Good start on the upgrade...
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It is a very easy process, about a 30-40 min job. The tone of my bike changed and I'm still not digging it. I have RCX 4.5 slip ons and since the decat it has a weird hollow tone. I was gonna buy a stocker with the cat in it and put back on but I'm looking hard at the Fullsac MX headpipe, might go that route. Good luck with yours!
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Baffles do not come out of my slip ons. It sounded better with the cat in, at least it did to me anyway.
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You will love the FP3, could not be any easier to use, no cables, no computers, no recording things and having to go home and connect a PC to download. Check out throttle progressivty, aggressive and race settings gives you instant, crisp throttle response, makes a huge difference. Also bump your idle up to 925-950 in all the fields that show 850, that also makes a big difference. Good luck and enjoy your ride!
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You will love the FP3, could not be any easier to use, no cables, no computers, no recording things and having to go home and connect a PC to download. Check out throttle progressivty, aggressive and race settings gives you instant, crisp throttle response, makes a huge difference. Also bump your idle up to 925-950 in all the fields that show 850, that also makes a big difference. Good luck and enjoy your ride!
Curious what affect does bumping up the idle have? I always thought a lower idle gives more lope at idle. Heck since my stage one upgrade, my idle seems higher...like closer to 1050 or so. I wanted it back down.
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There is a "potential" low oil pressure situation with the 850 idle, Harley also bumped the street tuner to a 950 default because of it. You are correct, lower does sound better but on my SGS 850 almost gave me a stall feeling at traffic lights. I tried 950 and it did make a big difference, I bumped it back down to 910 and gonna give that a try.
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There is a "potential" low oil pressure situation with the 850 idle, Harley also bumped the street tuner to a 950 default because of it. You are correct, lower does sound better but on my SGS 850 almost gave me a stall feeling at traffic lights. I tried 950 and it did make a big difference, I bumped it back down to 910 and gonna give that a try.
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So far, so good. The FP3 is on and tuned via recommendations by a V&H Tech and a canned MAP. (Even though I have a stock bike exhaust with a K&N Air Filter, I have a MAP using V&H Monster Oval Slip Ons and an adjusted throttle progressivity) The Tech states that in 1-2 tanks of fuel, the ECM will adjust some on its own. If there are problems after, try Autotuning. We'll see over this weekend...
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I'm impressed. I didn't know what to expect with only an A/C (K&N HD 1717), Tuner/MAP...So far, my Butt Dyno says it's much better. For lack of a better description, I'd have to say "more responsive "... I was lamenting the loss of warranty but, I have heard maybe Harley was going to allow the FP3 ?
