Wana: I keep forgetting if you have a 220....or not. I think you do. There's the 'wheel loft' part. That's easier on a 220 than a 200. A 200 will still do it just fine, though. Well, imo, according to my personal experience and all.
You're right if you define the terms narrowly. 'Make more power' in several ways only to 'reduce' power in other ways.
That's not it, though. 'More power' is not always a good thing. The definition of things gets pretty picky.
Wheelspin = no traction = wasted energy.
OK.
BUT, there are times that controlled wheelspin is
necessary to get you where you want to go. A low-RPM 2nd-gear bit-o-spin will at times work much better on a hill than a locked up traction situation. Other times, if you're in 1st gear on the end of some hills, you be screwed, cuz you will either loop or sit-n-spin..going nowhere. If you were going a tad faster, in
2nd gear the bike having to work harder due to the gearing will equate to less wheelspin, more pull and a whole lot less of the being screwed part.
Don't know about you...but I'd
much rather be standing at the TOP of the hill than sliding backwards
down that hill (at five feet from the top) in a pile of slippery clay goo that I can't hope to stand up on! Ha! I've been there a few times!
Both places.
So, it's not so much power, but power
delivery that's the big deal. RB's carb mod does more to smooth out the power application than anything else. The DF3s had the same effect (for me, anyway).
You 'hop it up' and then you
control it!
Another boring anecdotal blahg:
Was at the dunes last Sunday. Got to ride with a new DR400 Kawazuki (4-stroke quad). Flat out drags? My Banshee would leave him w-a-y behind. Hill climbs? Smoked him. But...on runs up dunes with a bunch of acceleration bumps at the bottom? His suspension is better. He stayed on the ground better. The more I was in the air, the further ahead of me he got.
Once it leveled out, I smoked him summore!
So...I had more power, but he had better control. When it came to a situation where control mattered...he was throwing sand in my face.
I should'a
NEVER agreed to assist him in setting his new machine up. We ended up far away from where it was...and it worked
much better! PooP!
I like my Steahly FWW a lot! The stalling issue is only due to comparing two different animals. Compare a bike, with/without, that bike will be much more resistant to stall
with a FWW. There is no comparison on my 200. Without it, just a touch of brake on downhills without being full on the clutch would kill my bike. With the FWW on, it doesn't ever happen (unless it's a severe case of operator error). I also appreciated the controlled 'loft' I have when negotiating uphill obstacles. Without the weight, I'd have to use too much throttle to get too much loft, to end up on by backside. Now, it's much more a matter of, 'Gimme some UP, please!'
Kind'a like if it was a 220!!!
Which...after all of this, I did (yet another search) to realize you DO ride 200.
Still, you cannot reasonably compare different bikes and expect them to be anything but different. My riding buddy's 200 (same year, same miles, same mods) always ran different from mine. Sometimes better, sometimes not.
re: changing 'profiles' with needles.
I gotta say I love reading about a rider who has put the time and effort into carb tuning to know that those pesky little needles are just plain FM!
Hhhmmm.....'snot mixed with ice'? I don't recall riding in front of you.....
