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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 08:09 AM
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What's ECU level &amp\\; how do I determine what it is?&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\; Sorry for such a noob question\\; my last bike I had all mods done by a dealer, this one Im doing all myself.&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\;Ordered a Fuelpak &amp\\; trying to figure it out before I get it.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 10:14 AM
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ECO level?&nbsp\\; Never heard that expression before.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 12:50 PM
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ECO level?&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; Never heard that expression before.
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i would say he is trying to find out if his factory ECM has been stage 1 flashed?
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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ECO level?&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; Never heard that expression before.
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i would say he is trying to find out if his factory ECM has been stage 1 flashed?
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Ahhh, you're probably right.&nbsp\\; I don't think anyone but a dealer would be able to tell you if you've had a reflash.&nbsp\\; Does your bike have a stock airbox?
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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Its never been reflashed, I bought it new.&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\; Ive changed the pipes &amp\\; AN big sucker. On the V&amp\\;H Fuelpak instructions, it states, "you most know the ECU LEVEL of your bike..."
 
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By ECU level they mean either stock calibration (never been reflashed) or stage 1 (reflashed by dealer). Yours is stock if you bought the bike new and dealer has not reflashed it. It's an ECM, by the way, apparently V and H doesn't know this.
 
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right on, makes sense\\; thought I was missing sometghing. Thanks.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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The terms ECU and ECM are fully interchangeable.
 
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