I just picked up my bike with Ivan's new fuel cut eliminator for the ST. Throttle response is flawless. I put 210 miles on the bike today under various riding conditions from high speed riding to traffic jams.
The throttle now seems more like a rheostat connected to a electric motor than a throttle. Response is instantaneous, linear, and smooth. I now know what the Honda engineers were intending when the built the ST drive train. I always thought ST engine was always smooth and I did not think it could be smoother, but now it is. When I tried to identify the transition from full throttle close by rolling the throttle off and on I could not identify the transition - totally seamless at any RPM or any gear. Also when doing a cold start the engine immediately jumps to the warm up RPM - no variation or lumpiness - its like the tach needle is glued to tach face. Also after warm up the same thing. - Now there is no need to feather the clutch when making tight u-turns, - and I able to take slow speed turns on a washboard road without any sensitive throttle jerkiness from the bumps in the road.
Another benefit is improved mileage - about 2 miles/gallon improvement on the first tank measured by the gas put at the station. This might be the result of putting the stock pressure regulator on the bike. I had the had the Turbo Tom Fuel Pressure Regulator but Ivan put stock pressure regulator back on and tuned the bike with everything stock.
The bike also seems to run cooler since I did not feel the normal heat out of the engine ducts. However since the temperature varied between 45 and 52 degrees today, I need to see what happens on a warmer day before I am sure about the impact of the FCE on engine heat.
My bike has been a development test mule all winter, but it was well worth the wait. Ivan expects to have the units ready for sale within a month.
The throttle now seems more like a rheostat connected to a electric motor than a throttle. Response is instantaneous, linear, and smooth. I now know what the Honda engineers were intending when the built the ST drive train. I always thought ST engine was always smooth and I did not think it could be smoother, but now it is. When I tried to identify the transition from full throttle close by rolling the throttle off and on I could not identify the transition - totally seamless at any RPM or any gear. Also when doing a cold start the engine immediately jumps to the warm up RPM - no variation or lumpiness - its like the tach needle is glued to tach face. Also after warm up the same thing. - Now there is no need to feather the clutch when making tight u-turns, - and I able to take slow speed turns on a washboard road without any sensitive throttle jerkiness from the bumps in the road.
Another benefit is improved mileage - about 2 miles/gallon improvement on the first tank measured by the gas put at the station. This might be the result of putting the stock pressure regulator on the bike. I had the had the Turbo Tom Fuel Pressure Regulator but Ivan put stock pressure regulator back on and tuned the bike with everything stock.
The bike also seems to run cooler since I did not feel the normal heat out of the engine ducts. However since the temperature varied between 45 and 52 degrees today, I need to see what happens on a warmer day before I am sure about the impact of the FCE on engine heat.
My bike has been a development test mule all winter, but it was well worth the wait. Ivan expects to have the units ready for sale within a month.
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MIKE
