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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 09:30 AM
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Please spend the extra for a PowerVision, it does soooooo much more!
 
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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 09:53 AM
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PV is not worth it, FP3 will do fine for just a intake and exhaust tune, I know I have both of them and bought a new FP3 to exchange the PV on my FXFBS. If you want a autotune
with the PV you need to mount it on the handlebar and looks as stupid as gps and this for as long the tune take time. We can go on and on about this but in my opinion is the FP3
the best and easiest tune out there with a good support from V&H.

I'll post that beloved picture from the PV again

 
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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 10:11 AM
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When you decide to have a real beer, I will hold it for you. lol.

Local Brewery South of me. The beer is actually not half bad.

i absolutely LOVE the local brewery beers, some of the best kept secrets out there!! 🍺🍺
 
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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 11:41 AM
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Good God! What a HUGE difference over the SE Pro Street Tuner! The initial start up is even smoother, bike fires up and rapidly establishes a warm up rpm that is steady and lower that before. Throttle response is SO DIFFERENT it feels like a different bike! Initial ride revealed a much healthier “feel” on acceleration!

As I’ve said before, I’m no stranger to the FP3, this is the third bike I’ve tuned with one. It is extremely detectable while riding that I now have a far better tune than what SE can provide. I know that HD had to satisfy the EPA but in doing so I believe they are preventing motors from running at a healthy manner.

Drive Train Warranty 👇🏼 So be it.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 11:47 AM
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I didn't expect anything else , enjoy your ride !
 
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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 12:11 PM
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Nice! What tune did you go with, or did you auto-tune?
 
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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 12:13 PM
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Auto-tune will take some time so I guess that it is a standard map from V&H.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 01:11 PM
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Correct, so far I am just running with the canned map for exhaust and intake. When weather permits I will run an auto tune, I just hope that isn’t in four months! Boy, do I hate winter! In the mean time, I know the motor is happier today than it was yesterday!

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Not sure why folks say pv not worth it... they both can be had for same price
 
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Old Oct 16, 2019 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by FXDL_REX
Good God! What a HUGE difference over the SE Pro Street Tuner! The initial start up is even smoother, bike fires up and rapidly establishes a warm up rpm that is steady and lower that before. Throttle response is SO DIFFERENT it feels like a different bike! Initial ride revealed a much healthier “feel” on acceleration! As I’ve said before, I’m no stranger to the FP3, this is the third bike I’ve tuned with one. It is extremely detectable while riding that I now have a far better tune than what SE can provide. I know that HD had to satisfy the EPA but in doing so I believe they are preventing motors from running at a healthy manner.
Let's have a look at what V&H calls the Air Fuel Ratio table. Please do a screen grab of it and post it here. This table is the desired or “target” air/fuel ratio. The ECU uses this number to calculate how much fuel to spray.

This fuel table is what the EPA forces H-D to keep locked down.

I would really like to see how V&H fueling compares to H-D. Let's see the difference. I can easily do a comparison to the Street Tuner and post it. If it is interesting, we could compare some other tables too.
 
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