Tuner Help
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Tuner Help
I have 2005 Road King Custom with V&H True Duals and the HD Stage 1. I put a PowerCommander III on the bike when I bought it several years ago, but the canned tune is just not working 100% to my liking (getting a backfire occasionally is the main issue). I was thinking about having the bike dyno tuned this spring with the PCIII.
Would I be better to spend the money on another tuner? Sorry I have not kept up on the latest greatest - so I am looking for opinions from riders better informed than myself.
Thanks in advance
Would I be better to spend the money on another tuner? Sorry I have not kept up on the latest greatest - so I am looking for opinions from riders better informed than myself.
Thanks in advance
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For a non O2 controlled bike, the PCIII is more than adequate. Do you have an HD Stage I download to the ECM and a PCIII, what map are you using? If you are running both it seems redundant for just true duals. Intake or any other mods? I've had great sucess with the PCIII on my 06.
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For a non O2 controlled bike, the PCIII is more than adequate. Do you have an HD Stage I download to the ECM and a PCIII, what map are you using? If you are running both it seems redundant for just true duals. Intake or any other mods? I've had great sucess with the PCIII on my 06.
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When you say no other mods, does that mean no hi flow air cleaner? If you don't have the AC then you don't have a key component to a stage I set up, you might need to try a different map. I didn't see any Stage 1 files without a high flow air cleaner, what map file # are you running.
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When you say no other mods, does that mean no hi flow air cleaner? If you don't have the AC then you don't have a key component to a stage I set up, you might need to try a different map. I didn't see any Stage 1 files without a high flow air cleaner, what map file # are you running.
I would have to look up the map file, but it was specifically for V&H TDs & Stage 1.
I did try one other map file, but I did not see any difference.
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When you say no other mods, does that mean no hi flow air cleaner? If you don't have the AC then you don't have a key component to a stage I set up, you might need to try a different map. I didn't see any Stage 1 files without a high flow air cleaner, what map file # are you running.
Thanks for all the input so far.
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Well I was thinking you didn't have an AC so my ideas are out the window. In theory the HD stage I download on the ECM should be all you need, have you tried a zero map or running without the PCIII? Your plan to dyno is probably the best bet and the PCIII will do the trick, souldn't need another tuner. It is possible that you wont completely get rid of the backfire. Sorry I was off base.
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Well I was thinking you didn't have an AC so my ideas are out the window. In theory the HD stage I download on the ECM should be all you need, have you tried a zero map or running without the PCIII? Your plan to dyno is probably the best bet and the PCIII will do the trick, souldn't need another tuner. It is possible that you wont completely get rid of the backfire. Sorry I was off base.
Thanks again