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Old Sep 8, 2016 | 03:37 PM
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So I have 2016 Forty-Eight.
It has just over 500 miles.
It has Nance&Hines Big Radius 2 in to 2 exhaust, high flow air filter and tune with Vance&Hines FP3.

When I start my bike when cold, she will fast idle to about 2000rpm or so.
It'll stay that way for a min or two before idle down to around 1700rpm.
Stay that way for a while before settles to around 1000rpm~1050 rpm.

However, While she is at 2000rpm, and if I blip the throttle, she'll settle to 1700rpm right away and slowly settled down to 1000rpm~1050rpm.

This is while bike is cold.

Now after bike is up to operating temp, I shut the bike off, and start it back up within few mn(I.e. Gas station), bike is hot. But when I start her up, she'll still idle up to 2000rpm, and stay there just like when I start her cold

Does this sounds like how tuned ECU bike should idle to you guys?


I had these stuff installed in bike before I took delivery, there for I don't know how bike should idle based on temp without tune in it.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2016 | 03:50 PM
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2000 is too high. 1400-1500 start up seems normal for cold starts.

Since the bike is new and the dealer installed the mods, let them deal with it.
 
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