anyone know anything about 'tuneboy' ecu's ?

[colin1]

are these likely to be an improvment on original or bodged problem-causing crap ?
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[benc]

its not worth £225 in my opinion as all it is is some software. IT looks like it has a limited number of bikes that it can be used on. You would still need to get the bike dynoed and get someone who know how to set ecu's up to get more performance without breaking anything.

[colin1]

I wouldnt be buying one. I want to know if a bike with one already fitted is better or worse than a bike without one.

I guess it depends how well it was set up when installed but I dont know anything else.
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[Chriss]

Tune boy is software, that plugs into the orignal ECU. It's not a replacement chip or anything, it just changes the settings of your orignal ECU.
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[colin1]

ahh thnx
is it possible to fuck up the original ecu if you dont know what you are doing, or is it easy to just restore to latest triumph remap ? (for a tt600)

edit
Ive used the search function now and it seems that although all changes to the ecu are reversible, there is plenty of possibilities to reduce performance if the wrong remap is used

I guess I would only find out if it had a bad remap if i got it dyno'ed
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[Chriss]

As tuneboy can be used to remove any rev limiter set by the ECU (how alot of tt600s have quite high peak power) I'd say it is *very* easy to not only set the bike up wrong, but well and truely fuck it up. Unlike a power commander, it's not as simple as "unplug it and everything's disappeared" so it's also a bitch for insurance purposes.
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[colin1]

ahh thnx again
so if you remove rev limits you could fuck up the bike in a permanent rather than reversible way
hmm
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[Chriss]

[Kickstart]

Hi

As there is nothing on the bike to show a Tuneboy has ever been used it is even harder for an insurance bod to spot than a Power Commander.

The Tuneboy allows you to change the actual maps used in the ECU (exactly the same as the kit the Triumph dealers use to update the maps). Most people using Tuneboy software will be uploading standard Triumph maps.

Power Commanders are just bodge devices that screw around with the signals to the ECU to try and provide a limited ability to retune the ECU.

All the best

Keith
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[Chriss]

Is there no way that the insurance people would plug into the ECU and give it a quick check? Would have thought that'd be an obvious thing to do (though I admit I know very little about insurance engineering)
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[Kickstart]

Not really and the maps are regularly updated by Triumph, and they would also need to show that it was relevant to the accident.

Couple of holes drilled to mount a power commander would be far more obvious, and the chances are that if they needed to check it over that much the bike would be impounded by the police so you would not be in a position to remove the power commander.

All the best

Keith
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[colin1]

so does this mean I could use the tuneboy to try the detuned map that is used in the speed four ?

or is the speed four detuned in othere ways than just the mapping ?
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[Kickstart]

Hi

You could probably try it (or even make up your own map), but the speed 4 has different cams as well (different timing and lift) and probably a different exhaust.

All the best

Keith
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