chrisw
Bluebird
I'm beginning to think that we hotrod artists may have to leave the new one pretty much alone. Very very sad......
This bike is almost a big computer. It's not just the RBW bit.... the ECU (now a CPU!!!) will be taking signals from quite a variety of performance areas, engine AND chassis, and determining what resultant engine, braking, and cornering performance it will allow us in each particular area. (All this is probably "a good thing"......)
Any attempts to muck around with fuelling and/or ignition for engine performance will upset the balance of traction control (braking, cornering, as well as acceleration) determined with the IMU and the CPU programming, and I am starting to think that it will not be possible to just up the engine performance without upsetting the whole stability/handling caboose.
And if one starts playing with the ECU/CPU, what about the cruise control, hill hold, fob, quickshifter functions... and there are maybe others I haven't thought of. Wonder (shudder) if it's Canbus wired?
But what would I know???? All shall be revealed...... couple of weeks to go.......
I hope the engine wizards can come up with ways to change/personalise the Ride. This is why I went for the Rocket instead of the other electronically cloned machines