Archive for March, 2012

2005 Aprilia Tuono Power Commander set-up

Posted March 27th, 2012 in Aprilia, ECU Remap, Power Commander.

This 2005 Aprilia Tuono came into us with a Power Commander PC III already fitted. It was running terribly, and using petrol like water… Our experience with these particular Aprilias – Tuonos and RSVs – has taught us that the generic Power Commander map, while it did a great job on the bike it was [...]

Ducati S2 1000R Monster(s) full ECU remap and Dyno set-up

Posted March 23rd, 2012 in Ducati, ECU Remap.

A brace of Ducati S2 1000R Monsters bought up from London, by two competitive riding mates. Both were in for full ECU remapping and Dyno set-up, but were set up differently, one with Arrow cans and the other with Mivv. As yet we’ve never seen a Mivv system make any gains or work well in [...]

Honda CB1300 16,000 mile service

Posted March 19th, 2012 in Honda, Road Bikes, Servicing.

A 16,000 mile service – according to the official Honda schedule – doesn’t really comprise of much, basically valve clearances. But we take a slightly different view, and went through this CB1300 from stem to stern. All the fluids were changed (brake fluid does lose its performance after a few years, and although slight is [...]

Yamaha FZ1 Power Commander PC III Dyno & set-up

Posted March 16th, 2012 in ECU Remap, Yamaha.

This bike came to us with a Power Commander PC III that the owner had purchased – and also a stubby exhaust can. It was noisy, we’ll give it that; when we ran it on the Dyno we had to put a baffle in it just so our ears wouldn’t bleed… The pipe with baffle [...]

Kawasaki ZX-10R Power Commander problem

Posted March 14th, 2012 in Kawasaki, Power Commander.

This 2004 Kawasaki ZX-10R came in with an intermittent running fault that dropped it onto three cylinders. It had been in and out of the supplying dealer on numerous occasions, with no result, so in the end made its way to us. We did some simple tests to confirm that the problem was a real [...]

1992 Yamaha FZR1000 EXUP Dyno run

Posted March 12th, 2012 in On the Dyno, Rare Groove, Yamaha.

A proper blast from the past; a 1992 Yamaha FZR1000 EXUP that’s owned by a chap who’s doing an all-encompassing motorcycling course at Merton college down in London. Part of his studies is to get a Dyno graph and explain it – so he (quite rightly…) thought he might as well get his own bike [...]

Honda VTR1000 upright handlebar fitment

Posted March 9th, 2012 in Honda, Road Bikes.

It’s not all engine tuning and ECU remapping here – sometimes it’s the simple things that customer’s need doing to their bikes that can make all the difference to their riding enjoyment. This Honda VTR1000 is a case in point; the chap who owns it has been a customer of ours for several years and [...]

KTM 990 SMT full ECU remap and Dyno set-up

Posted March 7th, 2012 in ECU Remap, KTM.

A KTM 990 SMT with a real road trip ahead of it… to South Africa! The customer who owns it phoned up, and went through the list of things he didn’t like about it, all the usual stuff; snatchy on/off throttle response and holding a constant throttle in traffic was tricky. He’d been to his [...]

Suzuki GSX-R1000K5 crankcase swap

Posted March 5th, 2012 in Race Bikes, Suzuki.

Sometimes life just isn’t fair; the owner of this Suzuki GSX-R1000K5 club races it but had to bring it in to us so we could the swap crankcases over. Why, you might say? Because of the legacy that surrounds club racing, of a lot of stolen bikes and parts being used, a lot of clubs [...]

Suzuki GSX-R1000K3 replacement engine Dyno set-up

Posted March 1st, 2012 in Race Bikes, Suzuki, Workshop Tips.

A bit of a sad tale surrounds this Suzuki GSX-R1000K3 trackbike, which is owned by a good customer of ours, who’s been coming to us for years. Anyway, he blew up the engine in fairly major style and decided that the cheaper option was to source and slot in a replacement motor rather than rebuild [...]