jammess
Jammess
Visited a BMW dealer yesterday to pick up some new crush washers for my ancient R1100RSL and while there I asked if they had any new RS bikes to look at and was told they sold their last one a few days ago. Then I asked about cost and in the course of the discussion it was mentioned that I could even buy an option that would allow me to reprogram the ECU to improve running and overall performance for a cost of close to a grand ($1K). They would do the initial reprogram then I could make adjustments to suit me. Have any of you guys ever heard of a dealer offering such an option? I didn't ask any specific questions like how would this affect the warranty. Just seemed odd to me if not kind of ridiculous. I mean if I got to fork over $1K to make my bike run good then not going there as in NOT in this lifetime! Pathetic!! Bike was around 23K with all whistles and bells which is a bunch from the base price of about 13K. No thanks!
I did mail the ECU from my '10 FJR1300A to a tuner in NC a couple years ago for an ECU flash which worked out very well and cost far less than the above described modification to a BMW. Also, the FJR warranty was long expired. The flash had the desired effect that being a very smooth idle with no detriment to fuel economy which remained at 46 mpg so worth the $300 to me although I could have easily lived without it as in I don't ride the bike at idle.
The world of motorcycles today kind of leaves me cold as in what a lot of horse *&$#!
I did mail the ECU from my '10 FJR1300A to a tuner in NC a couple years ago for an ECU flash which worked out very well and cost far less than the above described modification to a BMW. Also, the FJR warranty was long expired. The flash had the desired effect that being a very smooth idle with no detriment to fuel economy which remained at 46 mpg so worth the $300 to me although I could have easily lived without it as in I don't ride the bike at idle.
The world of motorcycles today kind of leaves me cold as in what a lot of horse *&$#!