Would be interesting to know the difference after the bits were replaced?
The difference is astonishing. I'd gone to a bit of trouble shortly after I got the bike to smooth out the rough low-throttle response which seems to be characteristic of STs. I had a Bazzaz ZFI installed, and got myself a silky smooth throttle response on low throttle and all the way down to idling revs. That silky smoothness that I paid so much for is now back
It now also idles nicely whether hot or cold. Plus, I think the fuel consumption is back to 'normal' as in 5-ish l/100k rather than 6-ish, although probably a bit early to tell for sure. It had been chewing extra gas for some time, so this might save me some dollars on our upcoming Melbourne trip.
Mind you there were two issues coz they also balanced the bodies and said they were way out. The last time they were balanced was at 12k, and now i'm at 42k.