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Seabass
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FZ1 re-mapped
Well what can I say, bit the bullet and had the FZ1's ECU re-mapped on Tuesday 4th June 2013 at Hilltop Motorcycles in Earl Shilton with a guy called Geoff.
Arrived at 9:30am and felt excited about the whole day wondering what the FZ will kick out once Geoff had worked his magic. He was telling me that he's been tuning Kawasaki BSB bikes, including the likes of Shakey Byrne, Chris Walker and Michael Rutter including a few others. This only filled me with confidence.
First issue of the day though was finding out that because I have a California model bike (found this out about a week or so after buying it) it doesn't have a diagnostic port (something to do with emissions laws in the state of California I think, which means Yamaha have installed a wiring loom in the California model which prevents "tampering" with the ECU via the diagnostic port) Geoff said this wasn't an issue though, it just meant that he needed to remove the ECU and re-map it directly.
Any way Geoff ran the bike on his dyno and the results were, at the rear wheel, 122.12HP and 63.15lb/ft torque
2nd run once Geoff had worked his magic was 146.82HP and 75.14lb/ft
Final run was 147.46HP and 75.22lb/ft torque at the rear wheel!
The ride back I can only descibe as phenomenal! Not only is the bike massively more powerful EVERYWHERE, including the low down torque, there is absolutely NO throttle snatch, the throttle now does exactly what I want it to, super smooth and responsive, and the sound (as the baffle is now out) is nothing short of incredible!)
Any way here are some pics of the runs, which as you probably know only show part of the benefits of an ECU re-map, but we all like graphs don't we!
Graph 1 - 1st run
Graph 2 - 2nd run
Graph 3 - 3rd and final run
Graph 4 - Air fuel ratio, which looks nigh on perfect
He also said something about the ECU improving slightly more as I use the bike, as the ECU effectively learns as the bike is used, and he said don't be surprised if I gain another 5-6HP on top of what the bike is producing now, so a potential 152-153HP at the rear for a "sport tourer" ain't bad if I do say so myself!
Well what can I say, bit the bullet and had the FZ1's ECU re-mapped on Tuesday 4th June 2013 at Hilltop Motorcycles in Earl Shilton with a guy called Geoff.
Arrived at 9:30am and felt excited about the whole day wondering what the FZ will kick out once Geoff had worked his magic. He was telling me that he's been tuning Kawasaki BSB bikes, including the likes of Shakey Byrne, Chris Walker and Michael Rutter including a few others. This only filled me with confidence.
First issue of the day though was finding out that because I have a California model bike (found this out about a week or so after buying it) it doesn't have a diagnostic port (something to do with emissions laws in the state of California I think, which means Yamaha have installed a wiring loom in the California model which prevents "tampering" with the ECU via the diagnostic port) Geoff said this wasn't an issue though, it just meant that he needed to remove the ECU and re-map it directly.
Any way Geoff ran the bike on his dyno and the results were, at the rear wheel, 122.12HP and 63.15lb/ft torque
2nd run once Geoff had worked his magic was 146.82HP and 75.14lb/ft
Final run was 147.46HP and 75.22lb/ft torque at the rear wheel!
The ride back I can only descibe as phenomenal! Not only is the bike massively more powerful EVERYWHERE, including the low down torque, there is absolutely NO throttle snatch, the throttle now does exactly what I want it to, super smooth and responsive, and the sound (as the baffle is now out) is nothing short of incredible!)
Any way here are some pics of the runs, which as you probably know only show part of the benefits of an ECU re-map, but we all like graphs don't we!
Graph 1 - 1st run
Graph 2 - 2nd run
Graph 3 - 3rd and final run
Graph 4 - Air fuel ratio, which looks nigh on perfect
He also said something about the ECU improving slightly more as I use the bike, as the ECU effectively learns as the bike is used, and he said don't be surprised if I gain another 5-6HP on top of what the bike is producing now, so a potential 152-153HP at the rear for a "sport tourer" ain't bad if I do say so myself!
