Therealal

On 7/8/2022 at 6:29 PM, 2and3cylinders said:

So I'll bite

Where do you live wiere big constrictors make nice?

I have my suspensions...

Australia. Near Sydney. That's a diamond python. They're very chill.

The photo is a set-up, the snake was my brother's pet. He picked it up off the road years ago, because they're very chill.

Poor form. When I'm riding with my daughter we always stop for a photo opportunity with the local wildlife.

2022 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT First Ride Review | Cycle World

My valve clearances were checked for the first time at the 40,000km service on Monday 21 September. The bike's a 2016, purchased August 2019 with 15,000 on the clock.

The mechanic said all clearances were in spec.

On 10/29/2019 at 8:43 PM, Gadget Gormez said:

I am a recent new owner to the MT09 Tracer, mine is a late 2017 I picked up about month ago. I have read through this thread about a dozen times. After recently reading @Therealal experience with the tuneboy cruise control, I took the plunge and purchased it. Whilst waiting for the USB module to arrive I did try and read up on the device, except there is not much documentation or user experience at least that I could find. Anyways after the device arrived and getting some spare time to do the install. I found it appears my Tracer is not supported. Here is the screen shot that I get when trying various tracer tune files (Flash). The zip file I downloaded from tune boys website does not contain any documentation, I did email Wayne from tuneboy several days ago but not yet received a response. @Therealal What was your hardware version and which file did you use? My Bike is a late 2017 for the Malaysian market originally purchased from a Yamaha dealer. Thanks in advance for your guys help.

Late night update (Malaysian Time) Wayne has got in touch and sent some new files will update you tomorrow. 

 

Same thing happened to me. I sent him the hardware version number and he sent me the right map. I don't remember the numbers.

2 hours ago, chitown said:

Also, with progressive rate springs it's not altogether incorrect to say adjusting preload is making it harder/softer. But you're right with straight rate all you're doing by increasing preload beyond desired sag is giving away suspension travel you could enjoy if sprung properly. 

Monoshock rear suspensions generally have a linkage which decreases the mechanical advantage which the swingarm has over the shock as the swingarm travels. In this case, increasing preload would "soften" the suspension.

I didn't go in to how it works. I assume the flash inserts the TuneBoy module in the command chain, the module contains his map, and the trim modifies parameters in that. The engine doesn't feel different. Modes still work. Fuel consumption appears to be the same.

According to his answer to my pre sales inquiry:

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Anyone that tells you they can flash a map into your ECU that will be perfect is a liar.

Every bike I tune on the dyno is different, If I make a map for a 2017 MT09 with Akrapovic exhaust then flash it into another 2017 MT09 with Akrapovic exhaust I can assure you that it will be different.

 

My map files

Turn off the closed throttle fuel cut.

Turn off the O2 sensor.

Disable the SAI or leave it active, you can change this in the software.

You can set the thermo fan to come on at any temperature you like and change it any time you like.

Speed limits disabled.

Launch control is added.

Warmup blip feature added.

Downshift blip added (Needs a new QS sensor).

Cruise control added.

 

With our kit you have a cable to flash the ECU (through the diagnostic plug under the seat).

You can return the ECU to standard if you need to.

The cable allows you to check and clear any errors that occur on the bike.

You could always ask him. sales@tuneboy.com.au

5 hours ago, dazzler24 said:

And when you say ...  it's really cheap .... what sort of dollars are we talking?  The only link I could find was for the Tuneboy CC and ECU tune package that was ~AU$450.  Is that the amount you're referring to?

Yes. MCcruise is three times the price fitted. 

I'm not that interested in the other features but I note on looking at the configuration screen there's an option to remove the speed limiter, which is selected by default. 

The software download for Yamahas includes FJ09 as well as MT09. Interestingly,  the Tuneboy guy doesn't like changing maps without putting the bike on the dyno.  He says injectors for example can vary by plus or minus ten percent. He says if you get a bike that's got them at ten percent over, make a map,  sell it and the buyer has a bike with injectors at ten percent below spec it will run like shit. He said he recently did maps for Benelli and they gave him a bike only after flow testing the head and selecting injectors in the middle of their allowed variation. 

I bought one of these a couple of weeks back. It's a device about the size and shape of a cigarette with cables coming out. Two of them interrupt the plug to the stop light. One connects to the diagnostic connector under the seat. The other one is a USB cable.

It takes two or three minutes to connect it up. You flash the ECU with a simple program (the flash program) you download from their web site. You need an Internet connection at flash time to register the program. I just hot-spotted through my cellphone.

You can change a bunch of settings with a second program (the trim program). I pretty much left it alone. just enabled cruise. Trim also lets you examine error codes if the Engine light comes on, and clear them.

I tested it on a 700km ride on Sunday. It works well. You press the Mode button with some throttle on to engage. (Standard, Mode only works with the throttle closed). Press it again and the speed goes up 1km/h. Press it for more than half a second and the speed drops 5km/h. This last one is a bit jerky: power cuts and then comes back on at the lower speed, and MT-09s are snatchy at the best of time. (I don't mind it, that's why I'm always in A mode. I like the pugnacious character of the engine.)

When you engage it's always at the current speed, it doesn't remember the last speed. To disengage, touch the brake lever, brake pedal or clutch.

So, a bit primitive, but what do you expect, it's really cheap. They sell separate nudge buttons. I'll send them an email and see if the nudge buttons give you the resume function.

I bought it to stop wrist ache, because I'm getting old. Did a 700km ride, wrist didn't hurt.

Win!

@betoney - Does the MCCruise unit occupy the space where the toolkit resides? It looks like it on one of their YouTube videos. 

I live in Sydney Australia. I bought a 2017 MT-09 Tracer (as they're called here) from Brisbane Australia on the second. It hasn't arrived yet. 

I thought this would make my opening post the most boring ever,  but on further research apparently not. The bike is stock apart from bags and Michelin PR2s, so it's pretty boring too. 

Right now I'm bored. If no-one calls about buying my V-Strom in the next 30 minutes I'm taking it to a pub I know at the end of a twisty road a hundred and fifty kilometres away which serves tasty steaks and foaming glasses of beer. 

Mmmm.  Beer.