Dyno?
Where at in Ohio? I can recommend a very good dyno shop just outside Sandusky. Roeder Racing in Moroville. I wouldn't let a dealer talk you into a Street Perfomance tuner. I would go with TTS or Power Vision
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MY front head pipe was glowing red so I called the dealer. The service manager told me to flash it back to stock. When I flashed it back to stock (or at least I thought I did) I fuged it up and flashed a blank auto tune into the ecm. The dealer came and got the bike and said there was an exhaust leak in the front pipe and he had to reflash the ecm. Then he advised against using an auto tune. But I have $350 in the fp3 so I'm going to use it. In a nut shell nothing was wrong with the fp3 it was human error. I just didn't realize it at the time.
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The variations of performance, just by doing it right vs. wrong are astounding.
For example, I had a stock bike years ago that made 162hp on a Dynojet 250.
The Indie tuned my bike via power commander and I left in 183hp, on the ground.
That's 21 ponys and about 12ft.lbs. of torque. No other changes were made. It was even the same tank of gas!
So yes, a custom tune can make a big difference. A tune that's canned from a distributer, not so much. It'll be 85% but you're paying for 100%. Not 85%.
A custom tune should cost about $200-$300. And it might flat spot your rear tire, so use a worn out tire!
They might do as many as 30 pulls to get it right. And that's if they know what they're doing. Dealerships don't.
MY front head pipe was glowing red so I called the dealer. The service manager told me to flash it back to stock. When I flashed it back to stock (or at least I thought I did) I fuged it up and flashed a blank auto tune into the ecm. The dealer came and got the bike and said there was an exhaust leak in the front pipe and he had to reflash the ecm. Then he advised against using an auto tune. But I have $350 in the fp3 so I'm going to use it. In a nut shell nothing was wrong with the fp3 it was human error. I just didn't realize it at the time.
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I would definitely give the FP3 another shot. Like you said you've already spent the money on it and you cant sell it to recoup any. I'd load one of the canned tunes in the FP3 that matches your set up and then do a few auto tune runs. My guess is you'll be happy with the results.
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Might want to find an "Indie" that does motorcycle engine work for racers.
The variations of performance, just by doing it right vs. wrong are astounding.
For example, I had a stock bike years ago that made 162hp on a Dynojet 250.
The Indie tuned my bike via power commander and I left in 183hp, on the ground.
That's 21 ponys and about 12ft.lbs. of torque. No other changes were made. It was even the same tank of gas!
So yes, a custom tune can make a big difference. A tune that's canned from a distributer, not so much. It'll be 85% but you're paying for 100%. Not 85%.
A custom tune should cost about $200-$300. And it might flat spot your rear tire, so use a worn out tire!
They might do as many as 30 pulls to get it right. And that's if they know what they're doing. Dealerships don't.
The variations of performance, just by doing it right vs. wrong are astounding.
For example, I had a stock bike years ago that made 162hp on a Dynojet 250.
The Indie tuned my bike via power commander and I left in 183hp, on the ground.
That's 21 ponys and about 12ft.lbs. of torque. No other changes were made. It was even the same tank of gas!
So yes, a custom tune can make a big difference. A tune that's canned from a distributer, not so much. It'll be 85% but you're paying for 100%. Not 85%.
A custom tune should cost about $200-$300. And it might flat spot your rear tire, so use a worn out tire!
They might do as many as 30 pulls to get it right. And that's if they know what they're doing. Dealerships don't.
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Might want to find an "Indie" that does motorcycle engine work for racers.
The variations of performance, just by doing it right vs. wrong are astounding.
For example, I had a stock bike years ago that made 162hp on a Dynojet 250.
The Indie tuned my bike via power commander and I left in 183hp, on the ground.
That's 21 ponys and about 12ft.lbs. of torque. No other changes were made. It was even the same tank of gas!
So yes, a custom tune can make a big difference. A tune that's canned from a distributer, not so much. It'll be 85% but you're paying for 100%. Not 85%.
A custom tune should cost about $200-$300. And it might flat spot your rear tire, so use a worn out tire!
They might do as many as 30 pulls to get it right. And that's if they know what they're doing. Dealerships don't.
The variations of performance, just by doing it right vs. wrong are astounding.
For example, I had a stock bike years ago that made 162hp on a Dynojet 250.
The Indie tuned my bike via power commander and I left in 183hp, on the ground.
That's 21 ponys and about 12ft.lbs. of torque. No other changes were made. It was even the same tank of gas!
So yes, a custom tune can make a big difference. A tune that's canned from a distributer, not so much. It'll be 85% but you're paying for 100%. Not 85%.
A custom tune should cost about $200-$300. And it might flat spot your rear tire, so use a worn out tire!
They might do as many as 30 pulls to get it right. And that's if they know what they're doing. Dealerships don't.
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