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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 02:31 PM
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Recently I bought a 2014 fourty eight, it came from the dealer with a stage one cleaner, Vance and Hines short shot exhaust and a race tuner. I'm the third owner and the kid I bought it from said the person he bought it from told him the dealer kept the tuner. I called the dealer and they didn't have it. What do I do?
 
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 03:44 PM
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The dealer kept the tuner? Sounds like that kid is full of crap.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 04:54 PM
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That's what I thought, but the dealer said they might've kept it to.
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 07:35 PM
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unless he it just talking about the harley stage 1 download. which is not a tuner or even a tune really.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 10:28 PM
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I've known of a few occasions, where the dealer didn't return the race tuner after a tune unless you ask for it back at the time
 
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The dealer just flashed the ecm for your pipes and filter from their computer. That not a tuner.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2016 | 11:20 AM
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Is your bike popping/backfiring like crazy at deceleration? If not than its a tune, not a tuner going missing that your bike have. Means your would be tuned for your mods and you dont need a tuner. A bike with free flowing exhaust and cleaner would not run well at all without a proper ecm map or tuner.
 
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Originally Posted by Curt1953
The dealer just flashed the ecm for your pipes and filter from their computer. That not a tuner.
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That's what I thought, but the dealer said they might've kept it to.
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