Aprilia/RSC SL-Carbon Slip-On Installation Details

Installation steps: EPROM (injection/advance field map)

• Remove passenger seat or solo cowl piece (using the key)
• Remove seat (pull back pad on either side towards the rear--you'll see a socket cap screw on each side. Remove screws and seat will slide backwards and up).
• Ron E adds:
  "For California bikes, there is a smog canister behind the ECU box. All you have to do is pull the bolts holding the plastic cover, then the two socket heads holding the rear seat/cowl latch and the canister bracket." Thanks, Ron.
• Remove rubber cover from ECU (half on back side, half on front side).
• Carefully remove two connectors from ECU on seat side--depress release tabs and pry with a fat bladed screwdriver. Don't pull by the wires!
• Remove the ECU box (from the rear). Take it somewhere clean, and preferably humid and conductive.
• Cut the warranty sticker and remove the four #0 Philips head screws holding the ECU cover down. Remove the cover.
• Wearing your ground strap, cut and carefully remove the RTV sealant from around the stock EPROM, without scratching through the green solder mask into the small copper traces. Try to remain in contact with the metal ECU box while you work. I recall it was easy to find the EPROM because it was the only socketed dual-inline package on the board. Other components were surface-mounted and soldered.

Location of EPROM

• Open the package containing the new EPROM. Before removing it from the conductive foam, touch the conductive foam to the ECU box to allow both to come to the same potential.
• Note which end of the old EPROM is notched (some packages have a smooth dot instead of a notch). This directional indicator must be observed when installing the new EPROM. Carefully pry out the old EPROM. A chip puller can be obtained from Radio Shack for under $2. Alternatively, a screwdriver can be used. Just try to pry the chip straight upwards without bending the leads or leveraging off of any other components. Place the old EPROM in the conductive foam.
• Install the new EPROM in the same direction that the old was removed. Do not remove the EPROM from it's daughter board. Without the copy protection, the chip is useless. Line up all the pins on the daughter board with the socket first, get them all started, then carefully press the board in place.
• You may now safely place RTV on the new EPROM/daughterboard for vibration protection. Try not to make a mess--a couple stripes like the original will do.
• Replace the cover, the screws and plug the ECU back into the bike. Install the plugs, rubber cover, seat and cowl cover.

Installation steps: Canisters

• Remove spring holding the stock canister to collector/header. If you don't have a spring puller, vice grips work well.
• Remove the socket cap screw holding the canister to the passenger footpeg. Note the location of the two washers next to the rubber mount.
• Apply a little anti-seize to the inside and outside of the new canister inlet, one inch from the end.
• Slip the new canister in place.
• Install the hanger bolt. Bolt head-canister-washer-mount-washer-nut is the order I recall. Try to center up the bolt head on the canister tab before tightening.
• Install the spring.
• Do the other side.

Start her up! The canisters will smoke and stink for a while. They are a straight-through design, so watch what you are aiming them at. The inlets don't seal that great, so expect to clean up a little anti-seize that blows out the joint. If you detect hot gasses blowing on your beautiful swingarm, you may want to loosen the mounts and try for a tighter seal.

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