Well folks...I just got back from my first test ride after installing Ivans "Smart TRE" and performimg a Mod involving the Relocation of the IAT Sensor....and evidently both issues have been/are/were highly debatable both ways but here's how things worked out for me.
I guess to avoid any further confusion at this point I should also go ahead and explain that...
a. I'm not in search of ultimate top-end-rwhp numbers and...
b. While I do toy around in the outlaw drags in deland during daytona's bike week and biketoberfest???...I'm no drag racer either....I'm a hyper sport tourer who loves his curves and sheer power...on a bike big enough and comfortable enough to leave the house on friday afternoon and not get back till sunday evening kinda rider.
And now that THAT'S outta the way???....
c. I already knew that my new busa would be retaining it's stock exhaust for quite some while and I myself (a married father of three growing daughters) didn't want to hafta blow another $1,500-$2,500 on a Full Exhast & PCIII/USB just to get my New Busa's throttle response and bone stock engine running the way I like cause for me???...100FTLBS/160RWHP Stock is more than plenty for the street but things just needed to be "Sweetened Up" a tad...as follows.
My first ride experience basically taught me that while my new Busa was far far more light and nimble on it's feet than I had ever expected or dreamed of???...It's throttle was also a tad choppy and surging while in the lower gears at lower revs.
I found that depending who's post I read or who I talked too that there seemed to be a lot of mixed thoughts and emotions on the boards regarding "TRE's" so....I made a call to an old and close friend of mine...the inventor of TRE's....Ivan...and he took the time to explain to me the differences and advantages of theTRE5 aka Ivans "Smart TRE"....and he also made a certain suggestion regarding relocating a certain sensor...and I bet some of you can guess which one. LOL!!! So I did...and here's my first test ride results of plugging in my new "Smart TRE" and Relocating The IAT Sensor...So here's the things I noticed...
1. Once warmed up???...The Idle lope seemed a tad smoother with a noticably richer smell to the exhaust.
2. In the lower revs, In the lower gears???....I didn't hafta "Concentrate and/or Feel For" wether or not Ivans "Smart TRE" was doing it's job or not as it was an "In Your Face" kind of difference and that difference felt much like the many other bikes I've owned in the past where popping in an advancer plate with 3-4 degrees of advance made all the difference in the world of how the bike performed in the lower rev ranges...with an adequate amount of fuel to go along with the air and far more effective ignition timing...and together???...the Smart TRE was like getting a jet kit and timing advancer all in one...and throttle response was still instantaneous but far more controllable in the way it rolled on coming out of a corner exit...with all the grunt and pull it should have...sweet.
3. "Deceleration": I just hafta mention this as the first stoplight I came downshifting up too???...I immediately felt a smile creep upon my face knowing things where much sweeter as soon as I heard that nice "Rythmic Growl" (indicative of a well tuned engine) and not that stumbly "Snap/Crackle/Pop" of your typical fuel starved bone stocker....again...sweet.
and finally???
4. "Engine Temps": During the 150 miles or so of riding I diod before these two simpl and comparitively inexpensive mods???..my temp gauges needle could be found hoovering a solid tick above the 1/2 way hash mark...after the mods???...wether I was tooling around town in traffic form stoplight-stoplight or cruisng at a steady 80-100mph out on the interstate???....the temp needle stayed at a steady 2-3 needle widths BELOW the 1/2 way hash mark on the temp gauge...and both occassions were in high 80's/high humidity weather...same wether yet very different temp gauge readings...='ed sweeter yet.
And there ya have it...L8R, Bill.
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I guess to avoid any further confusion at this point I should also go ahead and explain that...
a. I'm not in search of ultimate top-end-rwhp numbers and...
b. While I do toy around in the outlaw drags in deland during daytona's bike week and biketoberfest???...I'm no drag racer either....I'm a hyper sport tourer who loves his curves and sheer power...on a bike big enough and comfortable enough to leave the house on friday afternoon and not get back till sunday evening kinda rider.
And now that THAT'S outta the way???....
c. I already knew that my new busa would be retaining it's stock exhaust for quite some while and I myself (a married father of three growing daughters) didn't want to hafta blow another $1,500-$2,500 on a Full Exhast & PCIII/USB just to get my New Busa's throttle response and bone stock engine running the way I like cause for me???...100FTLBS/160RWHP Stock is more than plenty for the street but things just needed to be "Sweetened Up" a tad...as follows.
My first ride experience basically taught me that while my new Busa was far far more light and nimble on it's feet than I had ever expected or dreamed of???...It's throttle was also a tad choppy and surging while in the lower gears at lower revs.
I found that depending who's post I read or who I talked too that there seemed to be a lot of mixed thoughts and emotions on the boards regarding "TRE's" so....I made a call to an old and close friend of mine...the inventor of TRE's....Ivan...and he took the time to explain to me the differences and advantages of theTRE5 aka Ivans "Smart TRE"....and he also made a certain suggestion regarding relocating a certain sensor...and I bet some of you can guess which one. LOL!!! So I did...and here's my first test ride results of plugging in my new "Smart TRE" and Relocating The IAT Sensor...So here's the things I noticed...
1. Once warmed up???...The Idle lope seemed a tad smoother with a noticably richer smell to the exhaust.
2. In the lower revs, In the lower gears???....I didn't hafta "Concentrate and/or Feel For" wether or not Ivans "Smart TRE" was doing it's job or not as it was an "In Your Face" kind of difference and that difference felt much like the many other bikes I've owned in the past where popping in an advancer plate with 3-4 degrees of advance made all the difference in the world of how the bike performed in the lower rev ranges...with an adequate amount of fuel to go along with the air and far more effective ignition timing...and together???...the Smart TRE was like getting a jet kit and timing advancer all in one...and throttle response was still instantaneous but far more controllable in the way it rolled on coming out of a corner exit...with all the grunt and pull it should have...sweet.
3. "Deceleration": I just hafta mention this as the first stoplight I came downshifting up too???...I immediately felt a smile creep upon my face knowing things where much sweeter as soon as I heard that nice "Rythmic Growl" (indicative of a well tuned engine) and not that stumbly "Snap/Crackle/Pop" of your typical fuel starved bone stocker....again...sweet.
and finally???
4. "Engine Temps": During the 150 miles or so of riding I diod before these two simpl and comparitively inexpensive mods???..my temp gauges needle could be found hoovering a solid tick above the 1/2 way hash mark...after the mods???...wether I was tooling around town in traffic form stoplight-stoplight or cruisng at a steady 80-100mph out on the interstate???....the temp needle stayed at a steady 2-3 needle widths BELOW the 1/2 way hash mark on the temp gauge...and both occassions were in high 80's/high humidity weather...same wether yet very different temp gauge readings...='ed sweeter yet.
And there ya have it...L8R, Bill.
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