Keenaz for a Duke

Hey guys n gals.

Name's Aron, 32, live in South East Brissy. Only been riding for a year and a half and so far had a pretty rough trott.

1st LAMS bike, CB400 wrote off after 4 months cause my ambition outweighed my ability.
2nd LAMS, SV650s dropped after 3 months, nothing major just road litter and sold 2 months ago.
3rd, Daytona 675 which was my pride and joy, jet black, arrow exhaust, shorties, tehcspecs and some carbon bits. Stolen 5 weeks ago from under my house.

Now, offer made on an stock 07 Superduke. Love the triples but chose this cause it has the power of the Daytona, handling of the Street and comfort of the Speed i.e. can do track days, can tear up my local mountains and can tour on it. Hopefully it passes RWC next Tuesday. Have some minor mods planned at this stage with first and foremost being a full crash protection set hahaha

A pic of me on the Daytona.

Welcome......

Thanks KTM666. Have read most of your thread on the MH to DNA filter swap and Dyno's etc. Up to page 10 or 11 I think. You end up getting it sorted?

If you buy that SD you will another love will come over you..
I hope you buy one.
Welcome

Hahaha if only I could blame teenage youth for my offs

I gotta say the last 6 days since making the offer have been the SLOWEST in my entire life

Welcome to the nuthouse.

Free pass to the Nuthouse, check!

Any Brissy riders in the hood?

Dont be ashamed of crashing a few bikes, crashing teaches you a lot, I have never met a seasoned crasher who is not scary fast and really understands how a motorcycle works

Sure the ego hurts a little, but the wallet hurts more haha. In fact one of the specialist bike insurers won't insure me now

For the time being the KTM will be my touring bike, weekend toy and track hack! But once funds allow I'd like to get another Daytona for the track, that way I can push to my limits in relative safety

Hey Aron, heard about your purchase. congrats mate, you'll never regret it. Take it easy for a few weeks until you get used to it hey ?. I'll probably see you in the hills on Sunday.

@ One67 - Thanks for the welcome, and here I was thinking I'd be an individual. One of the reasons I bought the Duke over the Street is because every second new rider is getting a Streety, wanted to be different haha.

@Troy - Mate Im super stoked with it, went for a strap last night and heading out again tonight. There is a couple of boys from OSB riding the Gold Coast on Sunday. Where will you be at?

While Im at it can either of you tell me where to get a Tuneecu cable? The guy I bought it from removed the cat and its got a bad overrun pop which is getting annoying already. Im thinking of downloading a slip on map to fix it - will this help?

Yeah saw the OSB ride but no logic for me riding north to meet up with some hooligans to ride south when i'm already here
I'll depart from Mudgee caltex around 7:30, might have a couple of other mates with me too. Usually do springbrook, pine creek, advancetown, beechmont then canungra for some brekky, then maybe o'rileys depending on energy levels/time.

I've got a tuneecu cable and software setup on a netbook if you want to do it here. I made my own cable, happy to do one up for you if you want. Got a spare plug for the bike but you'd need to get an ODB connector, can point you in the right direction for a cheap one if you're keen..

Yeah the slip-on map would probably be better but most of them have o2 disabled as wel, if the prev owner didnt do that, or remove the SAS gear it might be tough getting a good map to suit. I've got a pair of resistors to disable the o2 sensors around here somewhere..
Just have to find the right map I guess, or get used to it popping

Haha, they are a bunch of Hooligans!!!

Mate, I would appreciate all the help I can get. I'll probably order slip ons from the States (read 3-4 weeks delivery) but would like to fix it before then. The popping is f@#kin annoying haha!!! I don’t really understand a lot of this stuff but am keen as to learn. So just to clarify

I need to disable the O2 sensor (what does this do)?
And the SAS gear (is this the restriction for the 2nd/3rd gear emissions)?
Then load a new map?

Happy to trade beer and cigarettes for knowledge and a helping hand

Azza

The o2 sensors put extra oxygen into the exhaust to finish off unburnt fuel (causing popping when it ignites). Its mostly for emmissions reasons and is needed when you've got a catalytic converter to save it form getting trashed. When you remove the cat, you don't really need them anymore.
Some people like the popping though
Disabling the o2 sensors just takes a couple of resistors and doing so negates a whole load of plumbing and crap on the bike that people generally remove and put "Blanking plates" over the holes left as a result.

The first/second gear restriction you can just turn off using tuneecu.

I found the resistors i've got, we could get you up and running with a new map pretty quickly and just leave all the other crap on there for now. It should significantly reduce the popping and make it run better to boot.

Don't smoke any more but partial to a beer or five
We should organise some garage time sometime soon, will only take an hour or less to do most of the above.

Shit mayne you have just helped me understand in 2 mins what I have been trying to make sense of via a million threads over the past 2 weeks! I'll pm ya re a catch up time

FYI there is no need for the resistors for the O2, SAS or 2nd/3rd limiter. They can all be turned via TuneECU

If turning off the SAS, you can just bung the hose with either a marble or bolt, if you don't have the block off plates.

I know that when I turned it off, but still had it connected, it was popping/banging like a pill-head whore, but stopped when I turned it back on. So yeah, it needs blocking.

You can disconnect it from the valve and just stick a bolt in the end of the hose still connected to the engine, if you want.