I took a vote, and all of the people that paid for the bike thought it sucked, so I changed it. And I like it a lot better now.
Believe me, I tried it. I would apply rear brake only and then, midcorner it would put on some front and the forks would dive and upset the bike. It's so much better for ME now.
I am finally able to comment more, I have had various issues and not ridden a lot.
It's way faster and smoother. Not sure how much the slip on added and I don't mean power, it just feels more nimble because it lost so much weight from high and to the rear.
I nearly had it get away from me last night. I was passing 2 cars on a country road (individually). Went around the first guy, no problem. Stayed in the left lane to see farther so as to decide if I could make the 2nd pass. A car popped up over the hill but it was a ways off, so I could do it but I needed to be aggressive. I was doing maybe 60 or so, in 3rd gear, so I was right around 5k or so, square in the meat of the power. I pinned it and it accelerated so hard from just behind the truck to in front that I had to really get it over and get on the brakes. The person I was heading towards was an old lady, it turned out, so she was super cautious and pulled over a bit. Also, I think that my headlights influenced her a tad as they are 55W HID and are 'surface of the sun' bright. But it turned out riskier than I had planned because of the level of acceleration, it reduced my closing time more than I expected. The road was crowned too, so the whole thing went from 'fun pass' to 'sketchy pass' in a hurry.
The true test is Sunday. My riding buddy/road trip pal has a 2011 Multistrada. We rode together maybe 5 weeks ago, way warm for that time of the year so we blew off things we should have been doing and rode 200 miles of twisties. This is all pretty far out in the sticks and it's between cornfields that are not up yet (getting to the twisties), so it's an ideal spot to drag race. We raced multiple times, all rolling in first gear at moderate rpm so that getting off the line wouldn't come into play. We must have done it 5x, from 15 mph to 100+, dead even every single time. Somebody got a bit better jump each time but once we both got to WOT, the gap never changed. So we ride this Sunday, same roads, we'll see how it does. This really is the best test imaginable on how much top end difference the flash made.
I am interested in how your bike performed against the 2011 Multistrada after the ecu flash on your Sunday ride?
It seemed to dead even AGAIN,[...]But a Multistrada has nearly as much HP and it weighs less than 500 lbs[...] We have Sena's, so we will both pin it on the count of 3.
Here's a little something to whet your appetite. It's me leaving a light and heading down toward the river, going across the Illinois River from east to west from East Peoria into Peoria proper.
It seemed to dead even AGAIN, but he pulled his plug from his exhaust. It wasn't an apples to apples comparison, we both changed, me with the flash and him with the exhaust change. Honestly, I was surprised I hung with him the first time. I had the Guhl flash but that doesn't matter when you're shifting at redline.Quote
So now I'm confused... do you have the Shoodaben flash or Guhl's flash? Steve
I would be really interested to see how much actual increase there is in performance with the ECU flash against a standard bike in terms of acceleration.
So now I'm confused... do you have the Shoodaben flash or Guhl's flash? Steve
You are like I am- slow and cautious start, THEN I open it Just call me chicken.
Acid Trip
Question for Steve, regarding ECU flash. I was wanting to know how and if you do calculate the ARF ratio in regards to the "Ram air effect" at higher speeds.