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Thepod
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 02:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I am one of the fortunate, or unfortunate (depending on your perspective) owners of a
crappy running 08. Since I have an 07 build date I can remap my bike using ECMspy.
So here is my question... should I get the dealer to reflash my bike in hopes that it improves the lousy gas mileage, removes the
low speed surging and off idle stumbles, or should I work on a remap by myself and tune it with ECMspy?

I hear that it if I reflash I lose the ability to ECMspy it. But if I use ECMspy I invalidate my warranty and could mess up the bike.

Any thoughts or experience with this? Any tuning gurus in the house who can chime in?
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Id073897
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 08:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If you have to ask, go for a reflash.

Regards,
Gunter
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Froggy
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 12:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I say reflash.
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Srwitt
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 03:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Reflash, I have a June 08 build date on my 08, I got reflashed at the 5k service. Alot of the stumbling issues seem to go away once the bike is warm. Gas mileage is still crappy though.
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2008xb12scg
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 05:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

part 2 of an earlier question-Whats the diff between a reflash and a remap? are they the same? My 08 runs good, but when you rev it from idle it chokes and backfires. Also gas milage not so hot.
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Froggy
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 05:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

A reflash is when you bring your bike to the dealer, they update the whole EEPROM. the remap is when you have your fuel maps changed by American Sport Bike or some other tuning service.
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Werewulf
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 06:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

my 08 scg had and early build date and ran like poop... a reflash was available and it ran like reflashed poop...

my 08 uly, late build date... no reflash available, runs good.. for what its worth..
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Werewulf
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 06:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

my last conversation with American Sport Bike, he had not been able to crack the 08 code... its been a couple of months, maybe things have changed..
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2008xb12scg
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 07:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You can learn so much from a little froggy....Thanks again.
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Froggy
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 07:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Well thats because I post too much. I made about 40 posts in the last day : D
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