Hello, I am going to be tuning my bike and am looking for pros and cons of either preserving the Fuelpak FP3 or taking it a shop and having them tune it with a tune “license”. Has anyone had any bad experience with the fuelpak or is it really that simple to use. I am conflicted on which way to go and looking for options. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

Bike?

 

Sorry, it is an 07 Deluxe.

 

I use FP3s on both my bikes and love 'em, easy to use and if you make any changes in the future (exhaust, cams etc.) you can just flash a new tune....

The dealer dyno might squeeze a little more h.p./torque out of it, which might nice for dyno sheet bragging rights, but it's a one time tune, any changes and it's back to the dealer and more $$. The FP3 will get you close to the same numbers, and it also has some very cool features like real time data, which you can view while riding.

Vance and Hines also has very good customer support!!

 

I Had a bike tuned by dyno. And The tune is only as good as the guy doing it. And The more techs I meet the more I work on my bike myself. I bought a Fp3 when I got my new softail. and I did so because I did not want my new bike red lined 60 to 90 times to tune it. I had V&H slip-ons and the bike rode perfect!!! when I changed to true duals I flashed the bike with a new map and again I was very happy. good luck to you....... swifty......

 

Download the FP-3 app to your phone and check it out in demo mode, I have V&H slip ons on a 16 Deluxe, I used the FP-3 so easy, just follow the instructions, as stated by Rocker B, V&H has excellent support.
Good luck Ride safe.

 

FP3 gets my vote

 

PowerVision is my choice. Buy it from Fuel Moto and get lifetime support for MAPs and then let it self tune to dial it in to your riding style and modifications.

IMO with the advances in tuners now and self tune available for real world riding performance you will get as good and many times better results than paying for a dyno. You might see a few more Hp and Tq on a dyno tuned bike but seat of the pants everyday riding you probably wont feel any difference.

 

I'm also a fan of both FuelMoto and the PowerVision tuner.

I believe that with a good canned map, from a good tuner like FuelMoto or DynoJet, you can get a street bike to run very well....

I also believe that a good, experienced dyno tuner can tune a bike much better than any canned map, with or without, the autotune features. The problem is that a bad dyno tuner is worse than useless and can really screw up the way a bike runs. So I will say that with the caveat that you can find a good, experienced dyno tuner in your area, nothing can beat a good dyno tune....

For Stage I or II mods, I have successfully used a canned map and got the bike to run very well.....

My stage III ran well with both the HD download for that kit, and even better with a modified tune from DynoJet. But when I switched cams, no one had a canned map for those cams.... They gave me a tune that would be "close", but even with a couple Autotune Pro (uses wideband O2 sensors) sessions it runs well, but it still needs work (running a little rich). So I'm looking for a good dyno tuner in my area...

The more involved the mods, the more critical the tune, you should really find/use a good dyno tuner.....