Hello my fellow forum participants, I have a question regarding tuning the FZ6.
I have an '05 FZ6 (S1) and have experienced a slow decline in fuel economy over the past 6 months.
I recently purchased a set of Scorpion slip-ons and a PowerCommander3usb and fitted both to my bike.
The cans sound AWESOME but the PowerCommander3usb, loaded with the map for the Scorpion slip-ons made my bike run very, very rich. (as evidenced by the amount of black sh!t on the exhaust tips)
I have taken the PC3usb off, and 400kms later, the tips are clean.
I spoke with a guy at a local mechanic regarding tuning my bike and he was espousing the virtues of tuning rather than dyno-tuning (he doesn't have a dyno) and he said he could get better results as for normal street riding, the dyno-tune wouldn't be appropriate or optimal. (part throttle applications, just cruising etc)
Ok - question time (finally!)
Can, or could this guy tune my bike 'better' than a dyno? (my understanding is that a dyno-tune would optimise the air/fuel at all points of the rev range?)
Can the PC3usb be adjusted adequately to remove this 'over-rich' scenario?
If this guy CAN tune my bike, is there any benefit in USING a PC3?
I love evidence, or quantifiable results, so a pretty dyno graph definitely fits this - but, is it better?
Cheers,
Rick
I have an '05 FZ6 (S1) and have experienced a slow decline in fuel economy over the past 6 months.
I recently purchased a set of Scorpion slip-ons and a PowerCommander3usb and fitted both to my bike.
The cans sound AWESOME but the PowerCommander3usb, loaded with the map for the Scorpion slip-ons made my bike run very, very rich. (as evidenced by the amount of black sh!t on the exhaust tips)
I have taken the PC3usb off, and 400kms later, the tips are clean.
I spoke with a guy at a local mechanic regarding tuning my bike and he was espousing the virtues of tuning rather than dyno-tuning (he doesn't have a dyno) and he said he could get better results as for normal street riding, the dyno-tune wouldn't be appropriate or optimal. (part throttle applications, just cruising etc)
Ok - question time (finally!)
Can, or could this guy tune my bike 'better' than a dyno? (my understanding is that a dyno-tune would optimise the air/fuel at all points of the rev range?)
Can the PC3usb be adjusted adequately to remove this 'over-rich' scenario?
If this guy CAN tune my bike, is there any benefit in USING a PC3?
I love evidence, or quantifiable results, so a pretty dyno graph definitely fits this - but, is it better?
Cheers,
Rick
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