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Old Feb 5, 2016 | 09:57 PM
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All's good brother, I do understand what you're saying.

Looks like PEI is getting a storm tonight, stay warm, stay safe.
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Old Feb 5, 2016 | 10:01 PM
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All's good brother, I do understand what you're saying.

Looks like PEI is getting a storm tonight, stay warm, stay safe.
Bill
It is! It's along time away from biking season by the look of all that snow coming down...
 
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Old Feb 5, 2016 | 10:32 PM
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I'll take a good running bike any day over a good running warranty.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2016 | 10:40 PM
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I'll take a good running bike any day over a good running warranty.
I agree 100% That's why I spent thousands on my old Heritage to get it near 100hp from the stock 60 something... I think the new Limited works great. Did your bike not run good?
 
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Old Feb 5, 2016 | 10:53 PM
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I agree 100% That's why I spent thousands on my old Heritage to get it near 100hp from the stock 60 something... I think the new Limited works great. Did your bike not run good?
No, my bike runs great, I just don't worry about warranty.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2016 | 04:28 PM
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Get a tuner.

Stage one flash will harm your warranty as much as a tuner will, or won't.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2016 | 06:47 PM
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Stage one is a street tune, emissions compliant, and has zero effect on warranty, but at the end of the day, that's not my full reason for not getting a tuner, just part of it. Thanks for the advice though. I do know enough about tuners, all I was really wondering is if there was anyone with a similar setup who had luck with only the flash. The harley tuner also has zero effect on the warranty. The older sert could void warranty, but the new one doesn't. And as far as a decated header goes, the would really have to be looking hard at it to even notice. My guy did a pretty good job welding.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2016 | 10:46 PM
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A SE tuner has the same exact effect on your warranty as a PV2. Exact.

You state you "do know enough about tuners", if so, what is the question.

If you do know enough about tuners, you understand how the "flash" works.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2016 | 05:27 AM
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Unless something has changed, the se tuner is marked in the catalog with with the traffic light symbol. To the best of my knowledge anything marked with that will have no effect on the warranty. Maybe I was misinformed by the MOCO, and if so, sorry... And as I stated before, by question was simply if anyone has a similar setup with only a flash, and how they were making out with it. If I knew everything about everything I wouldn't have had to ask, would I? Anyways, I'm not trying to start a fight, just trying to have a question answered. And I'm also not trying to argue over warranty issues, as I don't plan on getting the SE tuner either. If you can find anything stating that a Harley stage one flash can void warranty please post a quote or link. I'm sure there's a lot of people, myself included that would be interested in reading on that.
 
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Originally Posted by SafetyMan
A SE tuner has the same exact effect on your warranty as a PV2. Exact.

You state you "do know enough about tuners", if so, what is the question.

If you do know enough about tuners, you understand how the "flash" works.
The Street Tuner only allows Street-legal/EPA compliant re-calibrations to be downloaded to the ECM. Does not affect warranty.

PV2 and Super Tuner, not so much.

Also, the "HD Download" is Street-legal/EPA compliant.
 

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