Outboards do have expansion chambers as such. As with all 2 strokes you need a tuned exhaust system that will work for your application.They is no "lag" as the bottom end of the power range has been increased and there is no delay in either the injectors or timing of the computing system.
The problem has always been to make the system work over a large rpm range. Hence we have power valves.
Its not possible on a bike to have different length pipes at the same time. Some model etecs have an exhaust valve in the expansion chamber which changes the length of the return pulse and you definitley feel the "hit" on those models.
The "coming on the pipe" feel is a combination of the exhaust pulse and the resulting incomplete combustion of fuel not working together. As you said.
With DI you will definitley have more low end power because the engine will have a complete combustion burn even though the exhaust pulses are out of "sink" with the rpm's.
You will always have a "hit" because the rpm range we want will still mean a exhaust will be "tuned" to a certain rpm.
I don't think you will ever have a perfectly linear power curve unless someone can come up with a constantly varible expansion chamber.
Here's a quick video.
E-TEC Voice Coil Fuel Injector SystemEverthing you have said Sachs is pretty spot on.
The sensors required are TPS,CPS, Cylinder temp,Barometric & air temp sensor, power valve postion.
I dont understand the fuss about exhaust temp when a carb has no idea what it is.?
I also dont take much stock that 2 guys have managed it with their RZ's after having alot of problems (regardless of how cleaver they may be), they can not be compared to a multinational company.