For some time I have watched the many threads on here about the Hilltop re-map for the 1200.
I planned to get mine done at some time but the only fly in the ointment was the fact that I live in Northern Ireland... therefore it involved a ferry in the region of £100 plus an overnight stay in a hotel... cost therefore over £500 including fuel.
I was alerted to a tuner in Dublin who was able to do a custom map for my bike on a dyno. Cost was about the same as Hilltop, but without the ferry and overnight.
My bike is a 2010, has flappy valve and cat removed from original pipework. My biggest complaint is that it stalled on downshifting, usually from 3rd to 2nd. (A well documented complaint on this site)
I got the bike re-mapped a couple of months ago. It instantly felt better fuelled and was much quicker through the rev range, although this was evident after the caterectomy I had performed a short time before the re-map. New iridium plugs added after the re-map.
First few hundred miles and the bike got a lot of sharp riding from me, but I noticed the mpg was in the low 40's rather than the low 50's.
I've just returned from a trip through the Alps and have to say I am surprised that the mpg has not improved. I've always been making excuses, blaming the riding style for the low mpg.
But on the last day, I did almost 300 miles.... all motorway and all at about 70mph. The mpg was the best so far, at 47mpg on the computer. On re-fuelling I worked out the miles for a full tank and calculated that the 47mpg figure on the bike display was correct. Normal riding and I'm getting about 43-45 mpg.
The bike did a bit of popping, but that's as much to do with back pressure due to no cat and riding at changing altitudes during my trip. Also, un-burnt fuel fumes are quite strong, and a lot of black deposit around the pannier and rack near the exhaust on the GSA.
Yes I enjoy the new throttle. The bike has not stalled on the down shift in the past 2000 miles, (but it has almost done so on a number of times)
I know the fuel mix has been enriched, I know it was running lean before. But I also hear a lot of riders on here saying their mpg has improved. Mine has definately dropped..... by about 10 mpg.
All I want to know is what about the hilltop re-mapped bikes. What mpg are they returning?
Below is a copy of the dyno chart, which means very little to me. I was told the bike had been very lean before the re-map.
I'd appreciate any comments on the print out, as I have only a basic grasp of what it means.
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I planned to get mine done at some time but the only fly in the ointment was the fact that I live in Northern Ireland... therefore it involved a ferry in the region of £100 plus an overnight stay in a hotel... cost therefore over £500 including fuel.
I was alerted to a tuner in Dublin who was able to do a custom map for my bike on a dyno. Cost was about the same as Hilltop, but without the ferry and overnight.
My bike is a 2010, has flappy valve and cat removed from original pipework. My biggest complaint is that it stalled on downshifting, usually from 3rd to 2nd. (A well documented complaint on this site)
I got the bike re-mapped a couple of months ago. It instantly felt better fuelled and was much quicker through the rev range, although this was evident after the caterectomy I had performed a short time before the re-map. New iridium plugs added after the re-map.
First few hundred miles and the bike got a lot of sharp riding from me, but I noticed the mpg was in the low 40's rather than the low 50's.
I've just returned from a trip through the Alps and have to say I am surprised that the mpg has not improved. I've always been making excuses, blaming the riding style for the low mpg.
But on the last day, I did almost 300 miles.... all motorway and all at about 70mph. The mpg was the best so far, at 47mpg on the computer. On re-fuelling I worked out the miles for a full tank and calculated that the 47mpg figure on the bike display was correct. Normal riding and I'm getting about 43-45 mpg.
The bike did a bit of popping, but that's as much to do with back pressure due to no cat and riding at changing altitudes during my trip. Also, un-burnt fuel fumes are quite strong, and a lot of black deposit around the pannier and rack near the exhaust on the GSA.
Yes I enjoy the new throttle. The bike has not stalled on the down shift in the past 2000 miles, (but it has almost done so on a number of times)
I know the fuel mix has been enriched, I know it was running lean before. But I also hear a lot of riders on here saying their mpg has improved. Mine has definately dropped..... by about 10 mpg.
All I want to know is what about the hilltop re-mapped bikes. What mpg are they returning?
Below is a copy of the dyno chart, which means very little to me. I was told the bike had been very lean before the re-map.
I'd appreciate any comments on the print out, as I have only a basic grasp of what it means.
