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Old Oct 22, 2016 | 09:14 PM
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If two bikes are virtually identical in model, year, headers, slip-on's and a/c is there any reason that if one bike is professionally dyno tuned, the other bike can not download that calibration rather than having to dyno each bike separately?
 
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Old Oct 23, 2016 | 08:36 AM
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No 2 bikes are alike--even with the same components. The map would be a good starting point for the second bike but it would still need tuning.
 
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Yea, always differences between bikes. Also, from the tuner's standpoint you'd be cheating him. This is possibly why some tuners lock their tunes......
 
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jbarr1, yes - that's sort of what I was expecting. Using as a good base or starting point for flight recorder and vtune as it's bound to be closer than a canned map.
 
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Usually works well as a starter map, but even if you have flow matched heads, intake, pipe and injectors, still gonna need dialed in. Engines have personalities, too.
 
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