Picked the FZ up from AF1 Racing yesterday. They created a custom map for the Power Commander III. My bike is a 2007 with an Akarapovic exhaust with DB killers pulled out, it you have a 2004 to a 2006 you will/may need a different map.
EDIT - I've ridden the bike about 65 miles over the past couple of days. Start up at clean, once the bike is warm, about 165 to 175 degrees it is very smooth. Normal riding around town is much smoother, the on/off that the bike sometimes has is gone. Mid-range roll ons are GREAT! The little FZ snaps now! No its not a GSXR1000, but its go some get up and go from 5,000 and up. 6,000 to 8,000 really pulls hard, like it always has but even better now. There is very little hesitation, you twist the throttle and it responds. The neutral throttle hesitation is much better, it ain't smoothbores, but much better than stock.
I visited the super top secret Hellgate uber-super speedway for some late night roll-on testing. I did a top gear roll-on from 70 mph and was up to 140 before I knew it. Very smooth and strong pull. I did a couple to 70 mph, kick it down 2 gears and hit it runs, up to 110 in a blink of an eye! This thing moves.
I'll report back in a couple of tanks how the mileage is doing, should go up.
Overall I'm very happy and would highly recommend this mod.
If you would like a copy of the map just PM with your email and I'll send it to you. I honestly don't think the brand of aftermarket exhaust will make any real difference. They are all a slip on and pretty much do the same thing.
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Here's the map that AF1 made for me. BIG difference between the two. Also attached is the dyno sheet. Note that the dyno used at AF1 is an Eddy Current, not a DynoJet. An Eddy Current dyno will show about 17% to 20% less hp than a DynoJet dyno, it all for relative comparisons anyway. In Eddy the FZ made 76, now it makes 82. So converted to DynoJet speak that is about 97 to 100ish HP. Bottomline, it is much better than what DynoJet offers and is WAY, WAY better than stock.
The baseline is the DynoJet map for our bike, the final is the AF1 custom map, HUGE differance in performance. I was only able to ride the bike for about 5 minutes today but I really, really like it. Note that the baseline (and all DynoJet maps are created for 04 to 06 bikes without an O2 sensor). They offer nothing for 07 to 08 bikes that have a different FI and emissions control system. - pretty lame on DJs part.
You'll notice that from 0 to 7,000 rpm in lower percent ranges, 0 to 10% throttle, the change is 0, the DynoJet map was way, way too rich. This part of the computer is closed - loop so you can't tune to make a difference, the computer runs the show regardless. The map difference is because DynoJet uses a Lambda, auto sensor program/method/logic, several problems with this; 1) a motorcycle doesn't have one, 2) the Lambda measures at the beginning of the exhaust manifold - we don't have one, 3) because the MC exhaust is short it pulls exhaust back into the muffler and a exhaust sniffer will give false reading. So...AF1 uses a 4 Gas EGA sensor instead, this method gives much leaner/truer reading.
The tall graph is hp, the middle is torque (that is what I was after) the bottom is hydrocarbons (30 to 40 parts per million) and carbon monoxide (0 to .1%), this thing is CLEAN. So that means it is a very, very effecient engine that is maximizing the burn of the fuel. AF1 tunes from the BOTTOM graph striving the the correct and flat HO and CO ratios, this results in more torque and hp. Makes sense. Note how much richer the DJ map is , almost 2X.
A few side notes, 1) our TRUE redline is 13,600, NOT 14,000. Like our speedos the tach is high. The PC3 gives true reading, the Yamaha reading, 14K, is for sales purposes only. 2) There is no point in reving to redline because the top of the power curve is flat, 12,000 is good enough. 3) The PC3 with this map smooths out the steep transition from 6K to 8K and the torque builds in a more linear fashion, not lumpy, bumpy in that RPM range. 4) Mileage should go up, we will see, I get 42 to 43ish, I'll watch it and let you know, 50 would be great. 5) the Yamaha CATs are excellent, very, very effecient. This is the CLEANEST and GREENEST bike that AF1 has even tuned. The CATs flow very well too.
I've only ridden it around the block in squid attire and it is AMAZING, the throttle snaps, the response is very quick.
I'm going for a ride tomorrow and I'll write a full ride report.
Cost for the tune was $380.00, about 4 hours on the dyno and mapping, and 65 miles of test riding. $28.00 of the cost was fuel.
EDIT - I've ridden the bike about 65 miles over the past couple of days. Start up at clean, once the bike is warm, about 165 to 175 degrees it is very smooth. Normal riding around town is much smoother, the on/off that the bike sometimes has is gone. Mid-range roll ons are GREAT! The little FZ snaps now! No its not a GSXR1000, but its go some get up and go from 5,000 and up. 6,000 to 8,000 really pulls hard, like it always has but even better now. There is very little hesitation, you twist the throttle and it responds. The neutral throttle hesitation is much better, it ain't smoothbores, but much better than stock.
I visited the super top secret Hellgate uber-super speedway for some late night roll-on testing. I did a top gear roll-on from 70 mph and was up to 140 before I knew it. Very smooth and strong pull. I did a couple to 70 mph, kick it down 2 gears and hit it runs, up to 110 in a blink of an eye! This thing moves.
I'll report back in a couple of tanks how the mileage is doing, should go up.
Overall I'm very happy and would highly recommend this mod.
If you would like a copy of the map just PM with your email and I'll send it to you. I honestly don't think the brand of aftermarket exhaust will make any real difference. They are all a slip on and pretty much do the same thing.
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Here's the map that AF1 made for me. BIG difference between the two. Also attached is the dyno sheet. Note that the dyno used at AF1 is an Eddy Current, not a DynoJet. An Eddy Current dyno will show about 17% to 20% less hp than a DynoJet dyno, it all for relative comparisons anyway. In Eddy the FZ made 76, now it makes 82. So converted to DynoJet speak that is about 97 to 100ish HP. Bottomline, it is much better than what DynoJet offers and is WAY, WAY better than stock.
The baseline is the DynoJet map for our bike, the final is the AF1 custom map, HUGE differance in performance. I was only able to ride the bike for about 5 minutes today but I really, really like it. Note that the baseline (and all DynoJet maps are created for 04 to 06 bikes without an O2 sensor). They offer nothing for 07 to 08 bikes that have a different FI and emissions control system. - pretty lame on DJs part.
You'll notice that from 0 to 7,000 rpm in lower percent ranges, 0 to 10% throttle, the change is 0, the DynoJet map was way, way too rich. This part of the computer is closed - loop so you can't tune to make a difference, the computer runs the show regardless. The map difference is because DynoJet uses a Lambda, auto sensor program/method/logic, several problems with this; 1) a motorcycle doesn't have one, 2) the Lambda measures at the beginning of the exhaust manifold - we don't have one, 3) because the MC exhaust is short it pulls exhaust back into the muffler and a exhaust sniffer will give false reading. So...AF1 uses a 4 Gas EGA sensor instead, this method gives much leaner/truer reading.
The tall graph is hp, the middle is torque (that is what I was after) the bottom is hydrocarbons (30 to 40 parts per million) and carbon monoxide (0 to .1%), this thing is CLEAN. So that means it is a very, very effecient engine that is maximizing the burn of the fuel. AF1 tunes from the BOTTOM graph striving the the correct and flat HO and CO ratios, this results in more torque and hp. Makes sense. Note how much richer the DJ map is , almost 2X.
A few side notes, 1) our TRUE redline is 13,600, NOT 14,000. Like our speedos the tach is high. The PC3 gives true reading, the Yamaha reading, 14K, is for sales purposes only. 2) There is no point in reving to redline because the top of the power curve is flat, 12,000 is good enough. 3) The PC3 with this map smooths out the steep transition from 6K to 8K and the torque builds in a more linear fashion, not lumpy, bumpy in that RPM range. 4) Mileage should go up, we will see, I get 42 to 43ish, I'll watch it and let you know, 50 would be great. 5) the Yamaha CATs are excellent, very, very effecient. This is the CLEANEST and GREENEST bike that AF1 has even tuned. The CATs flow very well too.
I've only ridden it around the block in squid attire and it is AMAZING, the throttle snaps, the response is very quick.
I'm going for a ride tomorrow and I'll write a full ride report.
Cost for the tune was $380.00, about 4 hours on the dyno and mapping, and 65 miles of test riding. $28.00 of the cost was fuel.
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:rockon: Also i was thinking that maybe you have the fastest bike on here now and............ it is 
