How long did your dyno tune take?
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How long did your dyno tune take?
I just got me bike dyno tuned at Colonial HD in Price George, VA (near Richmond). It was pretty cool that the work took place right in front of me through a window and there was a monitor that showed what the tech was seeing/doing. However, the bike was in and out in about an hour and a half. Everything I have read is that a good tune takes 3+ hours. I'm looking for some feed back from some people who have had a dyno tune done that they are happy with. How long did it take? I only paid $240 for the tune, but I'm afraid I got the bare minimum instead of someone tweaking everything that was available from my build. Any thoughts? Thanks.
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Unless your dealer has a reputation for being a good shop for tuning, I'd stay away from dealers dynos.
I wouldnt say that time spent on the dyno is necessarily an indication of quality, if they had a base map of that configuration it was probably close, but a dealer generally is the last place I'd go for a tune.
Post your sheet here, you'll get plenty of commentary, trust me.
I wouldnt say that time spent on the dyno is necessarily an indication of quality, if they had a base map of that configuration it was probably close, but a dealer generally is the last place I'd go for a tune.
Post your sheet here, you'll get plenty of commentary, trust me.
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my dyno experience
I just got me bike dyno tuned at Colonial HD in Price George, VA (near Richmond). It was pretty cool that the work took place right in front of me through a window and there was a monitor that showed what the tech was seeing/doing. However, the bike was in and out in about an hour and a half. Everything I have read is that a good tune takes 3+ hours. I'm looking for some feed back from some people who have had a dyno tune done that they are happy with. How long did it take? I only paid $240 for the tune, but I'm afraid I got the bare minimum instead of someone tweaking everything that was available from my build. Any thoughts? Thanks.
Happy that I got my FM map, and the shop I went to was supposed to be great as doing tunes.... go figure.
Last edited by mgmmgm; Jul 3, 2014 at 09:39 PM.
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From: Martinez
A dyno should take a long time if done correctly.
Determine a base
let engine cool to room temp
do front cylinder
let engine cool to room temp
do rear cylinder
let engine cool to room temp
do both cylinders
Determine a base
let engine cool to room temp
do front cylinder
let engine cool to room temp
do rear cylinder
let engine cool to room temp
do both cylinders
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Takes me about 8 hrs if starting from scratch. Flash tune, not Power Commander tune.
With one of Jamies base cals? Probably cut that to 4 or so hours.
With one of Jamies base cals? Probably cut that to 4 or so hours.
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There is now a guy with a new Dynojet, that is about 30 minutes from me. I am going to have him do a base run on my bike, check the numbers, and if any corrections are needed, I will have him fine tune what I have; for now the MF map that was sent to me, based on a 103" with TW222 cams is working well for my bike.
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I had a high performance engine installed this spring and the dyno was around 10 hours to get it right. . My mechanic said right off the hop he could push it through on the cheap if I wanted to save money but charged me for 8 hours and spent all of 10 hours if not more. . It was a tad cranky getting it right with the true duals but it turned out real nice. .