hey dudes. sorry it's taken so long but i've had a bit on my plate. so here's my review and my experience with ecunleashed at $449.
i know that's a big chunk-a-dough to gamble with, but i've had some gripes about the bikes performance that didn't have much to do with how much power it made, so just fuel mapping with a pcv or juice box didn't seem like the answer for me... at least not before the other gripes were handled. besides, we all gotta take the leap every once in a while right.
after one ride with it here's what i, with my limited capabilities, noticed.
the throttle snatch seems to be reduced by about 1/2. this was one of my biggest complaints. low gear rollon in the middle of a tight, steep, downhill corner was sometimes a bit unnerving. Especially after i rode my bros 600rr and it was like butter.
the first three gears now feel stronger/fuller from the very bottom. this one's hard to describe. like you have more horses, but more importantly, like they're more connected to your throttle.
throttle-off/deceleration is awesome. (another of my stock 8 gripes) i can now feel my brakes thru the lever/pedal. more noticeable difference in lower gears, but before, engine braking was excessive and felt all mushed together with the breaks. now i can really discern what's doing what. they change the deceleration mapping just enough to make it engine braking useful but not inhibiting.
in addition to many other parameters they change the fuel map based on the mods i have. i think they got close, but in the lower rpms i think it could use a bit more fuel. maybe in the top too but the friggen bike is screaming up there already. it's much better than the stock mapping. i just bet there's some more grunt down low to be had with a map. good base though.
You can choose stock or raised idle and stock or raised rev limiter. i told them to leave the stock idol and raise the rev limiter. i don't envision myself in that area very often, but it's nice to know that it's there
I got up near there once on my first ride and holy shit… don’t know how those guys ride those MotoGP bikes.
the flat spot is all but gone and, with a bit more fuel in the lower rpms would vanish completely. nice!
while ecu was out being flashed i put new pilot power 3s on and i rotated my driven bar clamps around. they were offset to the rear of the bike now they are offset to the front so i have a bit more room in the cockpit. i don't know whether it was the tires, the offset change or both, but the bike now doesn't fight me in the corner and try to stand up. no more wrestling the gorilla. the tires scrubbed in quickly and without slippage (didn't push them hard for 30 miles). by the end of the ride they were soft and sticky and i felt like i rode a gear higher in the fast sweepers and could push much harder than i was in the twisties.
the guys over at ecunleashed seem like good guys. but i seemed to catch them at a bad time with a problem ecu. they have a company that makes their flashing device Piasini. and evidently from time to time there is a problem ecu, something to do with an odd serial number, that has to be shipped to Piasini to be cracked or something. well mine was one of them and they dropped the ball and didn't email or call me to tell me. then the next week the main guy went on vacation and none of my emails were returned. the week after that, when he came back, he called me and apologized up and down for not letting me know that it had been shipped off, and for not returning my emails while on vacation. he then told me it would be the following wednesday before they could get it to me. so there's that. which wasn't fun. true to his word though i got it last wednesday and rode her thursday.
while it was a rollercoaster ride getting it all to finally happen, i'm so much happier with how solid my 8 feels now. i couldn't honestly tell you how much more horsepower it gave me, but i can tell you that she outperforms her former self in many ways. She now rolls on and off predictably and in a manner that's easier to ride, pulls harder, longer and in a very smooth and exponential manner. the more you twist, the less you have to
i have just ordered a juice box pro and i'm thinking that by being able to add a bit more fuel down low i will be in heaven. i will eventually get her to the dyno but i've spent my mod budget for a while.
cheers guys!
