I agree with Lou.nothing wrong with your break in. Give me the smooth throttle response of B mode from a CLOSED position and FULL power when I grab a handful and I'll be in heaven! I really dont think any flash can truly get get a smooth uld be wrong though as I have not ridden an 09 with Ivans flash. If the fz came with carbs and fuel injection available as on option, and knowing what I know now, I would have taken carbs in a heart beat. Throttle still behaves more like an on/off switch and is virtually impossible to roll on anywhere near as smoothly as my carbed hot rod bandit which is far from stock. I have had my ecu flashed twice by different vendors and the throttle is still not smooth at all! The only positive I can say about fuel injection and mapping on the fz is that I dont need choke in cold weather. Curious about this because some reviews I saw say the exhaust was a little louder after the ECU flash. Or maybe I just got used to the exhaust sound. I obviously don't mind this, especially since I removed the baffle, I haven't felt like it's too loud at all. The last thing have been noticing is the Akra exhaust seems a little quieter than before the ECU flash. I know the exhaust/ECU adds around 10-15 hp? Is it only a "night and day" difference at higher rpm/throttle openings, more horsepower gain than a torque gain? I almost want to get it dynoed just to make sure, and I will be riding other fz's back to back soon just to compare. I'm wondering if there's a possibility this bike isn't putting out the full amount of power it should for some reason. I have yet to hit the rev limiter on this bike as I have been taking it pretty easy for a while. I tried to vary throttle/RPMs as much as I could and didn't let myself keep it at a steady rpm for too long on the freeway (I would say no more than 15-20 seconds max, when just trying to go the speed limit). The entire break in period I went very easy on the bike and never reached that high of rpm (following the manual recommendations). The only other thing I'm questioning is the way I broke this bike in after I got it brand new. I'm wondering if because the power is so much smoother now, that the extra power can actually be masked sometimes (which is a good thing). Yes there is more power in all modes (all 3 of vcyclenut's custom modes), it's mainly noticable at 3/4 throttle and up. From things I've heard about adding an exhaust and ECU flash, the difference is huge and the bike will power wheelie like it's nothing without pinning the throttle. The other thing I'm curious about is the bike isn't really as fast as I was expecting. This isn't a big deal at all, I'm just wondering if this is normal or if I should look into it, and if anyone else has experienced this. I got the fuel cut disable option with the ECU flash so I was expecting very smooth off-on throttle. It might be only in A mode (now quick-turn throttle mode), or it could have to do with the throttle cables being slightly loose, or maybe it's the extra torque the bike now has. I think about the same or maybe a little worse as stock. Sometimes on-off/ off-on throttle transitions are jerky since getting the ECU flash. I've seen it happen on a few other fz09's (with stock ECU) though. Fired right back up, but this fz09 has never done that before. Since the ECU flash the engine has randomly shut off on me while riding 2-3 times, at slow speeds, I think it only happened when I pulled in the clutch lever. It runs amazing but there are some things I'm curious about, and they could have to do with the bike itself not the ECU. Have put around 200-300 miles on my bike (2017 fz) since installing the full Akra exhaust and getting the ECU back from vcyclenut.
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