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Mikellyjo
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 11:05 am: | 
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A few weeks ago my wife got herself an 09 XB12R to add to our stable to keep my 08 1125r company over the winter. It only has a 150 miles on it but it seems sluggish from idle to about 4000, after that I can feel it "kick in." Now I know I am comparing apples to oranges with the off idle feel of the 1125r but was wondering if the TPS needs resetting. And if so, does the same procedure for the 1125r work...ie, turn the key to run and roll the throttle to WOT three times?
Thanks for your input.
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Sparky
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 02:19 pm: |
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Don't do anything special at this point except ride the bike. These bikes are meant to be ridden.
Since the bike is so new and is not broken in yet, try taking it out to a highway and run it at a fairly steady speed for about 5 to 10 miles at around 3500 rpms. The ECM needs to "learn" the ambient environment from its various sensors and adjust the fueling maps accordingly. This routine is called adjusting the AFV (Adaptive Fuel Value) and it's done automatically and continuously while riding within the rpm and distance parameters given above.
After you do this little exercise, the bike "should" run better with crisper throttle response, better mileage and no sluggishness.
If it does NOT run better after doing that exercise, report back here and we (collectively) can figure out something.
Report back anyhow and tell how she likes it... |
Akbuell
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 09:22 pm: |
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Seems like it is where it should be at this time in its life. I broke my '08TT in according to the owners manual, and, FWIW, it really didn't come alive and start to 'sing' until it had about 5k mi on the clock. Then the fuel mileage went up, the throttle response went up, the smoothness went up, yadda yadda.......
And as to the TPS set, I expect the '09 is like my '08, with the WOT 3 times thing.
Hope all this helps, Dave |
Kalali
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 10:30 am: |
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I also like to add that those two bikes are very different when it comes to where they produce their peak torque and hp. The XB had a much higher "low end" torque meaning that it needs less throttle to get up and go. When I test rode a CR I stalled the bike twice before I realized how it behaves. Of course my own bike is an X1 and it has gobs of low end torque. Just a thought. |
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