XpL0d3r
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Hey all,
Last August, I picked up a '09 FZ6R with just over 2000 miles on her! The previous owner bought it in the spring, but being 6' 5", wanted something bigger and got a Harley. So he put 13 miles on it in 5 months. Up for sale it went on Craigslist, and within two days and a test drive later, I took her home:
I was told this thing was all stock, with the exception of the exhaust and some cosmetics. But a day later, I find this to be untrue. Went to put my insurance and reg under the seat, and noticed a "POWER BOOST +25 HP GAS SAVER MOD" box zip tied in there:
Oh no. Whatever, I will deal with that later on. "Later on" turned out to be that weekend, because a day later, I was at a red light, blipped the throttle, and the bike stalled out on me.
So I followed the wires from this mystery box, and they disappeared under the tank. So I removed the tank. Wires went to what I think I think was the air temp sensor. The factory wires were cut, then the box was wired inline, and then everything taped back together. Real crappy job. Thankfully this made the box easy to remove. Busted out the soldering iron and repaired the cut plug wires.
Took the box apart out of curiosity. Turns out it was nothing more than a resistor:
Best guess here, but I am thinking this resistor lowered the signal voltage sent to the ECU, to make the appear as if the temp was warner than it really is, and adjusted the A/F ratio to run slightly lean?? Haven't got the bike together yet to see if the stalling issue has been resolved.
I will be posting a tech thread soon. Long story short, I also found out the bike was lowered, and the handlebars look like they came from an R6. I think someone tried to make this into a replica R6, and did an absolute crap job in doing so. Removed the lowering link from the rear but now there is a gap between the handlebars and the triple tree? Will post up a tech thread later on, I just wanted to get a welcome post in first.
Last August, I picked up a '09 FZ6R with just over 2000 miles on her! The previous owner bought it in the spring, but being 6' 5", wanted something bigger and got a Harley. So he put 13 miles on it in 5 months. Up for sale it went on Craigslist, and within two days and a test drive later, I took her home:
I was told this thing was all stock, with the exception of the exhaust and some cosmetics. But a day later, I find this to be untrue. Went to put my insurance and reg under the seat, and noticed a "POWER BOOST +25 HP GAS SAVER MOD" box zip tied in there:
Oh no. Whatever, I will deal with that later on. "Later on" turned out to be that weekend, because a day later, I was at a red light, blipped the throttle, and the bike stalled out on me.
So I followed the wires from this mystery box, and they disappeared under the tank. So I removed the tank. Wires went to what I think I think was the air temp sensor. The factory wires were cut, then the box was wired inline, and then everything taped back together. Real crappy job. Thankfully this made the box easy to remove. Busted out the soldering iron and repaired the cut plug wires.
Took the box apart out of curiosity. Turns out it was nothing more than a resistor:
Best guess here, but I am thinking this resistor lowered the signal voltage sent to the ECU, to make the appear as if the temp was warner than it really is, and adjusted the A/F ratio to run slightly lean?? Haven't got the bike together yet to see if the stalling issue has been resolved.
I will be posting a tech thread soon. Long story short, I also found out the bike was lowered, and the handlebars look like they came from an R6. I think someone tried to make this into a replica R6, and did an absolute crap job in doing so. Removed the lowering link from the rear but now there is a gap between the handlebars and the triple tree? Will post up a tech thread later on, I just wanted to get a welcome post in first.
