re the sticker: rostrumorhospit(al) has a heavily modified s4 and said he had 996r on his ecu. worth rembering the s4 was the first monster to use that ecu, and the 996 was the current superbike in 2001. so maybe nothing fishy there.
http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...t=59178&page=4
yes the reflash is just ‘burning’ an eprom, no idea about recognising maps
(i’ve posted this link a few times in the last fortnight) i’d ask avanti
http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...55&postcount=8