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04-14-2016, 01:42 PM | #331 |
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I just received my ECU back from Ivan a few minutes ago
I will be installing it later today or tomorrow morning and going on a test ride. Thanks for the quick service Ivan
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04-14-2016, 02:09 PM | #332 | |
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04-14-2016, 05:01 PM | #333 |
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After my whining about the 2000 rpm cold idle (and learning none of the other Ivanized bikes rev that high) I've been busy tinkering. I wasn't able to find an intake leak but I removed and re-sealed the manifold anyway and replaced the throttle body complete with TPS. Also treated the old girl with new spark plugs and coolant and sprayed all my connectors with contact cleaner, and cleaned the TB and intake with carb cleaner.
I've had 2 real cold starts at freezing temps and a couple other cold starts and my bike now cold idles at 1500 and quickly drops to 1200. After 5 minutes it idles at 850. The bike still runs great and same good mileage as before so I'm happy! I don't know what actually caused the 2000 rpm idle because I did several things but I suspect the other TPS was a bit out of range.
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04-14-2016, 08:57 PM | #334 |
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My Report After The Re-Flash
Well I just got back from a 115-mile trip with my new “Ivanized Bike”. I have to say that if you are thinking about doing this don’t hesitate as it is worth every penny.
Thank you Ivan for joining our forum and doing this for the 1700 Vulcan's. My 2015 Voyager is all stock except for Ray’s Throttle Mod. Doing this re-flash is the greatest thing you can do. My bike has much more power all through the RPM range. It is much easier to ride in slow up and down hill curves with hair pin turns. Roll on the throttle from 2000 RPM and you have plenty of power for passing. Fifth and sixth gear are so much more usable at lower RPM's now. The stock pipes sound much better now at an idle and the pipes are louder when you are going down the road. I put it through mountain roads, on the freeway and some traffic on surface streets and must say I couldn’t be any happier. The bike also ran much cooler and never got close to the hot side even in slow traffic and slow uphill winding roads. Cold start was no problem and the idle did search up and down for a short time but was not too high on the RPM’s. It settled down very shortly to the 900 RPM and stayed there at every stop I did. The MPG guestimator was reading higher than before so I do think that I will see higher MPG’s. This is the way the bike should run from the factory but because of the EPA rules we have to spend more money to make them right. What I don’t understand is why the motorcycle industry can’t make a motorcycle run like this from the factory. The auto industry has managed this with our cars and trucks so why not the motorcycle industry Again Ivan, thank you for doing this for our 1700's, you are The Man!!!
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04-15-2016, 02:19 PM | #335 | |
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04-15-2016, 09:19 PM | #336 |
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I put the Thunder intake manifold gasket in last Fall back when I was experiencing all the backfiring problems doing everything under the sun to get rid of the headaches. I gooped it on both sides with high temp Permatex and really sealed everything up in that connection including burying the O-rings tightly in there. Since the Ivan ecu tune, things run perfectly now even better so no regrets on the gasket....every little thing you can do makes it that much better.
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04-16-2016, 07:46 AM | #337 | |
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04-16-2016, 05:09 PM | #338 |
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I just finished a 200 miles ride with my buddies across South Florida. Bike is running amazing! Trip meter was 178 miles when I had to refill 5 gallons. One of my buddies with a Harley got close behind me a few times to hear the roar from the V&H and told me how awesome my bike sounds! Today I had my Shoei Neotec and earplugs I was able to hear the roar of the ThunderMFG and the V&H so clean! The flash is definitely worth the investment
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04-18-2016, 10:25 AM | #339 |
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Yesterday on an 80 degree day 90 miles on a half tank Thunder intake ecu flash, 2-1 FP pipe.....yes, the flash is worth every dime invested and still running nice and cool.
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04-18-2016, 10:33 AM | #340 |
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Same temps down here but 15-20 mph winds, seemed everywhere I went I was pushin into a head wind!
At half tank I was at 126 miles on my GPS and ran that tank out to 223 miles, took 4.982 gllns for an actual average of 44.85 mpg! Once our spring time winds die down I'll be back up into high 40's/ low 50's. RACNRAY
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04-19-2016, 10:36 AM | #341 |
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Ray that is great mpg....I am wondering if the fact that you are at sea level helps with that a little more. I am at about 3,000 ft. I am also switching back to my Roaring Toyz air breather for more volume. I am always experimenting with things...perhaps a little too much for comfort sometimes. I am thinking also the fact that your ride has as many miles on it helps too, nice loose motor.
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04-19-2016, 11:01 AM | #342 |
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Higher altitudes generally allow for a bit better mpg compared to if ridden the same manner at lets say sea level. Less air density = less fuel consumed. Of course ridin style has ALOT to do and lately with our stupid wind we've been having it has takin a toll on mpg. Heading westbound on I-595 with the Atlantic ocean breeze pushin me along mpg and power is NICE...comin back eastbound against that wind it's like I lost 15 horsepower!! Even travelin north or south the side winds really detract from the fun, and these Vaqueros are like big sails and get pushed all over. But then I ride my Busa which only weighs 500 pnds and that thing has ants in it's pants!!!
Also I custom mapped my skoot in the advanced mode back in January or so, to finally accommodate my Gen 2 airbox I built last summer. I don't have a generic map which is what you get in a re-flash of an ECU so I have that advantage in power and mpg. There is ALWAYS the possibility to gain performance and mpg over a flashed ECU with further fine tuning. All of the skoots I have had with flashed ECU's have benefitted from custom mapping on my dyno. Just like any PCV map from anyone/any company/tuner for a specific intake/exhaust combo will not be perfect for other skoots with that same combo, flashed ECU's fall under the same scenario. As far as my engine being "loose"...my skoot almost never leaves my sight and it's locked up at nite so if it's "getting around" I'm not aware, of course we are always the last to know!!! LOL RACNRAY
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04-19-2016, 12:49 PM | #343 |
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Ray can you share with us on the power gains you've seen with an Ivan's reflash and a custom map?...
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04-19-2016, 02:16 PM | #344 | |
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04-19-2016, 02:19 PM | #345 |
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Finally got to fill up after having the flash done. Not seeing a huge improvement, but I still haven't gotten out of the "quit riding like that" stage.
At this point, I'm not sure I'm ever going to.
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