From my post #126
After 10 days of ...... weather round here I got my first chance for a short ride since installing the 'cruise and tune' map.
It was just a short commute into town but it showed that the fueling in this base map was the same as before the re-flash which is both expected and comforting.
But cruise is really really cool ! It's just really neat to bang the button and have someone(thing) else watching your speed for you. Really cool when you get that numb hand/wrist caused by not enough speed and you need to take a break to shake out the right hand. Really cool when you need both hands for a second to pull up the zip in your jacket or fasten your collar. Just made slow speed riding a whole lot nicer!
Snow rain and sleet forecast to sea level for the next few days so will have to wait again before I can test the new trims and the AFR logging.
TAFN
As for the tuning I only have early impressions at this point but am very happy so far. The software update goes just like the instructions say. As per a previous post some patience is necessary. 2 uploads of the same file are necessary, 1st time seems to unlock the ecu, 2 time loads the firmware.
The base upload has no changes to the maps hence no change to performance. Map/performance changes are contained in trim files which can be loaded into ECU RAM memory for a single key on cycle, OR made permanent by applied them to an ECU firmware file and then red lashing the ECU with that file.
To date due to ...... weather round here I have only made one ride (balls out) with a trim loaded in memory. These are my impressions:
I took Pani for a quick blast yesterday and came away with a very positive impression, seemed a good deal cleaner down low, less fluffiness, warmer and more open and free revving if that makes sense. Torque curve feels better into the mid range and in low gears it feels like the twist grip is directly linked to the rear axle ie the more you twist the grip the more the front wheel twists into the sky!
On the whole I feel the bike is faster to ride and a little bit less 'animal'. A definite improvement over the racing up map even with the Termi slips.
I took coffee at the far end of my ride and the trim fell back to standard as I expected and the ride went back to standard fussiness confirming my impressions.
As for the bundled software, it's quite user friendly and I have the impression that it will yield results on a dyno quite efficiently. I think the real time fuelling adjustments are quite an advantage in this regard.