Spoke for a good 20 min. today with the head Motorrad tech at my BMW dealer about full exhausts and power commanders/remaps.
Here's what he had to say....
According to him the ECU on the S1K is totally adaptive. The idea of over-riding the ECU with a map from a power commander is a bad idea (in his opinion).
He said that when you go with a full system the bike will learn it and remap itself in a way that is absolutely optimal.
He also claims that the idea of the bike running lean is absolute bull$hit considering how "adaptive" and real time the ECU will remap.
BMW sells Akrapovic exhausts as part of their catalog and fully support their products. On the other hand any modifications to the electronics such as a power commander piggy backing on the ECU is a great way to potentially cause warranty issues if a problem came up. Hence the reason BMW does not offer any power commander options of any sort nor do they in any way support it.
As a BMW corporate option they offer full Akrapovic systems without any type of power commander and there's a reason for that....
Not sure what to make of that but it seems like a valid argument!?
What do you guys think?
Here's what he had to say....
According to him the ECU on the S1K is totally adaptive. The idea of over-riding the ECU with a map from a power commander is a bad idea (in his opinion).
He said that when you go with a full system the bike will learn it and remap itself in a way that is absolutely optimal.
He also claims that the idea of the bike running lean is absolute bull$hit considering how "adaptive" and real time the ECU will remap.
BMW sells Akrapovic exhausts as part of their catalog and fully support their products. On the other hand any modifications to the electronics such as a power commander piggy backing on the ECU is a great way to potentially cause warranty issues if a problem came up. Hence the reason BMW does not offer any power commander options of any sort nor do they in any way support it.
As a BMW corporate option they offer full Akrapovic systems without any type of power commander and there's a reason for that....
Not sure what to make of that but it seems like a valid argument!?
What do you guys think?