Cool that should work fine then.

For a cable I went for this one: http://lonelec.co.uk/index.php?route...&product_id=52

They are generally much of a muchness. I chose this one because I read some posts where people had trouble with the connection dropping intermittently, and when they tried this lead it stopped happening.
Not all cables are created equal of course, I suspect with the 'other' cables the screen was improperly terminated (or not at all), so most likely culprit for dropouts is interference. If you've got the engine running, then the ignition system is a good, strong localised source of it! The lonelec lead appears to be properly screened, and they have also attached a clip-on ferrite to either end which should also help reduce interference from external sources. I didn't experience any issues.

Before plugging the lead in I fetched the latest FTDI driver package and installed it, then rebooted and plugged the lead in. http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/CDM/CDM21216_Setup.exe

Once I started TuneECU it took a couple of moments, but did automatically connect. I guess it probably takes a few seconds to work out what bike you've connected to so it knows how to talk to it.