Mark and listers,
I've had my GTS to elevations of over 12,000 feet--for you Euro-types, in
meters that's.......uh.......damn high.
I've had the opposite reaction. It's great. There is a performance loss
at very high altitude, but yowzah, two-up and loaded with luggage it still
can easily pass the cages.
I find that the EFI seems to stay adjusted for the altitude change just
fine, and don't remember any stumbling or throttle delays and such.
Phil
> => one of the big draws for me is not the front end but its early success with
> => electronic fuel injection; i have had a _ton_ of problems getting the
> => jetting right on the tdm for our 7,000 foot elevation. i have found riding
> => the bike to be great and much more fun than pushing it or getting stuck in
> => the middle of no place. so efi reliability seems like it could be a big
> => bonus. but it seems like getting one to me is still going to be a bit of a
>
> [SNIP!]
>
> Has anyone else had disappointing performance at altitude? During my recent
> Alps-tour, I found that the GTS wasn't great above about 7000 feet. It started
> fine every time, idled well, and was great about ~5000 rpm. It felt like there
> was a noticible delay when twisting the throttle below 5000 rpm. It didn't
> stumble or surge, but the hesitation was annoying (at best) when powering out
> of hairpins at 9000+ feet.
>
> I suspect that new plugs, a clean[er] fuel filter, clean air filters,
> syncronized injectors, and taking the slack out of the throttle cable would
> have cured most of the hesitation. Of course, I just had that work done now
> that I'm here in Virginia, at about 100 ft! I guess I'll have to ship the bike
> back to Europe to test my theory...or there's always Colorado.
