Why wouldn't it ? after all the narrow band lambda has NARROW range of adjustment which is set to be 14.7:1 and precisely at that point of adjustment, there is a voltage value 0-1 (0 to 1000 millivolts) and also a resistance value. It just doesn't have the range of Wide band lambda sensor.
What RB does with the factory O2 sensor is something none of the competitors have been able to do , why not use something that is already part of your closed loop system? instead of cutting it off.
Back to the subject, RB reads and converts that value as if it was 13.2:1 so why would you care what it is, if you have a bike with an O2 sensor that is programmed to work around 13.2:1 ratio (again this can be changed). If all bikes came with an O2 sensor just to do that? we wouldn't need any tuners
RB perfectly modulates the amount of injection by monitoring stock O2 sensors voltage and the resistance , if we think about it , it is not all that complicated. We always talk about AFR numbers but in reality all ecu receives is voltage and resistance value changes and each value has a meaning in the ECU programming .
A few weeks ago I went to the race track with Ljuice and one other customer who rides a 1098 race bike. since we have installed MWR wsbk filter on Leon's bike, I wanted to see the changes, it took 2 sessions for RB to make corrections (each session is 20 minutes and probably about 8-10 laps) after the 2nd session the changes in the correction maps nearly nothing, so I didn't even need to adjust anything. And the track is PBIR which has almost a mile long fast back straight away.
Now the 1098 race bike , we installed RB EVO along with 2 My Tuning bike Modules and the bike already has a nemesis ecu that was supposedly tune by a famous tuner in S. Flo. we also installed MWR race filters (by the way , our choice of filter) . And we rode the bike about the shop before installation and it was so far off , previously the owner did a track day right after he bought the bike at the same track and the bike would not pull at all on that back straight.
So , back to the track day, it took some convincing to have Leon ride the 1098 ( don't know why
but he hated that bike ) he did 4 laps on it came back to the pits and I looked at the correction map and the tuner did absolutely nothing with the rear cylinder , since those bikes have an O2 sensor bung on the front cylinder header , the only thing that was near perfect was wide open throttle front cylinder , rear was extremely lean and the front cylinder was damping fuel except for the wide open part. I excepted the changed and the next session Leon went out for 4 laps again but this time it really took some serious convincing because he again hated almost everything about the poor bike . he came back and we looked at the correction again , we were getting closer now much less than 10% of changes and the owner was amazed. Leon didn't go out again in this bike , Don't know why
but the point is ones we bring the AFR back in to the adjustable range , we leave it alone , let the RB work in the background.
Same thing for the Panigale with or without the My tuning bike modules, that is why we tell people ride it at least 200-250 miles and except the changes, then don't mess with it again , there is no need , reason we do that is , every bike is different and no matter how well of a base map you build, it it wasn't done on your bike , you will never be close to being perfect (hello famous ECU flashers , I hope they read this! ) .
Even here at the shop most of our Panigale customers that have the RB installed, we always compare their maps and corrections, not one is the same as the other even with the same mods.
The only downside is with the narrow band sensors, RB keeps logging and keeps logging until it has accumulated enough data then starts to correct, most of the time where we don't spend too much time in the areas, you won't see much of changes yet , this is due to RB not jumping in and making immediate changes without learning the frequency of the signal.
Just think about what you have to do to Panigale to get the PCV + ignition module + auto tune.
You need :
PCV
Igntion module
1 dual channel Auto tune device
ECU flash
18mm O2 sensor bungs welded in the header pipes (which by the way you are very limited of space unless you have full termi already installed.
Now we all know , that is no secret, PCV can NOT do anything below 6000RPM and 19% throttle.
After installing the PCV + ignition module and getting the O2 sensor bungs welded, you need an ECU flash to be able to adjust the closed loop are and again if you can't do that, tuning is useless since most of Panigale problems are down low , correct?
let's say you got all that done, the Ignition module needs to be mapped (how good is it if you have bunch of zero values in the cells)
and according to Dynojet, you still need to dyno tune / check the bike in order to establish your base map and when this is done happily ever after, they recommend disconnection it (not too sure about his one but I did read it somewhere just can find it now) , I still don't know why and how would the bike know how to adjust? please note: I am not bashing any product, these are simple facts.
Alright, lets say you have done all of that and you are happy with the set up and
As of right now you have total of 3 boxes of electronics and a wiring spaghetti on the bike, were was all that fitted? would an average guy go thru with all that?
With Rapid Bike, you have a wiring harness and the module itself. $845 retail
free shipping
vs $1160 + ECU flash + dyno tuning and shop labor?
RB can be installed in 2-2.5 hours all day long by a technician who is familiar with the bike and you are done, I can guarantee you a worry free ride. and your bike has not been tortured on the dyno.
RB ignition maps are modification specific , each base map has its own ignition map as well. Map switch can be added in order to have to maps with different afr settings.
