I was at the bike shop this past week, I believe the DOT Nazi's are requiring for 08, Cat's and closed loop FI for all bikes. The 600's have had Cat's for several years. In any case, there are plenty of different boxes that fool the computer and either lean or richen the mixture.
CR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Voboril" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 1:19 PM Subject: [F500] Re: closed loop? > Chris R, > I spoke with another electrical engineer that I work with about closed loop > ECUs on bikes and he said that having an exhaust gas sensor didn't > necessarily mean the vehicle's ECU was maintaining the mixture in a totally > closed loop system. > > That sensor may only be be acting as a "limit" control or as a diaginostic. > > He is checking this weekend at the Honda dealership to find out for sure. > Going to try to dig into the factory manual. > > Did you have a good reference already on this? > He'd be interested. > > He also mentioned that bikes are getting cats now in order to clean them up. > > He currently races a 2002 1000cc bike and is looking to buy a new Honda 600 > to replace it to have a more up to date motor and chassis. Too much HP and > too little handling currently. > > Somehow, they continue to make the 600s better -more HP and less weight > every year. Honda has knocked off an amazing 10+ pounds. > > Chuck ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
