SB
"if anyone can comprehend it, TwoLane will be the man. I look forward to meeting and riding with you some day. Just remember I have that old school SERT and may not be operating at maximum efficiency!"
Hey SB,
I hear whatever you may lack in efficiency you make up for it with brute HP. Of course that works! Me, I like the TMAX, the user interfaces are easy, and when it gets tough, like mixing parts that don't make up a map that is in the Zippers file, well, then I make a custom one, but then, it takes a dyno to play. And some patience. Not everyone has the time to do it, but, if you follow, the TMAX benefits from existing maps that are already on file with Zippers. It takes them many many hours to develop a map, I even heard them referred to as the Mapping Company.
Then for each application, the TMAX can go either side of perfect on the map they developed, to allow for differences on the bike you own, correcting things automatically, and making your map perfect. For you, the old sert guy, one difference is that when you start with a map from Harley for the SERT, you MUST then tune it for your specific bike, and it is then accomplished whereas the hard work is already done, and the TMAX does the rest after the base map install, automatically.
If Twolane has this nailed, fine. But I see he is having pinging and hot weather problems. But believe me, there is no way that the TMAX will change its running habits in hot or cold weather, and the ping, I'll bet is is the fuel. HOWEVER (always the caveat) What you will see when the weather changes is the performance. The air density is substantially reduced when it is hot, or when at high altitude, it comes into play. Density, means just that. The air is more dense. The molecules are closer together. You get more good air, and the TMAX will feed more fuel the colder, and lower your elevation. The density altitude, which affects all this, on a normally aspirated engine, when it is hot, actually simulates a higher running altitude. It is the pressure altitude actually.
Anyway, bikes run better when cool, unless turbocharged. Bikes lose a lot of HP when high up, or real hot. Air Fuel ratios are automatically adjusted in the TMAX for excactly these conditions. The only culprit I can see is bad fuel, or the unlikely clogged fuel filter, restricting flow at high rpms.
So, I am done, did my post allocation for the week, now I can go ride and do a couple wheelies before dark.
Rhino