Guys, I don’t know if you've seen this new page on Ivans site:
http://www.ivansperformanceproducts.com/ZG1400.htmHis tuning philosophy and approach is listed on this page on his site.
http://ivansperformanceproducts.com/ecu.htmLots of good info here. and the engine is smooth as silk.
His Concours 14 reflash is now available. I know many of us who are using his Ninja 1000 flash have waited a long time for this.
Fueling and driveability is flawless and the engine is smooth as silk from idle up to its "new and improved" redline. Make no mistake, this bike now feels like a 1400.
Engine response is instant, silky smooth, light and revvy just as you would expect a first class tune to be.
My wife and I took the concours up to one of the local ski resorts.
It’s not much of a distance ride, but you gain elevation like crazy.
We start at my house which is 4500ft and finish at 10,500ft @ 30 miles
later. I’ve had the bike up there before with original programming, and it was about halfway a
mess at the high altitude. Especially the on/off throttle. Her helmet was
constantly smacking mine.
With Ivan’s tuning, the bike was awesome up there. Of course, power dropped off, but the
character was still there and driveability remained flawless.
Another welcome change is how the bike is in traffic.
You cannot imagine how the traffic is on the highway leading to Idaho on 8-20-17 , and the
people who are going to watch the eclipse. There’s only one road to get
to Idaho, and sadly, I had to be on it.
The fan kicks on sooner. 195 degrees on, 186, off. On the 08, that is
huge. Previously, I’ve stopped for fuel when I only had 2 gallons left,
just to cool the tank. No need for that, now. It gets warm, but I’ve
had it to the point where I was scared it would ignite when the bike was
stock."
I haven’t tested it for mileage yet because I’ve been having too much fun with it, but I will offer some mileage figures soon within the next week or so.
When discussing the Concours flash with Ivan, he informed me that it was developed with “on the road” as well as extensive time on his dyno.
More than a year was invested in this bike reverse engineering the ecus for all the generations of C14’s, as well as the purchase of a brand new 2017 model for the tuning part of it, and also borrowing a 2008 model to transfer the work into and test before offering it for sale to us.
A sizeable investment of time and money to say the least.
I don’t work for Ivan, and I pay full price for any work that he does for me.
He has been tuning motorcycles for a living for more than 30 years, and has been in many of the magazines over the years for his abilities.
After riding my ninja 1000 that he re-flashed, as well as a friend’s fz09, this is the person I choose to tune my bikes.
It is because of this, and his very thorough approach to all facets of his products is why I choose his work.
Ivan is away until September 5th, but will be ready to go, after that.