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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 09:20 AM
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I have been reading on this at least a week before posting this so some educated responses would be appreciated.

my bike 06 street glide injected
SE air cleaner With K&N air cleaner
SE mufflers #64910-99, baffles measure 13.5 inches long
new spark plugs gapped 40 and are grey on the electrode and a little tan on the insulator
mufflers are tan inside

I have a decal pop and have checked for intake leak with propane and exhaust leak with smoke.

bike runs good and gets almost the exact same gas mileage as an untouched
electra glide classic on the highway! 95 degrees in Oklahoma and the oil temp reads 217 degrees....... digital reading

trying to decide if I need an efi tuner on this thing or not.

what do you think
 
Old Sep 14, 2013 | 09:27 AM
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How often is the decel pop?

I get that on occasion. It is unburned gas generally when I have to do something abruptly throttle wise.

No big deal to me, due to the rarity of it, but it was all the time I would address it.
 
Old Sep 14, 2013 | 09:36 AM
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I'm no pro but a turner wouldn't hurt, especially if you decide to do more stuff to the engine down the road. I have a SE Super Tuner and I'm not going to do anything else to mine. The Street Turner wasn't compatible to my bike, so I got the Super at the Street price.

I'm with Lion and decel pop...I've gotten used to it but I was told that it's the kind of pipes I have but I don't but it. If I could, I'd tune it myself or at least look at it but I don't have a clue how and don't have the cash to have someone else check it.
 
Old Sep 14, 2013 | 10:51 AM
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How often...... On every decel!
I have pretty much made up my mind if I buy a tuner to go with the fuel moto 2002 thru 2006 ! It appears to have a lot of function for the price and I'm not looking at adding sensors either. If I were to go the sensor route it would be the power vision I believe.
 
Old Sep 14, 2013 | 01:18 PM
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I'm gwtting Power Vision. It's on sale at RevZilla for $429 Free shipping. I originally considered Fuelpak but I figured for a bit more money I'll have a tuner that can actually tune if I decide to do more then just exhaust.
 
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