Banzai600
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All,
finally got around to getting the ECU flashed on the Super Tenere…..Picked up the bike last week. Just thought I would share my recent upgrade / modification, whatever you want to call it.
I left the bike to a local qualified guy here in Dublin who has good experience with race engines, rebuilds, servicing etc, on all makes of bike. He works for a very reputable company in Dublin city centre and he is one of three ppl id let near any of my bikes. I know him through the bike commuity good few yrs now.
He has recently got software for ECU flashing. He has a good understanding of electronics etc so I was confident in his ability & i know him well enough to be at ease. I asked him to get the data for the tenere which he did.
He has a small workshop at the back of his own house with access to a dyno room in the city. I really didn’t know what to expect re results, but said what the hell anyway.
The bike before it went is was fine, ran a little rich, but has been since I first bought it new in Oct 12. The low down take off was lumpy-ish, 1st – 3rd was flat and midrange was just ok. Im not saying it was all bad but I was happy enough. Its was the way Yamaha had the engine. Petrol consumption was about 43 mpg, not bad, not exceptional either. They are a big bike and the way they come from the factory to meet regs etc choke them to death.
So flash done……
whats it like? Astonishing in a word.
It has completely transformed the bike. Ive got more acceleration, better mpg ( avg 53 mpg at the moment ? - i will confirm next few days ads I fully fuelled up last night ) , better midrange with 10 bhp increase. The first three gears feel almost twice was they used to be re power. They are no longer flat. That restriction is gone. The response from the throttle from take off in 1st – 3rd is very sharp. Pin throttle accuracy and feel.
Midrange on the motorway is great. It was never bad, but a lot more pep now. The bike is ticking over better, sounds different too. He also adjusted the fan temp setting and throttle position. The fly-by-wire remap, rev limit and fuel map. Riding in the city is even easier now, I go through ttraffic the odd time and the throttle and fueling is so smooth from before it was done, makes it even easier now to go v slow without stopping.
The best part of how he carried out this flash, he used the dyno. He didn’t just throw in generic settings like some that flash ecu's. He adjusted the ECU / fuelling etc while the bike was ran on the dyno. Its perfect. So i would imagine this ecu flash could be better as the bike was actually dyno'd while being flashed. It allowed the bike to be adjusted to optimum effect.
If anyone wants their ECU done by this guy, I couldn’t recommend it enough. You will need to post to Dublin though.
The cost will be 330.00 euro for the flash, less post back to you. The 330.00 also inclused o2 sensors. The return post will be an additional 10 euro - tbc. Contact Gary Donohoe on 00 353 87 two nine 6 43 27 or email garydonohue_30@hotmail dot com
I will throw up read-outs when i can get them uploaded later this evening. My bike is bog standard with zero mods to engine or exhaust.
See below details. I will update further later.
Im super happy with the bike. Made a HUGE difference.
finally got around to getting the ECU flashed on the Super Tenere…..Picked up the bike last week. Just thought I would share my recent upgrade / modification, whatever you want to call it.
I left the bike to a local qualified guy here in Dublin who has good experience with race engines, rebuilds, servicing etc, on all makes of bike. He works for a very reputable company in Dublin city centre and he is one of three ppl id let near any of my bikes. I know him through the bike commuity good few yrs now.
He has recently got software for ECU flashing. He has a good understanding of electronics etc so I was confident in his ability & i know him well enough to be at ease. I asked him to get the data for the tenere which he did.
He has a small workshop at the back of his own house with access to a dyno room in the city. I really didn’t know what to expect re results, but said what the hell anyway.
The bike before it went is was fine, ran a little rich, but has been since I first bought it new in Oct 12. The low down take off was lumpy-ish, 1st – 3rd was flat and midrange was just ok. Im not saying it was all bad but I was happy enough. Its was the way Yamaha had the engine. Petrol consumption was about 43 mpg, not bad, not exceptional either. They are a big bike and the way they come from the factory to meet regs etc choke them to death.
So flash done……
whats it like? Astonishing in a word.
It has completely transformed the bike. Ive got more acceleration, better mpg ( avg 53 mpg at the moment ? - i will confirm next few days ads I fully fuelled up last night ) , better midrange with 10 bhp increase. The first three gears feel almost twice was they used to be re power. They are no longer flat. That restriction is gone. The response from the throttle from take off in 1st – 3rd is very sharp. Pin throttle accuracy and feel.Midrange on the motorway is great. It was never bad, but a lot more pep now. The bike is ticking over better, sounds different too. He also adjusted the fan temp setting and throttle position. The fly-by-wire remap, rev limit and fuel map. Riding in the city is even easier now, I go through ttraffic the odd time and the throttle and fueling is so smooth from before it was done, makes it even easier now to go v slow without stopping.
The best part of how he carried out this flash, he used the dyno. He didn’t just throw in generic settings like some that flash ecu's. He adjusted the ECU / fuelling etc while the bike was ran on the dyno. Its perfect. So i would imagine this ecu flash could be better as the bike was actually dyno'd while being flashed. It allowed the bike to be adjusted to optimum effect.
If anyone wants their ECU done by this guy, I couldn’t recommend it enough. You will need to post to Dublin though.
The cost will be 330.00 euro for the flash, less post back to you. The 330.00 also inclused o2 sensors. The return post will be an additional 10 euro - tbc. Contact Gary Donohoe on 00 353 87 two nine 6 43 27 or email garydonohue_30@hotmail dot com
I will throw up read-outs when i can get them uploaded later this evening. My bike is bog standard with zero mods to engine or exhaust.
See below details. I will update further later.
Im super happy with the bike. Made a HUGE difference.
The bike will wheelie in second gear off the throttle, no clutch needed 
