TUNING: PROVEN RESULTS, OR A WASTE OF TIME?

What is tuning? Look it up on the internet and you will find this description: Engine tuning is the adjustment or modification of the internal combustion engine or Engine Control Unit to yield optimal performance and increase the engine’s power output, economy or durability.

For most in the scooter world an increase in engine power would be perceived as the endgame for such modification work. But what actually achieves that end result, from the multitude of potential areas for improvement? Will you achieve useful gains or just waste time, effort and money? Historically, many claims have been made for certain types of modification work, some claiming huge horse-power gains or tremendous torque attributes.

Transfer tuning

So for the first instalment we will look at what many would consider to be the most basic and commonly perceived area for improvement, which