What's a COOBER?
By the way, I just got off the phone with KTM USA Customer Support regarding the software update for their street motorcycles. He told me that the software update should be free of charge.
This is very annoying in a way because it just tells me that it's up to us to potentially "fight" with the local KTM dealer for any sort of updates to our bikes. If you're lucky to have a great dealer, this will be no problem. If the dealer is shady, you're going to have to fight them on this. Basically, is the half-hour service charge worth it to fight them?
ALWAYS FIGHT what is plain wrong. And if KTM back your fight........
I'd name and shame them to KTM (and publicly if you get it in writing from KTM). After all their attitude is affecting KTM's image.
COOBER is an Austrian company that does a shed load of R&D work for KTM. Depending on who you ask their input varies from influential to downright essential. I have heard that they do most of the engine warranty claim R&D for KTM over here.
They sell a small piggyback ECU that is rather a black-box solution. Very much aimed at road users. It is designed to assist in overcoming some of the limitations that homologation imposes. In some EU countries they are perfectly legal to fit. And generally does not affect warranty.
The pro/con COOBER vs other devices thing could likely spark a small war. I do not exactly what it does, though I'm bright enough to have some idea. But it works and that is enough for me these days. My days of "geek"ing ECU's are a thing of the past - and this pleases the missus.
