Holeshot Performance, Inc.

DL-1000 V-Strom Owner Testimonials
(From talk lists & Holeshot e-mail)

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.


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