First, let's clarify one thing...
I didn't get the ECUnleashed re-flash to correct any of the fueling issues you claim you have. I didn't have any "stumble" or "surge" that you have complained of so often, or at least I never noticed any. No, I got my initial Gen 1 ECUnleashed re-flash to eliminate the 1-3 gear throttle butterfly restrictions. I wasn't looking for more power, or to correct any surging or stumbles, but I simply wanted full control of the throttle instead of having some programmer nanny at Yamaha deciding how much to open the throttle butterflies in the lower gears. That's why I was never disappointed with the Gen 1 re-flash as some were. They were looking for big power gains and didn't get 'em, but they were also the ones who didn't pay attention to what the Gen 1 re-flash was designed to do. With the Gen 2 re-flash folks finally got the *perception* of big power increases, but as ECU-savvy folks like AVC will tell you, that's only because ECUnleashed made the throttle butterfly *ramping* more aggressive.
But enough about that... Don't go painting me with your own brush. I didn't have any problem with the "fueling" of my Super Ten - just didn't like the idea of the throttle restrictions, and that's why I got a re-flash.
Now, if you will ever read carefully - which you seriously seem to be unable to do - I have never been one to "piss on" *ANY* other marque. I've only called them as I've seen 'em. I was a KTM dealer, and their parts supply issues, unwillingness to take care of the warranty needs of my customers, their slowness to pay me for warranty work, and their product breaking down on literally every customer I sold one to finally caused me to terminate my sales agreement with them. They were the most arrogant, unfair, and obnoxious vehicle company I ever dealt with in all my years as a dealer. They made American and Japanese companies look like charities that showered dealers and customers with money. Hence, I don't care for them.
As for BMW, the ones I've owned have been pure nightmares, just like others have reported here as to their own experience with them. They break more than they should, and when they do you're in for a fight with them over it if it's under warranty - and even if it's a known and acknowledged problem, even by them. It also seems that lately BMW's are the only bikes I ever seem to work on by the side of the road, helping folks who are broke down. Decades ago it was Harley's, but now your rarely see a broke down H-D, but broke down Beemers are so common they have become a cliche.
As for posting the info about the current rear shock recall, etc... Two things.
One, it should be posted, particularly when the OP is considering getting one. Don't you think he deserves to know about that? Look back in the thread. I first congratulated him on his new bike, and mentioned I thought it was the best bike BMW builds. It was only later, when the news of this latest disastrous recall came out, that I posted anything else. And isn't it funny how the OP, after learning about that recall, has now decided to perhaps re-think his purchase...
Second, please note that I was one of the very first ones, if not the first, to post here about Yamaha's recalls on the Super Tenere. I'm an equal opportunity reporter when it comes that sort of thing. I got all the recall documents, NHTSA documents, etc. on the headlamp recall and posted them here on this board for all to see. So it's not just BMW recalls I mention on this board.
Last, but not least... You have "slammed" a lot more about the Super Tenere than just the "fueling/engine management". Just recently you were reveling in your rants about how you think Yamaha doesn't know how to design or implement a gear indicator, and how BMW did such a better job. Likewise your mention of the Super Tenere being deficient because it didn't have self-canceling turn signals, that it's switch gear was not as wonderful as BMW's, etc., etc. For the most part I only see you speak poorly of the Super Tenere, and yet wildly praise BMW. And you are certainly the first to fly to BMW's defense any time anyone so much as whispers a discouraging word about a BMW. Honestly, you seem to have so much disdain for Yamaha and the Super Tenere I have sometimes pondered why you even own one. OTOH, you seem to dearly love your BMW's, and for that I'm glad you own them. If they make you happy, great! But that doesn't mean the rest of us have to love them, too.
As for your last post above... Hell, just once I'd like to see you "discuss the merits of the Tenere"! ::025::
Dallara
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