Dyno Numbers
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,800
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From: Houston, Texas
I wouldn't equate time taken on the dyno with any kind of quality of tune. The guy that is charging the flat rate can do it because he has tuned many bikes and more than likely has a very good base map in his files with your identical mods. He'll download that right away and then do a few runs to tweak it here and there to match your individual bike. It wont take him long if he's any good and has a good data base of previous tunes to start with.
The indy I use has a great reputation for tuning. He tuned my RKC that just had a stage 1 with Rinehart's and intake in less than 45 minutes. It ran flawlessly for 118,000 before I brought it back to him to rebuild and upgrade with some cams. It was still running great but was starting to show it's age.
You will see it here many times on the forum, you butt dyno is more important than the numbers and your butt will definitely feel the improvement and your ears will hear the change in sound.
You'll love it.
The indy I use has a great reputation for tuning. He tuned my RKC that just had a stage 1 with Rinehart's and intake in less than 45 minutes. It ran flawlessly for 118,000 before I brought it back to him to rebuild and upgrade with some cams. It was still running great but was starting to show it's age.
You will see it here many times on the forum, you butt dyno is more important than the numbers and your butt will definitely feel the improvement and your ears will hear the change in sound.
You'll love it.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,012
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From: Alva Florida
If you have ever watched a dyno tune in person, you would know 45 minutes isn't possible. I will say that you could get a map installed and the bike run on a dyno in that amount of time. 3 hrs. is about the quickest you will see it get done by a tuner. Some may take more depending on the amount of changes made to the internals of the motor. Their is a lot that goes into a dyno tune. The spark tables, VE tables, just getting the motor to temperature, and then letting it cool down to make another adjustment takes time.
Have a 2010 Ultra, had a PCV ran great, had a base map for my exhaust, it was run on a dyno just to get the chart to show the before and after. I had no complaints, was it dyno tuned? Nope. On the suggestion of a friend took it to a tuner that has a great reputation, results 10 more HP and 12 foot lbs of torque. Could I feel the difference, yep...crisper throttle response, better fuel mileage, motor idled smoother. Motor pulled stronger during acceleration.
Not everyone can justify the cost of dyno tuning a bike. If it runs great and your happy with it why bother? But if you want you bike to perform to its max, try a dyno tune by a competent tuner......but take your lunch because its going to take longer than 45 minutes.
Have a 2010 Ultra, had a PCV ran great, had a base map for my exhaust, it was run on a dyno just to get the chart to show the before and after. I had no complaints, was it dyno tuned? Nope. On the suggestion of a friend took it to a tuner that has a great reputation, results 10 more HP and 12 foot lbs of torque. Could I feel the difference, yep...crisper throttle response, better fuel mileage, motor idled smoother. Motor pulled stronger during acceleration.
Not everyone can justify the cost of dyno tuning a bike. If it runs great and your happy with it why bother? But if you want you bike to perform to its max, try a dyno tune by a competent tuner......but take your lunch because its going to take longer than 45 minutes.
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 6,532
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From: SoCal
Had a "tuner" take almost 2 days to tune my bike on a flat $425 fee. A year later I took the same bike to a different tuner, no changes to the bike whatsoever, and on a $300 flat, this guy got my bike to make much more power on the dyno over 10 both hp and tq, he took less than 3 hours and on top of it he billed me $250. Yeah this guy gets my business.
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 563
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From: Raleigh, NC
Hi Kokes58, do you have an update? did you end up at Ray Price? I'm debating on having them do a tune for me. Thanks for any help you could give me.
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