[Ducati] 916 Stock Map

[Don Hill]

Hey Mike: Not trying to sound like an ass but just for fun do a google for 
"Brad Black Ducati" and see what comes up ... then check out: 
http://www.moto-one.com.au/performance/index.html
Don

Subject: Re: [Ducati] 916 Stock Map


> My, aren't we condescending, must be nice to know it all.  Moonbeam
>
> Kerry and Brad Black <bikeboy at alphalink.com.au> wrote:   >>How about a 
> good over the counter chip (FIM) and a custom mapped PC. : )
> Because we all know that two different bikes never map the same.
> Just ask a PC owner that tried to download a generic Map for his bike.
> Or a FIM chip and a dyno shop that has the software to make changes to the
> chip, here in the state of AZ I know of not one......
>
> Art
>
> the beauty of the pc is that it allows for poorly setup bikes - you just 
> get it custom mapped. and they've done an amazing job of marketing it - 
> people buy them fully expecting to have to spend more to get it tuned. 
> whereas duane used to have people saying "us$180 for a chip - that's 
> expensive". wacky huh.
>
> IF the cam timing and tps baseline and balance and idle mixture setting 
> and fuel filter are all good, there's very little variation between 
> required fuelling from bike to bike when fitting chips. amazingly little 
> when you consider all the possible sources of error. but as i said above, 
> people fit pc to get around having to do all that stuff because they can't 
> get it done or can't be bothered or don't want to pay, etc. and that's why 
> maps don't transfer so well between bikes. allegedly lots of mv dealers 
> recommend pc and custom mapping because they can't manage to do the simple 
> baseline stuff. which is pretty piss poor, but reality.
>
> i'd just fit an ultimap chip, get the idle mixture set and go from there. 
> but even the idle mixture bit seems to be too hard for many.
>
> brad
> *****