Mark Hooton
Cymarcbikeparts
+1
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
RapidBike EASY - initial thoughts
- Thread starter eisen77
- Start date
eisen77
Registered user
Hi.
I thought it correct to update the group regarding the RapidBike.
It is still doing everything it says on the box and is probably one of the best mods i have on the bike.
HOWEVER come MOT time, if emissions are checked - the bike will FAIL cause of this module.
I had my first Spanish ITV (equivalent of the UK MOT)a few weeks ago and out of interest, i checked the gases at a friends garage a few hours before my appointment. The bike was WAY over the prescribed 0.1% polluting gases allowed. It was showing 6.5 on the machine. So obviously that would have been an instant & total fail.
We quickly unplugged the RapidBike and it still showed the same emissions readings. Luckily i had my GS911 with me. Only after clearing the Lambda error codes (that the RapidBike always gives when it was plugged in & working) did the gas test go back to normal.
So, moral of the story: If your country tests for emissions, make sure you disconnect the module, clear the error codes, use some kind of catalytic converter cleaner which you can pour into the fuel tank and make sure the bike is HOT when the tester shoves the testing stick down the exhaust.
I passed my ITV, but next time i will prepare my bike in good time!
I thought it correct to update the group regarding the RapidBike.
It is still doing everything it says on the box and is probably one of the best mods i have on the bike.
HOWEVER come MOT time, if emissions are checked - the bike will FAIL cause of this module.
I had my first Spanish ITV (equivalent of the UK MOT)a few weeks ago and out of interest, i checked the gases at a friends garage a few hours before my appointment. The bike was WAY over the prescribed 0.1% polluting gases allowed. It was showing 6.5 on the machine. So obviously that would have been an instant & total fail.
We quickly unplugged the RapidBike and it still showed the same emissions readings. Luckily i had my GS911 with me. Only after clearing the Lambda error codes (that the RapidBike always gives when it was plugged in & working) did the gas test go back to normal.
So, moral of the story: If your country tests for emissions, make sure you disconnect the module, clear the error codes, use some kind of catalytic converter cleaner which you can pour into the fuel tank and make sure the bike is HOT when the tester shoves the testing stick down the exhaust.
I passed my ITV, but next time i will prepare my bike in good time!
Mark Hooton
Cymarcbikeparts
without doubt!
Hi fella, appreciate the update (as I`m sure do all of us) and I`m totally convinced that you are right in every word - as Euro4 makes its mark and our bikes are made to run leaner and leaner anything we do to return the bikes to a better, more efficient AFR will get screwed over
It`s not a time to get on my soapbox (so I won`t) but yes, any mods we do to our bikes we must remove before testing, ensuring that all resets are done to acheive a pass!
Good post fella
Hi fella, appreciate the update (as I`m sure do all of us) and I`m totally convinced that you are right in every word - as Euro4 makes its mark and our bikes are made to run leaner and leaner anything we do to return the bikes to a better, more efficient AFR will get screwed over
It`s not a time to get on my soapbox (so I won`t) but yes, any mods we do to our bikes we must remove before testing, ensuring that all resets are done to acheive a pass!
Good post fella
Have I missed something? I didn't think emissions are part of the MOT for bikes
Not in the UK yet, think the word is yet though
These sound good... are they just plug and play? had AF-XIED on my last bike, so is it a similar thing?
Just not sure about the CAT flush before the MOT.. are we saying running at 13.5 clogs / damages the Cat over time?.. or are they ok to run at this AFR?
How easy are they to set once installed.. I have access to a AFR meter.. does it need one?.. PM sent anyway... Thanks
Just not sure about the CAT flush before the MOT.. are we saying running at 13.5 clogs / damages the Cat over time?.. or are they ok to run at this AFR?
How easy are they to set once installed.. I have access to a AFR meter.. does it need one?.. PM sent anyway... Thanks
ReGenesis
Registered user
The OP is is Spain.
They’ve tested emissions there for over 25yrs on every vehicle not just cars/trucks.
Seen and had them fail because the vehicle was cold by the time it was checked - you have to remember that there are NO independent testers there.
You go to the ITV centre (like a VOSA testing centre here), book in, get your paperwork handed to you and then join the line of cars, etc.
The sooner they introduce it here the better tbh.
If something fails it’s because it FAILS not because the garage want to make ££!
They’ve tested emissions there for over 25yrs on every vehicle not just cars/trucks.
Seen and had them fail because the vehicle was cold by the time it was checked - you have to remember that there are NO independent testers there.
You go to the ITV centre (like a VOSA testing centre here), book in, get your paperwork handed to you and then join the line of cars, etc.
The sooner they introduce it here the better tbh.
If something fails it’s because it FAILS not because the garage want to make ££!
I'll lay money The State here won't do any testing itself - it will be done by third parties with a profit involved like everything else.
Emission testing can only apply to new bikes if brought in by the government one would hope...
Similar threads
