it is constantly adjusting to temp, humid, elevation etc.
It isn't doing any of those things. The bike's ECM handles every one of those functions, with this device installed or not. All this does is a two-fold process of (1) essentially altering the target O2 sensor voltage output for a little richer closed-loop operation and (2) continually checking for best-response during acceleration by varying the fuel delivery and comparing the engine acceleration rates to the changes.
Item (1) can handily be performed by any ECM reprogramming kit, and in a better fashion because this unit can only (effectively) change the target sensor output in a global fashion whereas the reprogramming kits can (if desired) alter the targets differently in different operational areas.
Additionally, there are limits to the range of O2 sensor output target voltages, and though it's not likely with a factory (stock) ECM calibration, the workable range could easily be exceeded by this unit since it does not know what it should output to the ECM to meet the expected (programmed target) sensor voltage(s). Whether or how complicated its programming is in this regard is a question which should be asked of their techs before taking a decision on purchasing this unit.
So it is there if you were to ride into the mountains or have different gas it should accomodate for those differences.
Again, this unit really doesn't perform either of those functions. They are still handled entirely by the native ECM.
I can understand the concern of having an add on product that can fail, especially on the road.
Yes, this is a very real concern. If it
does fail, gracefully, you're either "down" on the side of the road or you must get in to all the connectors and swap the injectors and O2 sensors directly back into the bike's wiring harness to
carefully continue on your way. If the failure is not graceful, you may lose injectors, O2 sensors, and/or the ECM as well. By "lose" I mean "need to replace". I'm not suggesting the "ungraceful" failure is even remotely likely, but it
is an introduced-by-this-unit possibility.
The bike I am planning to install on is 2011 cvo sg in black diamond and crimson tag, I am coming off of 2007 fxstsse, deep abys blue and blue pearl that had sert and samson exhaust. I was very happy with that bike and so far extremely happy wth this bike but it just doesn't run right on pump gas, under load on the highway it pings like crazy. MOCO said that they can't do anything about it they told me to try additive in fuel which worked.
Well, you never mentioned the colors of your bike before. They're probably the reason the bike doesn't run right on pump gas. :-) Seriously, though, I have to ask if you're using the grade of fuel called-for in your owner's manual? And whether you've performed any modifications to the breathing configuration of the bike?
the cobra is supposed to be contantly adjustiing and monitoring up to 80 times a second during riding, always adjusting to give you optimal fuel/air
80 times per second is 4800 times per minute. If that figure is the total number of computations it can achieve, then 4800 RPM is the limit it can handle acting on every engine revolution. If that figure is per cylinder, than it can operate on every revolution up to 9600 RPM. That's a question their tech support should be asked to clarify.
can anyone maybe explain to me how the other products are better in depth
Which other products? Are you interested in limiting that request to piggyback units or can ECM reprogramming equipment be included as well?
Please remember I have not made a purchase yet and am really looking for the best product for my bike. If there is another blog that will provide more information on this subject - please point me in the right direction.
There
is another forum which could be considered a better venue, but this one ain't far behind and to be fair, the subject was brought up here and can be adequately covered here.
You've already been told what the best product for your bike is, and that's the TTS Mastertune kit.
If your exhaust system works properly in terms of O2 sensor placement and you can follow relatively simple directions coupled with an ability to operate the motorcycle in a comprehensive manner, you would not
need to place your bike on a dyno to get your own good tune with the TTS kit. Your ECM would be properly programmed for your running parts and you'd have no more chance of EFI parts stranding you on the road than you did when you first picked up the bike from the place where you bought it new. Plus, the only dis- and re-assembly you'd have to perform on your bike is removing/replacing a saddlebag and side cover to gain temporary access to your ECM's wiring harness data connector.