You know Max, the more I learn, the less I agree with that. The fact is that there are 2 factory tunes, and one is much better than the other (nod to Eco)
Eeew, the factory ECO tune is horrible for power, though... and doesn't do anything to help with the responsiveness.
also, I don't see how the restrained secondary flies were necessary to epa regulations.
The restrained flies had exactly the same feel as my last bike, ZRX, with what they did to the carbs. The jet kit fixed it. My friend (the master mechanic) said they do that to all bikes, and it is related to emissions, somehow. My researched concurs. Although I know that is not all of the story. Many speculate the restrictiveness of the flies was also to control noise (and they certainly do) and to mute some of the pull-off power intentionally (probably some stupid attempt at preventing some rider from freaking about how much power there is).
This ecu is not as capable as some of the denso units kawasaki uses, and I'm of the mind that some of the lousy tuning and restrained secondaries was to overcome other issues with the ecu's capability. Yeah, I got around it, but it didn't come easily. Steve
I don't think the Kawasaki engineers are incompetent or incapable, just perhaps constrained by many factors, including trying to err on caution on lots of fronts (in addition to regulations and such). Regardless of how it got that way (and still remains after 10 years of this model) I am glad people like you worked hard to help unleash what the C14 can really do!!