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 Welcome to Woolich Racing |
Welcome and thank you for your interest in Woolich Racing products!
We sell products that allow you to reflash your motorcycle's ECU, so that you can tune your bike to the limit and achieve the best possible performance. Woolich Racing also offers a selection of 'Race Tools' to further increase the capabilities of your motorcycle, these including Quickshifter/Autoblipper for clutchless gear changing, Launch Control and more. To tune your bike with the Woolich Racing Software, you (or your tuner) will need to purchase: - An interface (USB or Log Box)
- Harness (either on-bike, or bench) (Some models also need an extension harness)
- Bin File (the standard binary file flashed to your ECU, and Key (licence) to tune 1 bike)
You will also need a PC to install the software and connect the interface to. This allows you to tune your bike an unlimited number of times. The hardware, and software we provide allows the maps in the ECU, to be changed by you or your Tuner. Changing the maps allows the adjustment of the air-fuel ratio to a safer mixture when changing the exhaust on a stock bike, as well as changing the ignition timing, and a host of other maps and settings. A skilled tuner is required to get the correct mixture at all RPM's, and throttle positions. A Tuning shop will normally put the bike on a dyno, and monitor the air-fuel ratio while running the bike through the RPM's. They then make changes to the fuel maps based on the results, and 'tune' your bike. For some models this can be done with the basic USB Package without removing the ECU from the bike. Other models require the ECU to be pulled out of the bike to be flashed using a bench harness. For most customers, they will prefer to take their bike to a dyno tuner to tune their motorcycle, but if you are willing to spend the time to learn how to tune your bike, and to spend the time iterating the tune to achieve a desired result, buying your own kit could be a great investment. These Support Center articles may also be of interest to you:
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| 2021 CBR650R/CB650R ECU Harnesses |
This article specifically relates to 2021 Honda CBR650R and CB650R models. These models cause some confusion when trying to select the correct harness to use to connect the Woolich Racing Communication Interface (Log Box or USB) to the ECU as there are 3 different versions of the 2021 CBR650R/CB650R models.
The information below helps to identify which version you have and then to understand which harness you will need to flash the ECU. #1. Has the old Honda 4 pin diagnostic plug.
This one can be flashed using the Honda Harness Type 1 (on bike), or the Honda Bench Harness Type 1.
This is usually found on a 2020 model that was sold in 2021.
#2. Has the new small 6 pin red diagnostic plug (Euro5 standard), but still uses the single wire K-Line for communications. The diagnostic plug has 4 wires (Black/blue, Orange/white, Brown, Green) This one can be read using the Honda Bench Harness Type 1, OR a Honda On-Bike Harness Type 1 with the Honda Diagnostic Converter Type 1. The grey ECU plug on this model is wired like this. 
#3. Has the new small 6 pin red diagnostic plug (Euro5 standard), but uses a new protocol to talk to the ECU. The diagnostic plug has 5/6 wires, (Black/blue, Brown, Red, White, Green). This one can now also be flashed but requires the UNIVERSAL HARNESS TYPE 4 to do it on the bike or Honda Type 12 Bench Harness for off the bike. The Grey ECU plug on this model is wired like this.
This should assist you in identifying which model of 2021 CBR650R you have. These Support Center articles may also be of interest to you:
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| Writing to Harley Davidson ECUs |
Harley Davidson ECUs are technically a little different to those from other manufacturers and so there are some key points to be aware in order to avoid potential problems. Most models of ECU from other manufacturers can be written to using a stock bin file with the same part number as the ECU and the bike will run fine. Harley Davidson ECUs require that the bin file first be read from the ECU using the Woolich Racing Tuned (WRT) software and that this file is then subsequently used as the starting point for any modification and is subsequently written back to the ECU.
Writing a stock bin file to a Harley Davidson directly from the Woolich Racing Tuned (WRT) software without first reading your own ECU can cause permanent damage!
You can only write to a Harley Davidson ECU with a Bin File that has been read out from the same bike.
Please use a copy of the backup file as your starting Bin File as described below.
Harley Davidson use the same electronics platform and ECU across many models. Woolich Racing categorizes the Harley Davidson models into groups (e.g. Softail, Sportster etc.) as often the differences between individual models within a group is cosmetic or frame related. The ECU part numbers for Harley Davidson are then shared across several models so are not always unique like they are for other manufacturers.
In order to write to your Harley Davidson ECU, please follow these steps:
- Before writing to the ECU, read out the bin file from your ECU and save the file to a known location on your computer.
- Do not modify this file!
Once the bin file has been read click 'File' > 'Save', and save the file as your MASTER BACKUP file. - Use this file as starting point that you can always revert to should you want to return your ECU to stock.
- It is a good idea to use the Motorcycle VIN as the filename to easily identify it in the future.
- Create a backup copy of the bin file that you read out in Step 1 above
Save this file as your TUNING file. Use this bin file for all changes made during tuning You must only use this saved TUNING file for tuning/setting changes, and writing back to the ECU. - If you make significant changes then it is a good idea to save versions of the bin file at stages which you can easily revert to if you have problems later
- When you have finished making changes to the tuning and would like to write them to the ECU, be sure to load the tuned bin file created in Step 2 above
- Write to the ECU normally.
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| Idle Speed Adjustment for Early Model Yamaha YZF-R1/R6 |
Most modern motorcycles use an ECU (Engine Control Unit) to control all
engine parameters including the idle speed (RPM). The Woolich
Racing Tuned software
allows us modify the bin file used by the ECU and thereby modify specific
parameters, including the idle RPM on most supported motorcycle models.
Many recent models of motorcycle like the 2020-2023
Yamaha YZF-R1 series allow for the idle speed to be controlled directly by
setting a numerical value in the ‘Advanced Settings’ of the Woolich
Racing Tuned software
as shown below:
Earlier Yamaha YZF-R series models (eg. -R1, -R3, -R6) did not allow
direct control of the idle RPM but did allow modification via specific changes
made to certain maps. This article
explains how to modify the Idle RPM of these models by changing the available
maps.
The examples provided below show screenshots of the Woolich
Racing Tuned software using the 2006-2007 Yamaha YZF-R6 as an example. The idle speed of other early model YZF-R
models will use similar changes however the capabilities will vary slightly
from model to model.
In general there are three ways to control the idle speed of the
2006-2007 Yamaha YZF-R6.
The first method is to apply the ‘Gear Idle’ speed to all gears, this
idle is significantly higher than the idle speed when in neutral. |