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My bike is an EFI Bonneville. Tuning it is a different procedure from tuning a carbureted bike. Tuning an EFI involves computers and software and, even though I program for my living, on most days I feel I’ve had enough of computers. Fortunately, this isn’t too difficult.
Why Custom Tune?Not long after I got my Bonneville, I started hearing all about the merits of removing your O2 sensors, removing the airbox (or the baffle from inside, but leaving the box — an alternative that has the advantage of leaving behind a little extra waterproofing), removing air injection and adding “free flowing exhaust”. Once you’ve made these mods, you want to tune your engine to take full advantage of them.performing this kind of tune on his carbureted Bonneville — I thought I’d write up how I did it on my EFI Bonneville. Tune SoftwareThe primary app people use to carry out their tune is TuneECU.,“TuneECU is a software for reprogramming, diagnosis and testing of the Engine Control Unit (ECU)fitted to Electronic Fuel Injected (EFI) models from Triumph, KTM, Aprilia Benelli, Ducati, Moto Guzzi, Gilera, BMW, Husqvarna & Moto Morini. “contains some rather scary warnings about use of the software and how dangerous it can be in the wrong hands. But, no need to be scared: a sizable community has grown up around it. You can find a lot written about its use on Triumphrat.
Some examples:. (very comprehensive thread).The aftermarket tune community have a lot of “homebrew” tunes. These tunes are free (usually) and can be found at various places online. Often, people take these tunes to their local dealer’s dyno to use as the basis for a customized tune for their bike.Time on a dyno at my local dealer is fairly expensive. But, in the discussions I read on Triumphrat, I learned about (owned by Mike Cripps, aka “PieMan” — you can hear an interview with him on ).TTP sells several tunes for Triumph Twins, each one customized for a combination of modifications:.
airbox removed, or only airbox baffle removed. short free flowing exhaust, or long free flowing exhaust, or just TORS. performance cams. 2-into-1 configuration. etcBy my last count, he has 17 different tunes for the Bonneville alone. He has other sections covering Scrambler, Speedmaster and Thruxton.Mike has designed each of these tunes around a dyno run with the specific model of twin (Bonneville, Thruxton, Speedmaster or Scrambler), fitted with the specific modifications. My configuration is:.
Bonneville with LCD Odometer. O2 sensors removed. Air injection removed. Airbox baffle removed.
Norman Hyde Togas fittedThis configuration is covered by Mike’s Bonneville.I should mention that when you purchase a tune from him, it comes with a custom version of TuneECU.Well, enough background. Let’s get on with the process. Things You Need. Was purchased from Triumph Twin Power.One of the above links goes to a thread on Triumphrat, where people discuss the fact that there are good cables and there are bad cables. From Triumph Twin Power and I’d recommend you do the same. Computer ConfigurationYou will need a computer and it’s got to be a Windows computer.Before you connect the ODB2 cable to your computer, you will need to install drivers for it.
I know that sounds like a pain, but it’s really pretty easy. The instructions for installing the drivers and the download link are.
I chose to download the EXE (rather than downloading the DLLs and having to find where / how to install them) for my OS (Windows 10) and ran it as administrator. It installed the drivers without any problems.The tune process can take about 30 minutes, at most. Before you begin, make sure your computer isn’t set to go to sleep, or has any other power saver features enabled. You can re-enable them later, if they’re important to you. But, turn them off for now. You don’t want the tune process interrupted. For that reason, I’d also recommend using a laptop, so that you won’t need to worry about power outages.
(Built-in battery backup, and all that.). Indispensable in the hot summer, also vital for this particular task Prep WorkEstablishing a connection between bike and computer requires a good healthy charge from your battery for the duration of the exercise. You will have your ignition on, but you won’t have your engine running, for at least 3 minutes (based on my experiences). So, there are a couple things you should do to prepare for this.First, about an hour before you start, I’d recommend hooking your battery up to a battery tender. There are many ways to do this: one of the most common is to hook directly to the battery terminals (just like you were going to jump start your bike).
In my case, I have added a Powerlet outlet to my bike, on an unswitched circuit. So, I can simply plug my battery tender directly into the Powerlet socket and my battery will receive a trickle charge.
This will help get your battery up to its best level for the work to come. Adaption Reset step: now’s when you turn on your engine.This is where I need to chime in with a note that was not included in the directions.
Notice the third bullet point above:“Once connected, pull out the cold start knob and idle the engine.”In my opinion, that’s just not explicit enough for newbies, or even for experienced riders who are new to doing this particular kind of maintenance.Specifically, you need to pull out the cold start knob only long enough to get your engine started! (You may not even need it at all.) Once your engine is running, you can push the cold start knob back in.This wasn’t clear to me. As a result, I left the knob out for the full 20 minutes.
I got two things for doing that: glowing, red hot headers and no TPS green light. So, I had to do all of this over, the next morning, once my engine was cold again.So, in brief, this stage should go like this:. Attempt to start your engine. If your engine didn’t start, pull out the cold start knob and try again. If your engine still didn’t start, you will need to figure out what the problem is and fix it.
But, probably, your engine did start. Push the knob back in. Step away from the bike: don’t TOUCH the throttle (or the process will self-cancel and you’ll have to wait for a cold engine, again).
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Switch to the Monitor tab, like the directions say, and wait for the green light on the TPS sensor. For me, it appeared after 12 minutes. TuneECU’s Monitor screen. (Sorry about the reflections!)The TPS light (to the left of the tachometer, which is the large LCD readout at dead center) turned green for me after 12 minutes. At this point, you switch off the ignition and shutdown the program on your computer.Disconnect the cable, replace the fuses you removed and put the seat back on. You are now done! Final AssessmentAs I mentioned, I was caught short by the directions to “pull out the cold start knob and idle the engine”.
I took it literally and ran the entire adaption reset with the cold start knob pulled out. I never got a green light and so I stopped the procedure after 20 minutes.
On a test ride, afterward, I felt hesitation and stuttering at about 3000RPM (which is where my bike “idled” with the cold start knob pulled out).On a second day, with a cold engine again (and after some reading online), I re-did the procedure — but without the cold start knob, which I didn’t even need as my engine started fine without it. The engine idled at 950-1050 RPM, the adaption program gave me a green light after only 12 minutes. A test ride afterward was smooth as butter, through the whole RPM range.Throttle snatchiness, which had been noticeable at the low end of rev, is now gone. Excessive fuel smell is now also gone. Can’t report on mileage, as I’ve only been doing local short rides.
I’d rather get a long ride in, before quoting mileage.I’m really quite pleased with what Triumph Twin Power has done with their tunes and what this tune has done for my Bonneville. Because of my good experiences, I’m looking at an attractive 6 Pot Front Brake Caliper from TTP, as a result.
If I get it, I’ll write it up here.TTP Tunes: Recommended!
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