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1998 Yamaha R1 Dyno check and service
One of the first R1s to be registered in the UK – according to the owner – and in lovely condition still. It’s got 26,000 miles on the clock and is wearing a Dyna-Mite underseat exhaust. The owner bought it in for an interim (fluids) service, a new chain & sprocket kit and a run-up [...]
Ducati 888 cam belt swap
People do worry about what can go wrong with Ducatis – especially older ones like this 888 – but a lot of the time their fears are unfounded. The big issues, on a bike like this which is used fairly regularly, is to keep on top of changing the oil and filter, and to have [...]
2010 Honda Fireblade Power Commander PC V fit and set-up
We supplied and fitted the K&N air filter and Power Commander PC V for this 2010 Honda Fireblade. Before that stage though, we had to go through the bike and sort out all the emissions equipment; including blocking off the PAIR valve and replacing the lambda sensor with an 02 Eliminator Kit. Building a custom [...]
2008 Honda Fireblade Power Commander fit and Dyno set-up
The owner of this Blade had done all of the mods – the right ones – himself; removed the PAIR valve and the flaps in the air intake, but bought his bike in with a boxed Power Commander for us to fit and set-up. Short and sweet – we did the job on a Saturday [...]
Ducati 916 Power Commander fit and set-up
The chap who owns this Ducati 916 also has a 999S, but prefers this model for trackdays, so bought it over the winter. He’d rebuilt the engine, and wanted us to fit and set-up a Power Commander on the Dyno (these older Dukes really need PCs, as the ECU map is not really quite so [...]
Honda CBR1000RR full Arata system & Power Commander fit, Dyno and set-up
This Fireblade’s owned by a customer we’ve done work for before – he dropped it in recently for a whole day of our time to fit a trunkload of goodies. He’d been lucky to get hold of an Arata full exhaust system, and we fitted it plus a K&N air filter and Power Commander PC [...]
KTM 990 SMT full ECU remap and Dyno set-up
The owner of this KTM travelled a long way to bring it to us. It was fitted with Quill cans and when we took it out for a test ride all the familiar faults were there in abundance – it was snatchy off the bottom, wouldn’t hold a constant throttle in traffic (perhaps the most [...]
2005 Aprilia Tuono Power Commander set-up
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
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
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 [...]
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2010 Triumph Sprint ECU Reprogram
The issues with this bike mainly concern power and power delivery off the bottom especially two-up. It’s been back to the dealer and had the latest factory tune, but the owner wants a little more. First job? Isolate the Lambda sensor and cap off the emissions unit. The bike was then put on the Dyno and we reprogrammed the stock ECU; fuelling at the bottom end has been richened up, taking away the ‘hunting’ snatchiness. Fuelling all the way through the rev range has been optimized and the ignition curve trimmed.
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2009 Yamaha R1 Road to Race
To upgrade to race spec we’ve fitted an Öhlins rear shock and MCT have modded the front forks. The engine’s been out and we’ve adjusted the cam timing, ported and skimmed the cylinder head and we’re fitting a set of BSD Performance adjustable bellmouths. It’s also having a YEC race loom and ECU, plus quickshifter.
