Heavy Breather download?
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Road Captain
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From: Goldenrod Crossing MN 56201
Heavy Breather download?
I have a 2008 fatbob with 1.75 Rush slip-ons and xieds. I am thinking of going witn the heavy breather. Don't have any other motor mods in mind. ? is the pc download the most economical way to go for now and does this eliminate the need for the xieds? And if you have a heavy breather on the shelf let me know. Ride safe Mike.
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Road Captain
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From: Goldenrod Crossing MN 56201
Sorry. My question is should I have my dealer do the download for $150.00 if I don't plan on any other mods. Just slip-ons and heavy breather. And will this eliminate the need for xieds. Thanks Mike.
Road Captain
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Mike don't spend the money for the dealer download. Spend the extra and get the PC V. I was thinking the same thing when doing my mods and I just broke down and called Jamie and Keith at Fuel Moto. I don't play on doing any motor mods (Yet).
Big Kahuna HDF Member
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Yeah...sure...my famous last words....get the tuner vs the download unless you are strapped for $$. I'm so glad I got a sert because I have changed the map at least 10 times.
Road Captain
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LOL that's why I said YET. It's addictive as hell. I gave up drag racing thinking I would save money HAHAHAHAHA yea right.
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Within the last month I put a ness big sucker on my '08 fatbob and had the dealer download the remap. I put 2 inch rush slipons about 5k miles ago. I'm real happy with the way the bike is running now but still not happy that I had to pay $150 for a download. I know eventually I'm going to get an EFI system but if your going to do that might as well get a cam then might as well go to 103 then port & polish. etc.etc,
I have over 10K now in just under a year and know I'm going to do all the above in time but IMO the download, slipons and big sucker are good enough for now. Too new & too expensive to throw to much beer money into it. (either that or my 22 years of marriage have gotten to me)
Hoss
I have over 10K now in just under a year and know I'm going to do all the above in time but IMO the download, slipons and big sucker are good enough for now. Too new & too expensive to throw to much beer money into it. (either that or my 22 years of marriage have gotten to me)
Hoss
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Road Master
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Is there a place online where you can get the downloads for the sert?
Or do you just goto the dealer everytime?
Can you get the cables for the tuner?
I hate the thought of spending anther 150 just because i put pipes on...
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Fatbobmg,
That's what I did. Just went with the stage 1 download. I agree it is a rip off, but what can you do. The way I am, if i would have got the PCV, i would have thought i need the autotune. It never ends. From what i've gathered (which others can correct me if i'm wrong) I guess one of the risks of getting the stage 1 download is that it is a fairly standard thing, not customizable like a tuner, and for some pipe/ac combos it doesn't quite work like it should. At which point you may get into something else.
I have no complaints about how my bike is running after the stage 1 download, so i guess i'm lucky. I was like you, the pipes/ac is most likely the end of performance related mods (for the foreseeable future).
Good luck!
That's what I did. Just went with the stage 1 download. I agree it is a rip off, but what can you do. The way I am, if i would have got the PCV, i would have thought i need the autotune. It never ends. From what i've gathered (which others can correct me if i'm wrong) I guess one of the risks of getting the stage 1 download is that it is a fairly standard thing, not customizable like a tuner, and for some pipe/ac combos it doesn't quite work like it should. At which point you may get into something else.
I have no complaints about how my bike is running after the stage 1 download, so i guess i'm lucky. I was like you, the pipes/ac is most likely the end of performance related mods (for the foreseeable future).
Good luck!
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Road Captain
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From: Goldenrod Crossing MN 56201
I talked to Keith at Fuelmoto and I will probably go with a PC-V, the price of two downloads at dealer and a lot more user friendly "IF" I ever change from slipons to pipes. Would like to find a heavy breather that sombody has taken off, may have to be patient, after all I waited till I was 56 to get my first HD. Ride safe Mike.