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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 07:08 AM
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If they are, I might need a little more tuning. Just had Power Duals taken off, and Dresser Duals put on. It's pretty hot on the left side, and I have a little decal popping once in awhile. Dealership put it on the dyno again (briefly) and said it looked pretty good, but I'm wondering if it's running a little lean. Sound like tuning?
 

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Its tuning, they are cat-less. But temper your expectations, you have a large twin cam running underneath you.

Generally speaking I wouldnt let a dealer tune my bike, 98% of them couldnt tune a bike to save their lives. There are some exceptions of course, but there is a ton of turn-over at Harley dealerships, and when one guy leaves, its "next guy up" mode.
 
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Its tuning, they are cat-less. But temper your expectations, you have a large twin cam running underneath you.

Generally speaking I wouldnt let a dealer tune my bike, 98% of them couldnt tune a bike to save their lives. There are some exceptions of course, but there is a ton of turn-over at Harley dealerships, and when one guy leaves, its "next guy up" mode.

As I suspected! I didn't have a heat problem with the Power Duals like this. Thanks Keith.
 

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They are cat-less and I have a set with about 3K miles on them that I took off my 2015. If you're interested in them, ping me in a PM.
 
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I just put a set on my 16 Limited. They are cat-less and run much cooler. I had the decel pop problem but a quick edit with the FP3 map fixed that.
 
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Originally Posted by Geezr Glidr
If they are, I might need a little more tuning. Just had Power Duals taken off, and Dresser Duals put on. It's pretty hot on the left side, and I have a little decal popping once in awhile. Dealership put it on the dyno again (briefly) and said it looked pretty good, but I'm wondering if it's running a little lean. Sound like tuning?
So why did you have the power duals taken off ? I had true duals on my bike and it ran very hot so I went for the power duals and it now runs cool and has a lot more low end grunt.
 
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I have the dresser duals, and Thundermax tuner. I like them alot. I did notice on hot days the mid-frame fairing/shield actually works after buying it based on a recommendation.
 
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