100% right Street. Remember that even if the EITMS is turned off if the bike still has a overheating feature in which the ECU will detect a higher than normal engine temp and it will retard the timing at the same time introduce a richer A/F mixture, it will also lower the idle, if this does not do it the ECU will tell the bike to shut down to prevent engine failure, this feature has nothing to do with the EITMS. And you can deactivate if you like, I notice when i wear my leathers no matter how hot it is I cant feel much exhaust heat on my legs so I dont activate EITMS if i am wearing the right gear.