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Old May 28, 2011 | 02:00 PM
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anybody have experience with this? i found a used 06 with this on it was wondering how well it works
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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Check to see if it has the auto tune feature, if it does you'll have 02 sensor's, if not it will need to be tuned or install a canned map. The auto tune can be programed by you with a laptop. All you would need to do is go to the zipper's web site and download the pdf manual. Then just follow the instruction's. It's easy!
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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I have it on my 06 and love it. No auto tune on mine.
It was not available at the time I bought it.
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 06:54 PM
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Thanks for the info. I haven't heard of them before. How's the reliability?
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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I had one on my '07 Deuce. Mine had the autotune. Absolutely the one best addition I did. Cooler, smoother, faster, etc etc etc. I have '10 Ultra and as soon as I find $1000, I will have one on it. KW
 
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Old May 28, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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i have one on my 2011 RG and my wife has one on her 06 SG and i like em makes a big differance on the bike. like someone stated earlier if it has 02 sensors its auto tune zippers has good customer service they can walk u through the whole thing its a little frustrating at first but once u learn it you can do anything u want to with your motor.lots of differant opinions on here but u do what u want.
 
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I have one with autotune on my 06 and I am very happy with it.
 
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Had one with auto tune. Kept fighting timing issues... went back to racetuner. If you never had a tuner, any will work on properly tuned... wasn't a significant gain over the racetuner tune I had...
 
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Originally Posted by river rat
Thanks for the info. I haven't heard of them before. How's the reliability?
I've had two of them, one for three years on a previous bike and the most recent for 1-1/2 and no problems with reliability so far. I've also been very satisified with performance and tuning flexibility.
 
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am thinking about the Thundermax auto myself. Just wondering what are the computer requirements needed to run the tuning / download programs. will any lap top do. thanks
 
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