Wanderlust (Also, accepting trims will guarantee that, over time, Autotune will starve your engine for fuel by continually reducing map values for a given RPM.)
Bud (It took awhile for me to eventually determine that the acceptance of trims will indeed lead to an engine running too lean.)
Not arguing,just trying to learn. By what experience or process did you each come to this conclusion? Thanks for the help.
gPink,
I can't be certain but I assume that Wanderlust and I both arrived at our mutual opinions by traveling very similar routes. Because of the lack of guidance provided by the instructions I began with very little idea of what I was doing. Here's a compressed summation of my education provided by being both the student and teacher. Truly a case of the blind leading the blind. I used the supplied AFM tables and after running the bike around and about for a day or two I accepted the trim and this permanently altered the map I was using. Then after riding the bike for a similar length of time and distance I again accepted the trims, thus further altering the map, for the most part at the lower end of the rpm scale. As I did this, the operation of the bike became worse. I would return to the unaltered map and begin again with altered AFM tables. This scenario was repeated a number of times over the course of many months due to the intrusion of throat cancer and the absolutely draconian methods of treatment that really knocks one on his ass. Furthermore, when You don't know if you're going to live through it or not it is difficult to give a damn whether your bike's getting its proper dose of fuel. Once the treatment ceases and strength, clarity of thought and realization of knowing that you actually have a future, the process of fiddling with the C14's fuel/air mixture can resume. Keeping a record of what had been done was helpful in analyzing just what had occurred and how to proceed in a direction that just might lead to the destination desired. Eventually this empirical knowledge led to the conclusion that the use of a properly set up map (the one provided by FuelMoto) was close to what was desired so it was used without alteration and then by letting the Autotune make its adjustments to the mixture as the bike was ridden provided an acceptable conclusion. Then you can alter the AFM table a bit here and there to see if the subtle changes to it correspond to your desire, in my case I wanted better fuel economy as I had a toggle switch to resort to the power map when I wanted to go like a bat out of hell. Empirically, I thus learned how to get the PCV and Autotune dialed in to suit my taste. For those of you who have not read my previous posts, my bike is of '09 vintage, the secondary butterflies have been removed, I use a K&N air filter, a Two Brothers exhaust and stock headers with catalysts and use Amsoil. As we all know, the C14 is as docile as a kitten when putting around town or wickedly fast where it can be given free reign and somehow it handles extremely well in spite of its size and weight. In lieu of its shortcomings, the finished product is exemplary and I commend the people at Kawasaki for designing and producing one hell of a motorcycle for us to use as is or to modify according to our individual tastes and desires until we have a truly finished product that fulfills our individual yearnings.
gPink,
"I'm just along for the ride.
Where are we going and why am I in this basket?"
Could this possibly be an experience similar to the one you may have had that led to your question?
