Not a sock and twisted, have you noticed any hiccups winding the bike out to redline? Does it seem to rev as free as it did prior to the dealer looking at it?
Not a sock and twisted, have you noticed any hiccups winding the bike out to redline? Does it seem to rev as free as it did prior to the dealer looking at it?
Not hiccups but bike feels strung out pushed to 4K or past, power band is gone now. There's no legs to the runout between gears anymore, shifting much more than I did. Before my visit the bike had good smooth torque off line and would pull steady to redline, now feels like it peaks around 3900 rpm doesn't like going past that, actually forces you to short shift more.
the only way to figure this out [sense you cant go back in time ] is to ride a bike similar to your from your friends or dealer.
the idea of "feels like " or I think with never be solved without direct comparison . you have 38000 post you can communicate so get another bike to ride and compare actual # etc . your too smart to worry about feels like issues deal without using hard facts.
Mine really didn't have much power above 4000 until the first service. It ran fine after that.. But then it got a stage II tq cam... Kept the stock mufflers. Look at the tq curve from the se catalog..
TQ starts dropping at 3500.. SE sat also has the stage 1. Stage 1 makes a little more tq over stock but falls off the same as stock only faster. By the time you hit 5000 a stage 1 and stock are about the same. If you had a stage 1 done, your power band actually gets narrower. You are making more low end torque but the power falls off faster.
the only way to figure this out [sense you cant go back in time ] is to ride a bike similar to your from your friends or dealer.
the idea of "feels like " or I think with never be solved without direct comparison . you have 38000 post you can communicate so get another bike to ride and compare actual # etc . your too smart to worry about feels like issues deal without using hard facts.
Guy I'm a 45 year mechanic and bikes have been a major part of including doing it professionally for a living. I am very much in tune with my machines , much more than Joe Average by the response is I see in here. ANY change no matter how sligth I will notice .
Far the dealers concerned first answer was they all do that, second was we don't know what your talking about. Bike I gave them isn't the one they gave me back 2 weeks later, if it had rode like this on the test ride I'd have never bought it , my shovel pulls harder now.
Sorry I don't believe in running the living **** out of one on a Dyno , been around V twins too long to believe that's good for them
Thanks for that information. The reason I stated what I did was because my dealer said they couldn't raise my unstable idle speed to 950 RPM without a Pro Street Tuner. I had assumed that changing other parameters would require the same.
Your dealer is just trying to fleece you for the cost of a tuner.
Thanks for that information. The reason I stated what I did was because my dealer said they couldn't raise my unstable idle speed to 950 RPM without a Pro Street Tuner. I had assumed that changing other parameters would require the same.
On the 2017 bikes the dealers were raising the 850 rpm idle to 950 per HD without the use of a SE Tuner. Don't know what the default idle speed is the the 2018 touring or softies.
I have had my Sport Glide to the dealer for its first service, 1000 mile, only. I am very particular about my bikes and can honestly tell you they made no changes to the bike that effected the performance.
07-13-2018, 09:48 PM
Kept the stock mufflers. Look at the tq curve from the se catalog..
