Riding in A mode , Smoother ?

[GTO MIKE]

Now that I,m over 1000 miles on my new bike , and getting used to it, I started to ride it in A mode and I swear it seems to run smoother with less vibration while cruising . Has anyone else noticed this or is it my imagination ? Don't know all the parameters that it changes but maybe more fueling or timing changes come into play ?

MIKE

[betoney]

15 minutes ago, GTO MIKE said:

Now that I,m over 1000 miles on my new bike , and getting used to it, I started to ride it in A mode and I swear it seems to run smoother with less vibration while cruising . Has anyone else noticed this or is it my imagination ? Don't know all the parameters that it changes but maybe more fueling or timing changes come into play ?

MIKE

I had my ECU flashed to default to A-mode and that is the only mode I use unless it is a frosty morning and the roads are slippery, then I use B-mode.  Very smooth for me, no complaints.  A-mode also has quick turn throttle 😎

[TheBigG]

I use to ride only in STD mode, B only if it rains.

I can't remember why or when I changed to A, probably by mistake but then I realised I felt no difference (the way I ride...) 😁

[Wintersdark]

13 hours ago, betoney said:

I had my ECU flashed to default to A-mode and that is the only mode I use unless it is a frosty morning and the roads are slippery, then I use B-mode.  Very smooth for me, no complaints.  A-mode also has quick turn throttle 😎

I've seen you say this before.  Do the FJ's change to a default setting (std I assume?) when you turn them on?  I know with the Tracer, it just starts at whatever mode you where in when you turned it off.

[Wintersdark]

13 hours ago, GTO MIKE said:

Now that I,m over 1000 miles on my new bike , and getting used to it, I started to ride it in A mode and I swear it seems to run smoother with less vibration while cruising . Has anyone else noticed this or is it my imagination ? Don't know all the parameters that it changes but maybe more fueling or timing changes come into play ?

MIKE

I pretty much ride exclusively in A mode, but can't say I've noticed any vibration changes between modes - mine's pretty buzzy all the time.  It's just more eager in A mode. 

[betoney]

23 minutes ago, Wintersdark said:

I've seen you say this before.  Do the FJ's change to a default setting (std I assume?) when you turn them on?  I know with the Tracer, it just starts at whatever mode you where in when you turned it off.

Yes, if you were riding in B-mode and turn the ignition off, when you turn it back on it will start in STD.  That is one of the options available when flashing, to start in A-mode or leave it stock to start in STD.

[texscottyd]

24 minutes ago, Wintersdark said:

I've seen you say this before.  Do the FJ's change to a default setting (std I assume?) when you turn them on?  I know with the Tracer, it just starts at whatever mode you where in when you turned it off.

The first-gen FJs do default back to STD mode when you turn them on, regardless of what you had it set to previously.   You can pick a new default mode as part of the ECU flash, and about 99.9% of us seem have selected A as the new default mode.  

[piotrek]

 While I remain part of the 0.1% (them people) to start my bike in STD-mode, I do also find A-mode smoother for cruising. The bike's been flashed, but I recall A-mode always feeling less laboured.