JRE
Going to hell on scholarship
I've reached ~6k miles on the bike now and much of that is from commuting so my riding for much of that time has been pretty subdued except for the long trip to TN/NC/GA I did last year where it got ridden pretty hard. I haven't had much time this year to just go out and ride for the fun of it but I did today. At some point since last year, it really crept up on me, the engine finally broke in fully (or mostly) and holy cow I can't believe the difference in power from when it was new. When I get on it in first gear, that front wheel wants to come right up and it never did that before. Even in second I can feel the front getting really light. If I was a smaller guy, I'm sure it would be coming up in second too. I don't have any ECU mods, just the Akro pipe.
I had read many times on here about how the engine really perks up once broken in and I'm still surprised by the difference I've seen. For those with a '14+ wanting to flash the ECU, I'd wait until after 5-6k miles on the clock to fully evaluate the performance. I had been considering a re-flash before but not any more...now I think it's the perfect blend of grunt and giddy up. ::022::
I had read many times on here about how the engine really perks up once broken in and I'm still surprised by the difference I've seen. For those with a '14+ wanting to flash the ECU, I'd wait until after 5-6k miles on the clock to fully evaluate the performance. I had been considering a re-flash before but not any more...now I think it's the perfect blend of grunt and giddy up. ::022::