It's been over two weeks now since I asked the question as to why the gps mod is better than the tre, especially considering the high amount of extra effort required to install it. Nothing but silence. Hmmmm....
GPS Mod just lets you de-restrict and keep everything stock except 6th gear is replaced by 5th gear. We could all argue until the end of time about TRE or no LOL. I do both so doesn't matter to me LOL.
I have a new TRE for $150, comes with gear indicator / shift light / autoshift output for your air shifter for free LOL!
Still requires removing GPS sensor though.
Thanks bud. I was hoping for the expert Mr. Cheese to come forth and explain the advantages of his product, seeing as how he tells everyone that they don't need TRE's, that they're snakeoil, etc, and that his product, which does pretty much the same thing but requires quite a bit more effort to put in and take out, is somehow magically better. I'd like to know, from him, exactly
why it's better. As in, what does the JC GPS mod do, that the TRE does not? The TRE does indeed remove the top end restriction. So does the GPS mod. JC says that if your Busa picked up power on the low end after installing a TRE, then needed re-mapped anyway as, according to him, the timing retardation thing is a myth. Well, then the very same Busa would still need re-mapped with the GPS mod to gain that bit of untapped low end grunt, as it leaves the stock maps intact. Only, with the TRE, it's a simple plug-in and, if you don't like it for whatever reason, it's a simple
unplug. From what I've read here, the JC GPS mod requires a full clutch basket disassembly to do pretty much the exact same thing. I haven't heard from the man why going to far more work is better than ease and simplicity. I have seen him on 3 different websites portraying himself as the end-all/know-all when it comes to bikes (not just Busas). Perhaps he is indeed. If so, then explaining this for us shouldn't be a chore for him.
Please enlighten us as to what exactly makes your product better JC. Sell us on it. If you can.
smithabusa, I'd rather see people buying that combo TRE you're talking about. More for the money and all.