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Old Nov 24, 2025 | 08:35 PM
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Question Lean M8s?

pretty much any modern day bike comes kinda lean from the factory, for the usual variety of reasons mostly relating to the federal regulations we all know and love.

lately i'm reading that the M8 is NOT lean from the factory.. does anyone know just what AFR and compression these things are actually at, stock?

I'm looking at air cleaners which means since i already have slipons I should probly get one of those autotune gadgets or just get it done properly on a dyno somewhere. but i need to know what kind of animal i'm working with, first =D
 
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Old Nov 24, 2025 | 10:37 PM
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post here

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/ignit...-injection-55/

Steve Cole is our resident forum product expert who knows this stuff inside and out, been in bed with it all for decades and has tested, built and tuned the M8s thoroughly since their inception
 
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by mjwebb
post here https://www.hdforums.com/forum/ignit...-injection-55/
Steve Cole is our resident forum product expert who knows this stuff inside and out, been in bed with it all for decades and has tested, built and tuned the M8s thoroughly since their inception
Yes he has . I've seen the DK Customs video claiming that TC's run leaner than M8's but they both have very close lambda/afr targets.

 

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Old Dec 8, 2025 | 10:02 PM
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they run 14.6. 13.7 is as lean as they should be so ya they run too lean.
 

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Old Dec 9, 2025 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by JCunningham
they run 14.6. 13.7 is as lean as they should be so ya they run too lean.
Cruising any size engine can run 14.6 in the cruise area. 13.7 is open loop.
 
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