I have been developing this needle since 2002. I did over 120 test runs to perfect it and so here it is! It has 4 tapers(!) not the single taper from Husaberg. Here are a couple of quotes from a trusted 'jetsperts' who've tried it on their own bikes...
"Been out for a 2 hour blast this afternoon using your needle, what can I say man, I think it is the dogs bollocks, The idle is as steady as a rock, I think best ever, good off the bottom end good mid range, and goes like fudge top end,..... the roll on/roll off is also good, no harshness as I call it.
Have you got a name for it yet?
Not too sure how this needle will fare on gas, so I'll leave it in a while and do some mileage tests.
So on the whole Taff I think you've done an excellent job mate, a needle made for the engine, not a needle made for the carb, if you know what I mean”
Steve ‘Sparks’ Hardaker, Alicante, Spain
“I got my new needle fitted this morning and went out for a blast and wow my 650 feels like a new bike!
Initially I fitted it on clip 5 but the bike didn’t like it (wouldn’t idle and popping and banging) so I lifted it to clip 7, she started 1st kick and idled at a rock steady 2000 rpm so I turned it back down to 1600 rpm which I have never been able to do before (my bike is fairly well tuned with one of Taffy’s top end cams, full Doma titanium system, DNA air filter and a taffy tuned SEM coil, so I have never been able to get my idle below 1800 rpm without it stalling).
Anyway out on the road round my favourite set of twistys the bike was so smooth it felt fuel injected, tried a snap wheelie test in second gear and no bogging whatsoever even though I have completely disabled the accelerator pump and slow speed riding round town in 1st and 2nd gear the bike didn’t get lumpy and splutter just off the throttle like it used to.
And best of all as I joined onto a main A road I gave it a fist full in second and the front lifted so much easier than before, kept it up right through to 5th gear before I had to slow for a corner, I used to have to pull on the bars to do that before but now it wheelies effortlessly (almost too easy
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Top job Taffy and definitely well worth the money”
Craig Willden, Louth, UK