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Exhaust popping can be stopped by setting the mixture a little richer at closed throttle.
The exhaust popping... I need to schedule a spring servicing and I will have that looked into.
You should be able to set up the gear indicator by going through the various screen setting that are available. I can do it on mine. I've just never bothered. Check the manual.
Re 1200 Sport, I really like mine, good all around bike. Re Decel Popping. I have the full GuzziTech air/fuel/exhaust treatment on mine (which includes the Dynojet PCV w autotune), and I still get closed throttle popping. Even if there is a way to tune it out of the map, I'm not literate enough to know what parameters need changed ::). But, interestingly, I do notice that the colder the ambient temperature, the less popping, and in cold winter riding, no popping at all. So that would seem to suggest that the popping is caused by too much fuel vs air, but in the winter, there is more thicker air to burn the excess fuel and it doesn't pop......is that the way it works?
It did pop after I took off the stock crossover and put on a Mistral pipe, however, Guzzitech.com sold me a plug in Optimizer for around $100 that cured 90% of the popping.
When my B1100 was stock it didn't pop at all off throttle. The reason, I believe, is that I had one of the best techs in the country do the initial set up, and subsequent servicing. I have seen Jim at Rosefarm take bikes that others couldn't get right, and make them so, just saying.It did pop after I took off the stock crossover and put on a Mistral pipe, however, Guzzitech.com sold me a plug in Optimizer for around $100 that cured 90% of the popping.
Re Decel Popping. I have the full GuzziTech air/fuel/exhaust treatment on mine (which includes the Dynojet PCV w autotune), and I still get closed throttle popping.
No, I am certain in stock form it did not pop whatsoever. I stand by my claim that there is none better in the US for making a Guzzi run as well as it can, than Jim Barron, and that includes Eraldo Ferracci.To Petes question, milage did drop some, I generally get about 36-38 around town, 40-41 highway. But from my perspective, I don't consider that serious or unexpected.
I'm not really sure how he does it. I'm fairly confident to say it's some measure of everything you pointed out, and perhaps a bit more.
I'm not saying all bikes came from factory exactly the same either, perhaps that has something to do with it too?