Picked up my new 511 SMR yesterday. The Hooligan Crew. Three DRZ's, a WR250X and the new 511 SMR. Gotta break it in correctly . The odometer has about 50 kms on it at this point. We picked the bike up at about noon and rode till nearly 2 am with a break for dinner and to adjust the pedals. It was about a 200 km day. Likes: Awesome motor - torquey, powerful and linear power delivery. Excellent suspension - hit some big jumps and didn't bottom out once. Lightweight - very easy to jump. Taking it easy I seemed to be flying higher and further than ever before SEXY! Awesome Brakes - lifted the back tire at about 120 km/hr Well planted and stable at speed - most stable sumo I have ridden yet Dislikes: Pedals set way too high from factory Gearshift pedal adjustment is a bad joke. Whoever designed that should be beaten to death with a wrench. Runs pretty hot - fan doesn't seem to come on and it pukes up a wee bit of coolant when it gets too hot. FI - small glitch causes idle to not drop back down for several seconds after throttle is closed. Also seems to idle a bit high. Hopefully these things can be solved at the first service. No heat shield on exhaust pipe - melted my nylon riding pants first time out - kinda annoyed about that. My likes are at about 98% right now. I liked the bike from the moment I rode it. I came off an Aprilia SXV 550 which was blindingly fast but a total beast to ride and scary as hell. The 511 SMR is much nicer to ride yet still offers up loads of power and rideability without it trying to kill me constantly.
Awesome bikes. I have a TE511 with 1900 miles on her now and LOVE that machine. Your likes and dislikes are spot on. As for the hanging idle thats in the design, it eliminates the compression braking to a point so you don't get that on / off power jacking feeling. I like it. The JD EFI programmer works wonders for this bike. Even though it seemingly runs good stock it gains major HP and runs far better and is adjustable with it.
To be honest, more power is the last thing I need for this bike. I just came off an SXV 550 and that thing was a BEAST. We do a lot of slower speed hooliganing, jumps and some offroad and big power that comes on suddenly just makes all those things more difficult. The SXV was intoxicating to run through the gears right to redline every time. It would pull like a bastard all the way to the rev limiter. The 511 is quite different in that it feels buzzy on the top end and the power def tapers off up high. Where the 511 shines is acceleration in the midrange. Accelerating a gear too high, the bike feels and sounds fantastic and it really gets up and goes. This is NOT a slow bike. The SXV was an amazing track bike but it didn't like burbling through the streets or normal workaday riding. The 511 is a much better mount for real world riding. The 511 suspension is also much better sorted than the SXV's. I confirmed yesterday that the cooling fan does indeed work which is good. It still pushes a wee bit of coolant out the overflow but at this point I am not overly worried. I figure it was prob just a bit overfull from the factory. I am not a huge fan of the EFI hanging idle. There are lots of times when I want the throttle to drop right down immediately. Basically I want it to do what I tell it to do, not what it wants to do. If I wanted a ride that thought for itself I'd take up equestrian sports. The shift lever adjustment and the unguarded exhaust pipe are criminal acts that Husky should be ashamed of. The pipe guard at least can be easily rectified but I will forever live in fear of breaking that shifter pedal.
The hanging idle thing is supposed to do kinda what a slipper clutch brings to the table. If you don't like it or can;t get used to it maybe our dealer can load a map to get rid of it??? The EFI tuner will add the top end missing from the aprilia and make it smoother to boot. it will allow you to use the top end which right now goes flat. Huge differences. figures might be off due to calibration, conditions and the warn out trials tire but the relationship of the curve done within minutes of each other tell volumes. - Blue is with race map and muffler installed. 33hp - Red is exactly the same but with the JD EFI tuner and adjusted for the right mixture. 45 hp and more everywhere. This is how it feels riding it too.
How do I do that? I don't see a setting for that in the user settings. Weird, I just realized my posts are in black now.
Hopefully you don't mind me asking, but how much did you pay for it and where did you get it? I haven't seen to many out there yet. Possibly a new project for me over the winter.
They are 209 retail, you can get them from us (Motosportz) or JD or other dealers that do JD products.
I was actually wondering about the whole bike? LOL but good to know I can get the tuner from Motosportz.
