I'm in need of a tune since swapping cams recently and am looking for opinions/experience on the list below. If there is someone available to me that I don't have listed, feel free to add them in response.

Here's my options:

Thunder Tower HD - Columbia, SC (90min drive)
Tman Performance - Kernersville, NC (2hrs)
Dougs HD - Florence, SC (1hr)
Charlotte HD - Charlotte, NC (2hrs)
Tilley's HD - Statesville, NC (2.5hrs)
Myrtle Beach Performance - Myrtle Beach, SC (2hrs)

 

I guess NO ONE in the surrounding area has NEVER had their bike dyno-tuned ever. Sad...

 

do you have a SERT?

 

LOL seems that way

 

No, power commander.

 

Ben's V-Twin in Matthews just down the road from H-D of Charlotte. He knows his chit, thought I'd try him this fall. He told me 2hrs for my bike

 

Maxspeed cycles in Kernersville NC. www.maxspeedcycles.com

 

Yeah, I've talked to him last year about doing my cams. I was price shopping at the time. I need to call him. He sat with me for like an hour discussing the different aspects of the swap. He was also very familiar with the cams I chose and said with my setup I'd be rockin some good power.

Does he now have a dyno? When I spoke with him, he didn't and said he used a guy from the area that has a mobile dyno.

On a side note, I just contacted Tman Performance also in Kernersville. They want $395 for a tune. I know they have a reputation as being very good at their profession but goodness gracious. I also see his stage 1 heads went from $650 last year to $810...and now to $869. Yes, I've been following his pricing and I think at some point will price himself right out of the market.

 

Spoke with Ben @ Ben's V-twins in Matthews (Charlotte), NC...

They charge by the hour: $125/hr with typical sessions taking up to 4hrs.

That's a possible tune fee of $500.

Dammit!

 

Who does the free dyno tests @ McKoys on bike nights? I want to take my bike out there and see what it will do on the dyno, just for fun, I don't have a bunch of mods, but bike is pretty strong for what it is. About once a month they have a trailer come in and give free dynos, I think it's either the 14th or the 21st this month that they'll be there. I'm sure w/ a big ol mobile dyno they probably tune too...

I've heard good things about Ben too, not sure about dyno stuff.

On that topic, a friend of mine w/ an 88 just went to gear drives coz his cam chain tensioners were shot. So he went w/ bigger cams, and not sure what else. Someone told him he didn't need to have it tuned, but I was thinking he would, if he got bigger cams added to the other standard stage 1 related stuff... Think he's looking for a good tuner, so I'm gonna watch this thread myself...