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Parts now in the for sale section...sad day

Hopefully will be selling the after market bits off on here to try and recoup some money...that'll include a two month old FlashTune interface, carbon…login to view the rest of this post

To be honest I'd always preferred the look of the older models and wish I'd gone for one of those instead...

..I just think that the whole Yamaha ownin…login to view the rest of this post

..for a newish bike there are far too many things wrong with the complain R1...timing tensioner noise, headlight laser burns, fuel light issues etc...…login to view the rest of this post

Thanks for the replies chaps...is it a faulty switch / sender or just a really bad design?

I'm writing this from the side of the road waiting for Mrs Breakdown to bring me some fuel.

The fuel light came on 1.9 miles ago and now I'm out...WTF?…login to view the rest of this post

Right...finally sorted the problem thanks to Mike and my multimeter!

Found out that the USB interface cable has been wired up incorrectly when manufact…login to view the rest of this post

r1Mike wrote:what year is your bike Dayl ?

2010 …login to view the rest of this post

Spoke to Daryl today it didn't work, A mode on the 14B is best thing to test and it didn't take that.

Got a couple of things to try with him, can't te…login to view the rest of this post

I don't know what's happened...but I think it's working now!

How do I know if the flash worked? The green bar went to the end then the bike cycled…login to view the rest of this post

r1Mike wrote:give me a call in the morning, I have been talking to Chris, and I just want to clarify you are reading the instructions correctly

Mike

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Anyone?...

.....or am I the only person in the UK to have tried fitting FlashTune to an R1? Lol …login to view the rest of this post

*UPDATE*

As a last gasp attempt I've tried another laptop running XP..........tried to flash the ecu.....still the same "error no response" :evil:

One …login to view the rest of this post

Do you have the new interface or the old one? I thought FT don't need any wire cutting, soldering etc. Isn't it plug&play?

Its the new interface...us…login to view the rest of this post

Daryl, Just to clarify I will speak to him about #1 in your questions.

#2. That is a communication error, I have only seen this with a duff ECU, but i…login to view the rest of this post

Chris is indeed away until the end of next week, he's on a racing road trip. Katie in the office had a car wreck also so seems like she isn't in.

I tr…login to view the rest of this post

Petroladdict wrote:Welcome to the forum buddy, where are you from ?

Thanks for all the welcomes...I'm from Wolverhampton

hammy wrote:Hold on you soldered ?

Yeah, instead of the crappy scotch lock they supplied I soldered the earth wire in instead.…login to view the rest of this post

Tried calling FT but its all answer machines......

I' soldered the black wire into pin 26 for now but still keep getting "no response" as an error.…login to view the rest of this post

By the way...there are two black/blue wires in the loom...one at pin 26 and one at 28....the diagram showed pin 26 so thats the one I used..

Helppppp…login to view the rest of this post

Hi,

Can someone please help before this Flash Tune stuff goes through the window please?

I had my interface cable delivered today but I now have a whole…login to view the rest of this post

Hi everyone,

I've just purchased the interface cable from Flash Tune and am expecting delivery tomorrow (Velox were out of stock until two days after I…login to view the rest of this post

Hiya,

I just wanted to say "Hi" on the forum as I'm quite new to the ways of the R1.
This is my first R1 and I love my 'big bang' especially after having nothing but V twins in the past. I really hope to get some good advice and guidance on R1 matters especially when it comes to tuning and styling ...