I have on the super sport s. I believe it's a similar engine etc. It removes the throttle delay so it's far more responsive. A cheap good upgrade.
Yes I have and it does. The one and ONLY thing I hate about the 950 is the off idle throttle response is very soft. You have to give it more throttle then I am used to with other bikes to get moving etc. The spacers helped that for sure and it's certainly liveable but it needs a tune to fix that probably.
A couple of threads mention 'throttle spacers'. Can anyone show & tell what the spacer does & where it goes? My guess is it removes the 'slack' and makes the just-off-the-stop response less, um, vague...??
Cheers Jose. I should've just Googled it! Anyway - time for a look-see inside the twistgrip, then a 3D-printed spacer for my 939
What is the reason why bikes come with throttle play from the factory ? Is it for safety reasons? My thoughts , coming from a motocross background, it will prevent whiskey throttle. If you hit a pothole and such, and start falling off the back and giving more gas as you fall further back and going out of control. On dirt it happens a lot , but on the street , I don't think it would be something to worry about. Any other reasons for the throttle play?
Can't think of a good reason. Everything is injection moulded, so that much slack can't be manufacturing tolerances... Shame there's not an old-fashioned adjuster screw! My 939 definitely needs a remap for off-idle zone as well (saving hard now) - your 950 is definitely better with the different ECU...
I too am from a motocross background and find the throttle absolutely fine on my 950. I did have throttle spacers on my 1199 though which helped a lot
I don’t think so, I find my 950 absolutely fine to ride, in the wet I never use any other mode than sport. In fact I never take it out of sport whatever the weather but then I do have quite good throttle control from Years of crashing motocross bikes lol
Fitted these to the 1199 today... Verdict tomorrow.. Certainly appears to take up most of the free play.
I would worry about heatshrink wearing and coming apart over time. Sure, the commercial (and expensive) spacers could also jam the throttle if they came apart but I would trust a hard plastic part more than heatshrink.
