions,cured by flashing the ECU.I'll have a demo on one in the spring & decide if I want to swap the Street Triple...
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Re: Snatchy throttles

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Not read the whole thread but you can have my 2 penneth anyway :wave:

I had a Gen 1 990 Superduke which many people criticised for snatchy throttle.

I never had a problem with it... ever

However my previous bike was a KTM625 SMC which had got me into the habit of feathering the clutch on slow speed stuff.

Maybe it's worth giving that a go? I f you like the part apart from that one thing, it's go to be worth a shot?
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Re: Snatchy throttles

Post by dern »

I had a 990 SD and that was quite bad at low speeds but sort of ok most other places. I didn't get on with it though. It was better than the 1290 is that regard though.