by Paul H Smith
Around the time I met the folks from Lectron, I was having a few too many issues with the carb on my 2015 Suzuki DR650. Although the stock carb worked okay, its factory set-up was way too lean and laggy, and I could never seem to get it adjusted optimally—especially for high-altitude variations or heavy loads. I tried jetting kits and even a “pumper” carb, but the mods simply never ran right; it guzzled gas, required constant fiddling and was an ongoing drain on my wallet from the many failed attempts to get it tuned.
All that misery ended when Lectron sent me one of their new high-performance Gen II* models to test. It came already set up—a direct plug ’n’ play bolt-on. What’s even more impressive is that it’s self-tuning and self-adjusting for variable conditions and altitudes and doesn’t require a mechanic to install. Think of the Lectron like adding the benefits of EFI to your carbureted bike.
The Lectron is sold in kits for specific makes and models of bikes. The kit I received came with a quality throttle replacement cable**. A stock DR650 has the two-cable, push/ pull style, and the Lectron requires only a single cable. And, on the DR650, the Lectron needs to be rotated approximately 10 degrees either port or starboard to accommodate the bike’s upper frame bar. Although there are three manual adjustments, you may never need to use them. So far, I haven’t. You also remove the original choke entirely; the Lectron has its own choke knob built directly on the unit (where I prefer it).