From the showroom floor, all OEM, I found that my V7III Racer started fine but that throttle response off-idle was somewhat poor until it was warmed up a bit. Call it about four minutes before the throttle response settled down and worked the way I like. With the custom ECU map in it now, I start it, rev it lightly once, and I ride away with no hiccups or anything.
The throttle response and performance, even with everything else OEM stock, was meatier and better after the flashed map was installed. The bike was easier to ride and felt nicer.
With the other small mods I've done to it now, Racer works as well as my 'tuned to the nines' LeMans V ever did. It's obviously not quite as powerful as the larger engined bike, but if you hadn't ridden both you probably wouldn't notice.
But I understand, Paul. IF the bike is already running to your satisfaction, there's little motivation to mess with it. It's the qualitative notion of "running to your satisfaction" that cannot be expressed by others' testimonials: You have to experience what this change does for the way an already good running bike behaves to evaluate whether it is worth it for you. $500 is a lot of money to spend on something that you might be insensitive to. It wasn't a lot of money to me, because I am very sensitive to certain nuances of an engine's running behavior due to my long history of mucking and tuning motors, and to my level of expectations (or fantasies as the case might be...).
The throttle response and performance, even with everything else OEM stock, was meatier and better after the flashed map was installed. The bike was easier to ride and felt nicer.
With the other small mods I've done to it now, Racer works as well as my 'tuned to the nines' LeMans V ever did. It's obviously not quite as powerful as the larger engined bike, but if you hadn't ridden both you probably wouldn't notice.
But I understand, Paul. IF the bike is already running to your satisfaction, there's little motivation to mess with it. It's the qualitative notion of "running to your satisfaction" that cannot be expressed by others' testimonials: You have to experience what this change does for the way an already good running bike behaves to evaluate whether it is worth it for you. $500 is a lot of money to spend on something that you might be insensitive to. It wasn't a lot of money to me, because I am very sensitive to certain nuances of an engine's running behavior due to my long history of mucking and tuning motors, and to my level of expectations (or fantasies as the case might be...).