Marc Pondick in Alabama
Hay Dale and family, i would like to thank you and your wife for the great service and equipment. i first bought some bandit 1200 stuff back in 02.in in 06 i got a strom 1000 and was very excited to see that u were into them also. am very pleased with all the parts i have gotten. brake lines,seat,rearset mounts ,TFI tuning box , fender extender. all worked and fit as said perfect! the TFI tuning box was a great improvement over the Power Commander box i started out with.(not everybody is a computer geek) your box settings (sshhh)were right on the money.pulls hard all over the rpm range, very nice.looking foward to the next bike u can help me hop up
Esast Bernard (Texas)
Hi Dale
I am compelled to say thank you for salvaging my DL 1000.
I purchased my 2005 DL 1000 in 2006 with 1300 miles on the Odometer. It now has 42000 miles and is a dream to ride thanks to you.
It has been to Alaska, all over the western US plus one trip to MO and IL. When I purchased the bike I took it to the local Suzuki dealer, because it suffered from the jerks, and if you stopped quickly and didn't feather the throttle it would die. Yes it would DIE! In fact it has been setting for the past Year and 7 Months. I didn't ride it. I would pull it out of my shop and run the engine until it warmed up then put it back in the shop. It was so bad the suzuki dealer replaced both Cam drive chains because they streched do to the jerking. Then a good friend told me he put new mufflers and a ECM device to correct the JERKS! Being a skeptical person I said sure, jerks have become the norm. Then he handed me the keys. WOW was I surprised. I could slow it down to 2000 rpm in 6th gear and slowly accelerate with no jerking and the power was great plus it didn't die!. With that I ordered your Holeshot slip-on mufflers and the miracle ECM TFI modifier. I installed the Mufflers, BD Busters, and the ECM TFI modifier. Installed your settings and took it around the block. I live in the country and it is 5 miles around my block. Then Sunday I proceeded to put 350 miles on My new DL 1000 V Strom with 42,00 miles on the clock. It was a great ride!
Thank You Mr. Dale Walker for salvageing my 2005 DL 1000.
Kevin
Hi Dale
I'd like to thank you for your prompt service and excellent product. On Jan 17th I ordered your Holeshot/Corbin seat for my 08 V Strom. I flew from my home in Canada to Phoenix on the 18th, where my bike was, seat was delivered on the 19th. Over the next 6 days i rode 2000 miles and can describe the seat as AWESOME! Thanks again for service and great seat.
David (Mobile AL)
Hello Dale
I installed the Holeshot slip-ons, TFI tuning box with your tune up, 16t sproket, Cont. tires, and fork brace - the bike is transformed!! Oh, my GAWD!! What a difference! Why it doesn't come from the factory this way is a mystery.
Thank you for everything
Jer (Seattle, WA)
Thanks Dale for designing such a comfortable replacement seat for my 2009 DL650A & DL 1000 . After 1,000 around town "break-in" miles for the new seat, finally took it on a two-day 18 hours in the saddle trip and it performed MUCH BETTER than expected! Lots of twisties confirmed the improved handling of sitting "inside" allowing the hips to do a lot of the work - plus the narrower profile near the tank got the legs snugged in very well. Handling also improved with a lower center of gravity from the 1" drop in height (plus 1" with lowering links). Top rate construction and finish make for one fine (and COMFORTABLE!) ride.
Much thanks for many miles to come.
Tom Wrote:
Hi there Dale!
Just wanted to say thanks for the raditor guard and mirror extenders for my Suzuki DL1000. They fit and look GREAT! Your service was excellent and website was very good to work with. My buddy and I leave on May 25th for a ride to Alaska. After all the prep and working out the details the fun will begin soon. Thanks again for everything.
Einar in Iceland wrote:
Dear Dale
Enclosed some pictures of my V Strom ´'special comby´´. I had to adopt the back to the top of the GIVI box and make/install lether coverd adoptrs in the aft corners of the arms.
As informed I together with my wife have tryed the Holeshot seat togeter with the arms in a small trip in the city and it is perfect. When I am driving alon I can take of the GIVE hard box by unlocking with a key and by pusing one button.
I can alos uncrew the arms from the hard box and install a small rubber back rest on the box, which covers the support holes for the arms.
The Suzuki V Strom is a grate turing bike, but my wife hve been asking for arms after se saw a Honda Gold wing. I have been looking for arms on the tail box for over a year. Now my wifeis happy with the Suzuki and dos´t menton the Honda Goldwing any moor.
Best regards
jason wrote:
Dale--
I just wanted to drop you a note regarding the Dobeck TFI box in my
2002 DL 1000 V-Strom.
First off, let me say the bike hasn't run as well since I bought it
three years ago. Thank you for that. I just returned from a long
weekend trip on the bike which is the first extended ride with the
box hooked up. Prior to putting the box in I was having severe
back fire issues on decel. Far too much air. While the bike was
"filleted", it had the spark plugs replaced, throttle bodies synced
and ECU set to within stock settings.
After riding the bike on day one of my excursion, I adjusted the
second (yellow--low end/mid range) pod to the four o'clock setting
as it was dragging as I would accelerate. This helped
tremendously, as I have the secondary butterflies removed, a K&N
air filter and Laser Duo Tone titanium exhaust on the bike and it
breathes very easily. I look forward to many long journeys on the
motorbike now. Thank you once again for your help in getting my
bike to "fun to ride" status!
Bradley Weeks:
I wanted to thank you for the service you supplied on the phone
when I placed the order the other day, My pipes arrived on Friday
and I did the install on Sunday. The only thing I would add to your
online instructions for the tfi install is the use of real small
channel locks to get the plugs off the tb. Aside from that the
install way smooth as silk. I fired up the bike with the settings
you sent and OMG, I LOVE IT! My friend who owns an SV has given me
grief about the factory pipes but no more. The sound, power, and
over all fun factor that your product has produced is worth more
than I can say.
Thank you very much!
Greg (Clermont, FL) wrote:
One of the minor problem areas of the Suzuki V-Strom is the narrowness of
the mirrors. Whereas the image is clear and the size of the mirror is great, they are placed to close together and the rider's shoulders block part of the view.
Dale's mirror extensions are the solution. They both raise and spread the
mirrors for a much better rear view. The clarity of the stock Suzuki mirrors remains while the installation is straightforward. These extensions make for a clean installation. I am very happy with the results.
Proctor Willson, (Paris, TN):
Dale,
I want to tell you how much I like your bar risers for the DL1000 and how much more comfortable it is to ride the bike with them installed. They really do help make the bike much more pleasant to ride and they are the only risers that I have seen that really look like they were really made for the bike and not an "add-on". The riser kit is a very good product.
I also want to thank you for the great customer service that you provided. When I had a problem with the installation we talked on the phone and your good instruction made the job easy. It was a pleasure to buy your product.
Thanks again.
Dick Savidge:
Dear Dale,
A couple of wks. ago you sold me a set of exhaust pipes for my V-Strom 1000. I want you to know....THEY ARE THE GREATEST!!!
I am glad that you are a fan of the V-Strom. Please continue to develop new gear for that wonderful bike.
Have a great day!
Chad:
Great job Dale, those pipes are the best on the market for the VStrom. Beautiful craftsmanship, great sound, and awsome perfomance!!! You guys were also super to deal with, and thanks for getting the pipes out so soon as I had requested... Very cool!! Keep developing great new products for this great bike.
fletcher clark (mississippi):
Dale,
I have just done the install of the TFI on my 06 DL1000. I am running a K&N airfilter and Scorpion cans. Before I did the install the bike was stumling and coughing back thru the breather at low to mid-range rpms. The change made to the bike is truly amazing! This addition and changing my sprocket gearing are the two best things that I've done to the bike.
The install was very heads-up and the initial settings seem to be just right.
Howard Bonser (Colorado Springs):
Dale,
Thanks for all the help dialing in my DL1K3 with the Dobeck TFI unit. Using your settings, my V-Strom 1000 has smoothed out in the areas where the V-Strom’s are notorious to have problems. Right off idle it gets going in 1st gear much more smoothly and rolling on after upshifts is smooth now, without the snatchiness I had before. The big thing I have seen is 6th gear is very useable (doesn’t feel like it’s straining when rolling on at 70 mph) now at the speeds I run on the Interstate here in Colorado. It will pull from a lower rpm without the strain in the other gears as well. I played with the settings on my own, but ended right back where you started me.
The difference is very real.
With all that said, my gas mileage has stayed right in the mid-40’s.
You have always been right in telling me exactly how much better my bikes will feel once I am done the work. Keep in mind I haven’t even put on the 16T front sprocket or slip-ons…
Anyone that wants to improve their DL 1000 has to trust you and Holeshot Performance. I know I have the best running bike possible and the personal advice and help won’t be found elsewhere.
Cheers back at you, Dale.
