Race Tuner vs Power Commander
#1
10-20-2018, 07:56 PM
#2
10-20-2018, 08:07 PM
#3
10-20-2018, 09:00 PM
Road Master
Race tuner, tts, fp3, and power vision are all flash tuners. They save an image of your factory map and then write a new map in its place. Power commanders are piggy back tuners. They intercept the signal from the ecu, add or subtract values and send the corrected ones to the injectors.
Flash tuners are far superior to a piggy back. Once they write the new code it’s in the ecu and staying there. A power commmander can fail leaving you stuck on the side of the road with a bike that won’t run because it’s stupid lean where as a flash is now in your ecu and the whole ecu has to fail in order to lose the tune.
We were here using piggy backs on cars and bikes 20 years ago but flash tunes are night and day better and much more reliable.
Flash tuners are far superior to a piggy back. Once they write the new code it’s in the ecu and staying there. A power commmander can fail leaving you stuck on the side of the road with a bike that won’t run because it’s stupid lean where as a flash is now in your ecu and the whole ecu has to fail in order to lose the tune.
We were here using piggy backs on cars and bikes 20 years ago but flash tunes are night and day better and much more reliable.
#5
10-21-2018, 07:31 AM
I like the tuning while I ride the bike on the fp3. dyno tuners just put the bike in 3rd gear and then wot the throttle. how can that fine tune the way each individual rides? sure you might get a extra hp out of it on the top end but personally I ride for the enjoyment not the hp on the track or dyno number on a sheet of paper. last time I check we cant ride a paper sheet. just my .02 on it.
Batman
#6
10-21-2018, 08:40 AM
Ultimate HDF Member
I like the tuning while I ride the bike on the fp3. dyno tuners just put the bike in 3rd gear and then wot the throttle. how can that fine tune the way each individual rides? sure you might get a extra hp out of it on the top end but personally I ride for the enjoyment not the hp on the track or dyno number on a sheet of paper. last time I check we cant ride a paper sheet. just my .02 on it.
Batman
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#7
10-21-2018, 12:36 PM
I have the Power Commander 5 with the autotuner Im running 510 cams and true duals with street cannons on a 2003 road king. IT's NOT A RACE BIKE, but I can get, on a good easy day 56 MPG (Canadian gal.), and still NOT have to drop it down a gear to pass a slow poke doing 45. And I can stand toe to toe with my buddies 103 streetglide with his stage 2. All this with a little 88. Just how much more power do you guys want out of a "touring bike" ?
PS. If the commander and turner ever fail, all you have to do it un plug it and plug the cable back in to where it was stock.
Randy
PS. If the commander and turner ever fail, all you have to do it un plug it and plug the cable back in to where it was stock.
Randy
Last edited by cajun1957a; 10-21-2018 at 12:37 PM.
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#8
10-21-2018, 01:23 PM
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#9
10-21-2018, 09:49 PM
I like the tuning while I ride the bike on the fp3. dyno tuners just put the bike in 3rd gear and then wot the throttle. how can that fine tune the way each individual rides? sure you might get a extra hp out of it on the top end but personally I ride for the enjoyment not the hp on the track or dyno number on a sheet of paper. last time I check we cant ride a paper sheet. just my .02 on it.
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Batman
#10
10-21-2018, 11:36 PM
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