stage 1 "not needed"?????
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Cruiser
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From: Guam
The wrencher himself told me it wasn't done. The bike runs fine, my issue is will it run better with the download? In other words am I missing out on a freebee which I hear cost a lot if I were to pay out of pocket. In this economy I take anything offered for free that is worth taking I will gladly accept.
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Cruiser
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From: Guam
This is my first HD but not my first time riding a bike...this bike unlike the crotch rocket fishtails right out of first into second and third when quick shifting I feel her kinda wanting to do a wheelie but I'm not in the high rpms to let it...
when I'm in third or fourth (where I'm at most of the time co'z I live in Guam...short trips everywhere lol except on some long roads) at about 3k rpm it kinda does a little surge every so often when I'm just cruisin is this normal? I've never felt it on the other bikes I've ridden but then again I may not have noticed they were my uncles bikes I was just happy to be able to ride...I thought it might not be co'z of the EFI...IDK...let me know...
maybe I just notice everything co'z it's MY bike now...hehe...and not a borrowed bike...
when I'm in third or fourth (where I'm at most of the time co'z I live in Guam...short trips everywhere lol except on some long roads) at about 3k rpm it kinda does a little surge every so often when I'm just cruisin is this normal? I've never felt it on the other bikes I've ridden but then again I may not have noticed they were my uncles bikes I was just happy to be able to ride...I thought it might not be co'z of the EFI...IDK...let me know...
maybe I just notice everything co'z it's MY bike now...hehe...and not a borrowed bike...
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dont think you need download unless you change air filter....thats what i have always been told,,,why didnt you put a better one on it ? you only did 1/2 of a stage 1...should thank him for not taking you
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If you just changed your mufflers and are still with the stock air cleaner you'll be fine. There is no need for any remapping unless you complete the stage 1 by replacing the air box with a high flow system.
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Regardless of whether it "needs it," I would be pissed if I agreed upon certain things to be done to my bike and then they weren't done and they hadn't informed me about it when I picked the bike up. It is not okay to find out 2 weeks later that work that was supposed to be done wasn't done.
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Or you can change your pipes, put in a high flow system & leave the ECU stock by adding a fuel management device. I have V&H Fuelpacs in both bikes & they run great. I had the stage 1 download re-flashed back to stock on the 06 as V&H did not have a map for an 06 FXST stage 1 & it had a lot of decel pop. After going back to the stock ECU settings as suggested by V&H the bike ran perfectly.