![]() Read more peed without it dying out (travel requires chopping throttle), and un-burnt fuel will bank up causing the need to pull over and fast idle the fuel away before continuing, but the issue will return in 10-15 mins. Throttle response will cut out, it will back fire and stall on deceleration, nearly impossible to maintain a steady continuous s. I nearly had two accidents this morning due to vacuum hose / carby clogging from cold fuel. However coming into Autumn and Winter I encountered the notorious cold weather issues (Which dealers had told me would not be an issue). ![]() Good fuel economy, Perhaps a little small for me at 5 foot 8 inches, Handles very well for a cruiser. I brought a 2000 model used with 37,000 kms 7-8 months ago and has been fairly reliable. Amazingly this hasn't really hurt my fuel economy prob because my throttle requires less twist to get to speed ) The only criticism would be that it is a bit light weighted on highway when windy, can get a bit hairy scary at times. Read more rced me to re-jet the carb(took me alot of trial and error and many plug checks to get correct jet sizes), then I changed the spark plugs to NGK CR7EK(twin electrode), the results are amazing, it has A LOT more torque in power curve with a top speed of 145 Km/h prob go faster but didn't want it to grenade on me, now it cruises on 100 Km/h with about 1/4-1/3 throttle and will easily accelerate to 130+ Km/h when overtaking on highway. Next I replaced the stock air cleaners with aftermarket oval pod type but because of the extra air flow it fo. ![]() I wanted more grunt without spending too much, first thing I did was cut the muffler in half (de cat) and modified baffle which not only reduced weight but sounds great too. Power wise I found it acceptable, it would easily leave cars off the line and comfortably cruise on 100 Km/h with 2/3 throttle, max speed about 130 Km/h. I bought my 2009 VL250 with 21,000 km's on it, have wound on another 5,000 Km's and it has always been reliable.
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