Does anybody have experience with these?

I have a 2008 VRSCAW with Vance & Hines slip-ons and a SE high-flow air filter. My dealer told me it wouldn't run right without a race tuner and 2 hours of dyno time, but I didn't feel like forking over another $700+. I have almost 2k miles on the bike and it runs well, but I do hear the occasional "pop"/backfire with hard deceleration.

TAB sells a fuel manager for $250 that has 10 custom maps and sounds like I can do the install myself: http://www.tabperformance.com/servlet/Detail?no=18.

It sounds like a good deal. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

 

If you're hearing the occasional pop on decel...you are probably running a little lean.&nbsp\\; I'm surpised the V&amp\\;H Fuel Pak is not installed.
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From what I've been told, the Tab tuners are OEM from Doebeck and these&nbsp\\;are good tuners...no computer necessary and easy to adjust.&nbsp\\; The Power Commanders are also good tuners and you'll need a PC to tune the bike and they are $15 more.&nbsp\\; It's simply a matter of what will accomodate your set up and your wallet.&nbsp\\; I'm thinking you may more likely find&nbsp\\;Power Commander maps for your set up more than they would have a Doebeck tuner set up for you.&nbsp\\; But, I am not 100% sure of course and this is just a gut feel.&nbsp\\; You can pop in one of the maps.&nbsp\\; Keep in mind you got an 2008 so maps may be hard to find.&nbsp\\; Try 1130cc.com as well as here.&nbsp\\; Both tuners are user installable.
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If you go with the Power Commander...order it from www.easternperformance.com.&nbsp\\; I've found them to be the cheapest.
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Ride Safe...
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BillyD

 

Thanks for the info, Billydj.

I looked at the easternperformance website and they have the Power Commander tuner and the V&H Fuel Pak. Now I don't know which one of the 3 to get. The V&H is the cheapest and my pipes are V&H so that sort of makes sense, but the Power Commander seems more fine-tunable.

 

This should help.&nbsp\\; If the only motor mods you plan on doing is pipes...get the V&amp\\;H FuelPak.&nbsp\\; If you are gonna do more mods...I would go with either a HD SERT (preferred) or a Power Commander (least preferred).
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Hope this helps!
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Ride Safe...
BillyD

 

You could try a Gills box (search on 1130cc.com for it) It's not expensive, and you can call Gill anytime with your setup, and he will tell you exactly how to tune your bike