Z1000 Gen4 Ivan ECU Flash

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Hi Guys,

A couple of the boys have been interested in the above

I`ll share my experience

I have had my ECU flashed by Ivan

My bike is standard except for brawlers

Although I've bought straight through collectors the bike was too loud with Brawlers (so standard down pipes back on)(standard/air filter/air box)

It cost £ 93 to send it to the states (insured for£ 1000)

Ivan flashed it the same day and charged approx. £279 + £ 64 post

Then the Tax man got me !!!!!!   £ 104 import duty

Total charge for flash approx. £ 540

The whole turnaround took seven working days

Was it worth it :- yeah 

It never had a power band to speak of before just loads of bottom end and linear torque:-Now a very noticeable power band at 7k

The wheelies were very predictable before coming up at about 6k 1st/2nd

It now comes up very quick at 7k (a bit too quick in 1st and 2nd if I am honest) and pulls even more aggressively towards red line making the bike hard to balance on the back wheel if your not feathering the rear brake)

where I would clutch it in third before it now power wheelies off throttle.

To be fair I got what I paid for, it does seem to have unleashed the suffocated eu4 engine.

Downside :- on start up it now races to 3k on choke and hunts until warm up then stabilises (I can live with it I guess)

Perhaps someone can tell me how to turn down the Auto Choke tick over.

I have Brawlers fit :-Yes you can now unplug and remove the exup with out a warning light coming on

Yes you can now remove the co2 exhaust sensor (re-place with bung) without a warning light coming on

The whole process was plug and play (no TPS to adjust)

Biggest problem I have been asked about :- the security bolts on the ECU

It`s a doddle :- Just dremell  a straight slot in the security screw head and then undo with a flat sided screw driver (5 mins work tops) 

Birdy

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Nice little write up birdy , shame about import duties. 
Can I ask why you didn't have the ecu flashed over here ? Comfy done a nice write up on his ecu flash which was done in Bristol. 
Mine been sat in the back of the garage all winter, but I think I should start uncovering it and start the mods I promised it. 

[keef666]

Don't understand why you had to pay taxes on something you already own, you sent it away and then it was returned back to you, it wasn't a new item that you purchased, or is it another way you get screwed in this country, makes me wonder why the hell people want to come over here!

[comfysofa]

Yeah - its the way - i had to pay the tax on the delivery charge of my own Simpson lid that had to go back over to texas for warranty work...shitter isnt it.!

Ivans flash: good in the way that he removes the ecu locks (o2, exup, and injector fixes) can i ask if he did the fuel cut off? (ie on mine when you shut off the throttle it felt like you were on the end of a bungie rope) but now when you shut off it just glides to a halt. Digressing there....the bad side is that the fuel mapping is very generic, so good if you want to play but, for me my engine setup hasnt changed in 2 years and it doesnt look like its going to either so a custom mapping seems the best way (for me anyway!)  but im still glad none-the-less that someone here has a, had it done, and b, pleased with it - its what counts to you thats the main thing....

Bit quiet on here lately - hopefully ill be sorting that out with loads of wheel porn picks...! plus if it goes like i think its going to i may bite the bullet and go to the TT on it (the job normally reserved for my RSV4)...although thats a little in doubt now as my mate just bought an rc8r who i go with so i think i might still go with the RSV4 yet....dunno - see what the wheels are like!

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I Guys

I`ve often bought stuff from Chinese websites and have never had to pay import duties (guess I`ve been lucky)

They (customs) seem to be hot shit with anything to do with the States (So watch out)

Hi Mongoose

I live around the Chester area and there is a place that Flashes ECU`s.

I don`t want to name them but they don`t stick to their price advertised on their website.

I learnt this from painful experience (actually booked for it to be done, turned up to get Ooo these Z`s have Security screws on the ECU Ohh and we didn`t price for that.

It went from £ 350 to £ 500 pounds. (didn`t take me too long to leave)

For that reason I went to Ivan and got my fingers burnt there instead ! ( Joke :-Not because of Ivan but because of the import duty)

Hi Comfy

Yes he did do the fuel cut.

I had a good read of Comfy`s ECU flash and it is interesting comparing the Results

I`m not disappointed with my flash but the way it delivers the power now is more akin to a GSXR 750 I used to own.

ie a VERY noticeable power band (7k) and gets even more aggressive as the revs build to Redline (now 11,500k)

In a way it`s a shame because as standard it pulled at a linear rate of knots from 2k revs to 11k revs :- Very predictable Very Useable as Kawasaki designed it I guess.

It`s horses for courses I like the wheelies so linear power is good for me:-Knowing what I know now I would have left it as standard and simply paid for the fuel cut !

Here`s the contradiction though :- Wow It does go like F--K ! 

If you want brutal acceleration and I do mean Brutal acceleration send the ECU to Ivan and add a quick shift

There`s nothing that will leave you !!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.s The choke tick over seems to have sorted itself out (It could have been that the bike hasn`t been ridden for over three months) 

HM Quick shifter:- new thread coming next I think !

 

[comfysofa]

Well first and foremost theres not much in it between a custom flash and Ivans but id prefer the custom route as its absolutely bang on.

The thing is....ecu work is one of those things where youre paying for physically nothing but when you ride it, its the best money youve spent...your paying for the dyno operators skill and knowledge...i think, personally if there was nothing i could do with the ecu on my zed...id have sold it. Definately, when i own something it absolutely has to be the way i want it and since, years ago i got the ecu done on my first hypermotard, that, was a revelation, it really was like riding a new bike so, everything i own has to have the ecu done...hey (even our SMAX family car has been dyno'd - second gear is a torque monster - the wife loves it!)

While my rsv4 hasnt been on the dyno the ecu is flashed from a lad over in the netherlands who tracks one that has the identical setup to mine so while its not been dyno'd as such its the second best thing...

[louisb]

Sounds awesome birdy.

Haha comfy getting the family car remapped. My Mrs would have a fit. Think if I made it slower she be OK.