Well, I pulled the trigger after doing some reading and gathering information. I was a little nervous about doing the whole "ECU flash" thing but after hearing so many positive reviews and feed back from many members, I went ahead and shipped out my ECU.
From my understanding the following things are changed/removed:
-engine braking is reduced
-engine idle is raised
-radiator fans are set to come on at a lower temp
-fuel map is smoothed which leads to a butter smooth throttle
-EXUP CEL removed
- and some other OE restrictions
I've only had this thing on my bike for a day and I've only been able to "feel" the changes regarding to engine braking and the raised idle.
The reduced engine braking is tits. Coming to a stop or going into a corner and dropping gears before entering and still caring speed without the bike "braking" is just awesome. Makes everything sooooo much smoother.
I was worried about the raised idle regarding street riding and the bike heating up quicker at stop lights but I've found that with the lowered set temperature for the fans... The bike never hit more than 207F with ambient temps being around 80-85. It's a bit annoying to hear the bike idle at 2k at stop lights but well worth it. Now you simply release the clutch and the bike goes.....no more applying throttle lol.
As regards to the smoother throttle.... Milky tity smooth!!!!! I literally was able to ride with one hand in first gear and increase/decrease throttle without any twitchy-ness. With an OE ECU, this is impossible, all of you know how twitchy the throttle is in first gear.. The flash literally got rid of that issue.
I was able to ride home through the back roads and open her up a bit... AMAZING! She pulls hard through every gear and seems like she picks up power quick once you hit about 8k RPMs instead of 10k. I didn't open her up all the way as I was riding on public roads but I can't wait to hit the track in April with the new beast!
Overall I'm extremely happy with this upgrade. It's an easy upgrade at a great price. Most people gave me siht about doing this upgrade saying that it won't make me faster and blah blah blah.... An ECU Flash is not just a go fast upgrade.. It helps iron out rough spots that our bikes are known for. This is easily the best upgrade I've done to my bike.
I highly recommend it and I highly recommend Anthony from BAUCE RACING. This guy took hours converting my Bazzaz map to be compatible with the flash, he smoothed it out and listened to my concerns and explained everything, EVERYTHING to me. He applies all his knowledge into creating a true, workable and safe flash. I am positive that his experience with racing and his R&D go into every ECU he flashes. I truly believe that you get what you pay for and there's no exception to ECU flashing.
If you're concerned about the raised idle and If you have any concerns regarding engine longevity after an ECU flash.. .just contact Anthony and I'm sure he would be more than happy to answer all your questions.
And last but not least.... He did not pay me or give me free swag to say all of thee above. I am simply stating my first impressions with this product.
Well I just put her away on Sunday and haven't had a chance to ride all year. I'm still pretty messed up from my accident back in April, so I have been unable to ride all year.
BUT that doesn't mean I couldn't mod the replacement bike
I put a full Graves exhaust system on there, Power Commander V with custom Graves map, and Anthony flash the ECU for me with a few custom request. I had him raise the idle to 2k rpm, smooth out the throttle, decrease engine braking, and a few other things that I had gripes about on my previous R6.
Even though I haven't been able to ride, I can tell it's a completely different bike with the ECU flash. When I rev it up, it's much smoother & and just runs better. Here's a video I was finally able to upload.
Free shipping on ECU flashes for US customers. For international customers I will give $15 off return shipping since that's about what an insured ECU in the US costs to ship. Two free decals with the ECU included as well. I have a bunch made. This is good from black friday today until Xmas for everyone.
Finally got my ECU back from Anthony and I must say initial impressions are favorable, but i'll have to update later since i only drove 5 miles in stop and go traffic. A couple of items worth mentioning, which matter most to me:
1. Shifting is much smoother due to the reduced engine braking
2. The bike wants to rev and when you feed the need its soo smooth!
3. Starting off in first is now just as easy at letting the clutch go, no throttle required.
4. It does buck a bit more going from neutral to first (higher idle i guess is the cause).
I'm sure there is more power pretty much everywhere in the RPM band, i just don't have the road to test it close by. Overall points 1-4 make me happy enough to make the downtime and cost totally worth it. ChiefSmokeDawg was on point with all my questions and provided responses very quickly. Best customer service from a vendor so far in my opinion! A++
PM Sent with pricing info. Turn around is a few days on my end usually. I ship back postal priority which is 1-3 days anywhere in the US. Free shipping until Xmas saves you $10-$15 on insured return quick shipping.
I can put a power commander map into the ECU for you if you don't have a power commander.
I recommend a power commander if you have the ability or plans to dyno tune the bike. Most people can't or won't get to a dyno. So in those cases, they get a power commander, load a fuel map and never touch it again after downloading a map from the internet. I have a huge map database now for the R6 and it's growing for the R1. The maps I put in the ECU's are night and day from anything that would be downloaded. They are dyno maps or tuned maps that are smoothed with the autotune unit. I work with everyone to get the bike running right if they do have a PCV and autotune, or if they are getting a dyno tune, so I have collected some great maps for most setups.
A good example to use is how 90% of people who download a map or flash ecu's for y pipe and slip on R6's use the MJS map. That map is garbage. If you've seen any R6 with a map created using a wideband O2 sensor or a dyno, the map looks NOTHING like the MJS map everyone tries to use.
If the customer has a PCV or PC3, I will send a map to be used. Part of the smoothness everyone raves about is from the fuel map and the rest/majority is in the flash settings I do. For whatever reason, very few tuners I've come across know how to smooth out the throttle engagement on the R6 like I do. This is why my setups are butter smooth. :fact
If you have money and can get a PCV and autotune, I work with you on setting the AFR's, sending a base map and then I will also smooth the map out once or twice once you have trims. This is no extra charge. I don't care if you have it or don't. It's a flat fee for the service and I need and want the bike running as good as possible. Good results and word of mouth gets me all these flashes. Not bullshitting horsepower numbers or going cheap and half assing the flash or tune.
The autotune unit is excellent, but it needs some map smoothing to get a really good map out of it. It will add and remove fuel as needed and creates a real choppy map. A good example of what it does wrong is the cases where there's a -20 in one cell and +20 in the next. This averages out to 0 as the bike passes through that section of the map. So abrupt changes make it feel choppy. With some manual oversight I smooth the cells out on a diagonal in the cases and average the two together to achieve the same AFR or very close but have the sensation while riding remain smooth.
Shoot me an email using the link in my signature and I can send over the flash settings and info list to get the ball rolling and answer any questions you may have.
I had Ant flash my tech a couple months ago. At first I was not too I impressed as I still had a stumble between 3k-4k(pre existing condition) I played with the pc3 trying to fix the problem to no avail.
Finally after much research and diagnosis I found I had two problems conspiring create my issue. Turns out I had a coil going bad as well as a dead spot in the tps sensor.
After replacing both parts, I finally got to sample Ant's hard work.
The bike is an absolute blast to ride now. As stated by others, it's very smooth with no "holes" in the power delivery. It's so good that I may end up in jail
Thanks again everyone. I got a few more out this week and have a couple coming in next week. Get em in while you can before free shipping ends at Xmas!
I have no doubts that I have made a wise decision. Rarely do I click "pay" on paypal and know I'm getting a deal and a half. So, even before I've gotten the ECU back, with the email traffic and Q&A, I appreciate the attention to detail and service he provides. There isn't anything to complain about. Dude is on it.
Received ECU today. One week turn around....from the other side of the country!
~Great Service
~Great Price
Now, the only thing I'm kicking myself for...is not sending the ECU the day I drove it off the lot.
The lowdown:
~There is a linear degree by degree feel in the throttle. The on and off feel is just gone.
~ The map he has built...wow. It pulls like a freight train...like a totally different bike. At the same time while putting around, like you are on a 250r. Just easy.
~Reduced engine braking definitely gives you a lot more braking feedback.
~Increased RPM is nice. No lope.
Overall the bike feels so much different. It became user friendly. I am looking forward to track season. I believe this is where the bike will truly shine.
For ANYONE to not have this done is a crime. You can not appreciate the change until you have it done.
So, I can say with confidence: The Yamaha engineer that came up with the factory settings....step into my office...cuz' you are ****ing fired. Ant's dial in is what I wanted the bike to do from the factory.
I don't think they even rode the bike flash tune did for Sport rider. In the article it shows them copying the 1st gear engine braking setup to all gears. I've ridden that setup and it is beyond horrible. To think that every gear should have the same engine braking amount as 1st is ridiculous! The bike just rolled and rolled and rolled for days in 3rd gear or higher!
Got my ECU back yesterday, temps are in the mid 30's here so I didn't ride far but couldn't resist going out and seeing what all this hype was about. All I can say is HOLY SHIT!! this thing rips! the 2K rpm idle is gonna take some getting used to but wow this thing moves! love the way the bike feels now. The reduced engine braking is perfect. The baby smooth throttle makes the bike feel like Iv'e went out and bought a different bike! I should have done this years ago!!
Got my ECU back yesterday, temps are in the mid 30's here so I didn't ride far but couldn't resist going out and seeing what all this hype was about. All I can say is HOLY SHIT!! this thing rips! the 2K rpm idle is gonna take some getting used to but wow this thing moves! love the way the bike feels now. The reduced engine braking is perfect. The baby smooth throttle makes the bike feel like Iv'e went out and bought a different bike! I should have done this years ago!!
A small handful went out this week, and looks like another few here heading out Monday! Thanks so much to my forum bros for all the support so far in 2015!
It looks like parts vending is finally starting to kick up too! :hug everyone
I'll be sending mine out to Ant on monday! Too excited over here. Also have exhaust, smog block-offs, and BMC air filter in the mail to me right now. Ant seems to have great customer service, im surprised hes put up with all of my dumb questions this far haha. Reading all of these reviews makes me too stoked to test this bad boy out.
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