2nd gear will equal less twichiness as well. And as far as getting beat up on the bumps I've noticed that with literally anything that has suspension the faster you go the more the suspension absorbs the bumps instead of you. Theres an old wood bridge on the burning rock trails here near my house in West Virginia that will beat you to death if you go slow over it, but if you go fast over it the suspension takes care of it and you hardly feel it. Same with the super rocky areas. That's why those SxSs that you see are going what you called "too" fast, but I bet they're letting it do the work instead of getting beat to death. Lol
As far as your throttle, my buddy had the same problem on his KTM. He bought a tool to adjust his TPS (throttle position sensor) and after the adjustment the problem went away.
Had the 300 rally , but even as an experienced off road rider, the tall seat height was not good for my short inseam on big hills, thinking of buying another one and lowering it 40mm.
On the 'twichy-throttle' - have you checked the cable adjustments? Notoriously out of spec from the factory and usually unchecked at the dealer; I've seen a couple CRF300L vids on this. Also some comments on running with premium gas to ease the lean effect.
This was definitely part of it! When I put the new handlebars on, I had adjusted the throttle cable at an awkward angle....because of this, it left a lot of slack. I adjusted some things last weekend, and was able to tighten it a lot, while still making sure it wasn't too tight across the full sweep. It's MUCH better now (but still a little twitchy)
I have the same bike, an LS. It'll be a year old in October. She does get hot although the coolant level is fine. I'd be interested in hearing why your bike was stalling as I've had it happen a couple times when I'm in moderate/rough terrain.
This has happened one other time when I was riding on rough terrain during a very hot day. There was no warning light that came on and coolant levels are fine...so not sure. It certainly seems like some kind of vapor lock or flame out. I know these bikes are set to run lean...and run hotter because of it. It has me wondering if it might be time to get the 550 ECU...simply to run the bike a bit richer.
I've seen other people with the stalling issue, it might be the charcoal canister filling with fumes on hot days. Jakethegarden snake on UA-cam had the same issue, something to consider! Easy fix
Cracking video as always. :)
2nd gear will equal less twichiness as well. And as far as getting beat up on the bumps I've noticed that with literally anything that has suspension the faster you go the more the suspension absorbs the bumps instead of you. Theres an old wood bridge on the burning rock trails here near my house in West Virginia that will beat you to death if you go slow over it, but if you go fast over it the suspension takes care of it and you hardly feel it. Same with the super rocky areas. That's why those SxSs that you see are going what you called "too" fast, but I bet they're letting it do the work instead of getting beat to death. Lol
Nice video, I’m a flagstaffR and know the road well. Holiday weekend not my seen.
yeah, it was definitely chaotic with all the side-by-sides
As far as your throttle, my buddy had the same problem on his KTM. He bought a tool to adjust his TPS (throttle position sensor) and after the adjustment the problem went away.
Had the 300 rally , but even as an experienced off road rider, the tall seat height was not good for my short inseam on big hills, thinking of buying another one and lowering it 40mm.
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On the 'twichy-throttle' - have you checked the cable adjustments? Notoriously out of spec from the factory and usually unchecked at the dealer; I've seen a couple CRF300L vids on this. Also some comments on running with premium gas to ease the lean effect.
This was definitely part of it! When I put the new handlebars on, I had adjusted the throttle cable at an awkward angle....because of this, it left a lot of slack. I adjusted some things last weekend, and was able to tighten it a lot, while still making sure it wasn't too tight across the full sweep. It's MUCH better now (but still a little twitchy)
I have the same bike, an LS. It'll be a year old in October. She does get hot although the coolant level is fine. I'd be interested in hearing why your bike was stalling as I've had it happen a couple times when I'm in moderate/rough terrain.
This has happened one other time when I was riding on rough terrain during a very hot day. There was no warning light that came on and coolant levels are fine...so not sure. It certainly seems like some kind of vapor lock or flame out. I know these bikes are set to run lean...and run hotter because of it. It has me wondering if it might be time to get the 550 ECU...simply to run the bike a bit richer.
I've seen other people with the stalling issue, it might be the charcoal canister filling with fumes on hot days. Jakethegarden snake on UA-cam had the same issue, something to consider! Easy fix