I think it would be wise to do so...
I personally don't muck around with electronics on a vehicle/bike without disconnecting the battery. Considering the cost of an ECU, it's cheap insurance.
That's like completely removing your pants to take a leak ...probably the "safest" way to do it but we don't
If the pants cost $700 and would be completely unusable with just a drop of urine on them and I only had to take a leak once in 5 years, yes I'd completely remove the pants before taking a leak.
If the pants cost $700.......
Perhaps this could be discussed more.....(The lost ECU potential costs, not the wet pants.)
How much are you folks insuring your ECU for when you send it off? Are you using those special anti-static discharge bags or just packing peanuts?
So lets pretend that the ECU is lost in shipment on the way to Steve. To recover, you'd need to get a matched pair of ECU and KIPASS boxes...right? ....or just an ECU? Then the dealer would have to get all the additional on hand passive FOBs programmed and the TPMS sensors would need to be accessed (tires opened up to get the numbers for registration if you haven't got them on record) If we are talking new discounted prices and reasonable dealer service charges it's at least $900.00 right? (Ron Ayers wants $888.35 just for the ECU) Then if it was lost on the return from Steve it would be around a $1200 loss.
Are my number$ right?
I think I insured mine for $900.00 when I sent it to Guhl, but I have no idea how much insurance they purchased for the return trip.
Chances are extremely slim for a loss with all the bar coding and scanners, but accidents happen.
Perhaps this could be discussed more.....(The lost ECU potential costs, not the wet pants.) [...]
How much are you folks insuring your ECU for when you send it off? [...]I think I insured mine for $900.00 when I sent it to Guhl, but I have no idea how much insurance they purchased for the return trip.
I suggest 1200.00 insured coming in, and I insure for 1200.00 going out.
Trust me, there's a significant way to mitigate the cost. if your ecu is lost, buy one from ebay, bring it to the dealer to be ID's with KDS, and you're golden. You'll have hundreds in your pocket. And yes, this system works, we have 2 bikes here with 2 ECU's that work on them, and I will pick up cheap ECU's here or there to have on hand just in case of a loss. Steve
If the pants cost $700 and would be completely unusable with just a drop of urine on them and I only had to take a leak once in 5 years, yes I'd completely remove the pants before taking a leak.
Sent my ECU off Monday to be flashed. Can't wait to find out if it smooths out the throttle as described. I'll report as soon as I can ride it. Weather in Kansas is not conducive to bike rides except on exceptional days. My ECU was already flashed by Guhl and I was happy with the result but wanted to get the throttle reaction tamed down.
I was at the dealership today to price out a Kawasaki Touring seat. While I was there I asked the sevice manager about their position if a customer "hypothetically" had an ecu flash done to his/her bike as far as warranty. He gave me a wink and said that they don't check for that, and that if he figured it could become a warranty sticky point with Kawasaki; a stock flash could be put back in. I am just waiting for Steve's dyno results with the Area P slip on and I think I will pull the trigger. (In January after all the Christmas parcels have cleared the system.)
Take this with a grain of salt.... It is highly unlikely that the dealer can even see that the ECM has been flashed, the factory yes but the dealer no.... I'm looking at getting the ECM in a Mercury 4-Stroke outboard flashed as in my case it can add 45 SAFE HP to my motor and as long as the factory never needs to see the ECM I'm told no dealer will ever be the wiser....