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Old 06-15-2020 | 06:38 PM
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I have an 04 Road King Classic FI that is new to me. Really the only mods I see myself doing are an S&S Teardrop air filter and a set of Supertrapp pipes. I have been researching fuel controllers for a while. Thought I had my head wrapped around them but that doesn't seem like the case the more I look into it. I'm looking for something that will auto learn if that's the right terminology. Basically plug and play, install and forget. I don't want to spend time creating my own map or fine tuning things. For my needs I think it's overkill but feel free to convince me otherwise if you think I'm in the wrong here.

I am leaning towards the cobra FI2000R. Seems like a reliable inexpensive unit that can simply be removed if necessary (failure, faults etc). Anyone have any guidance on these things? I am not looking to create a ton more power. Just looking for some correction on the a/f ratio when adding pipes and air cleaner.
 
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Old 06-15-2020 | 08:03 PM
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All I'm going to suggest , is that you buy a tuner that does not piggy back the injectors , just an added accessory that may fail and cause issues down the road . Most tuners now will only require a flash and go . If you do end up having to do a little fine tuning , it should only take a day , not so bad in my opinion .
 
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Old 06-15-2020 | 11:40 PM
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Why do people always look for inexpensive as opposed to quality?
 
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Old 06-16-2020 | 12:52 AM
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I am running a Thundermax on my RK. Been on there for about 5 years now. Really like it. Mind you I have more then just an air cleaner and pipes on mine.



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Old 06-16-2020 | 12:54 AM
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Why do people always look for inexpensive as opposed to quality?
Do you actually have any useful input or was answering a question with a question all you could come up with?
 
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Old 06-16-2020 | 03:32 AM
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TTS or PowerVision.

I have had nothing but great results with PowerVision. Download map flash it to ECM and run 3 or 4 20 minutes autotune sessions. If you get it from Fuel Moto you get maps and support that is 2nd to none.

I still ended up getting a Dynotune with the PowerVision just because I wanted my bike to run it’s absolute best and that is something only a quality pro tuner can accomplish.

I wouldn’t go budget minded on tuning when it’s what makes all the pieces work together like they are supposed to.
 
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Old 06-16-2020 | 03:41 AM
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Youre choices are limited since most of the tuners today are for newer ecm with O2 sensors. Here is a good article to get you started, personally in the pre 2005 bikes I used to use the power commander back then.
https://www.roadwheeler.com/best-aut...rley-davidson/
Originally Posted by Eng5ive
I have an 04 Road King Classic FI that is new to me. Really the only mods I see myself doing are an S&S Teardrop air filter and a set of Supertrapp pipes. I have been researching fuel controllers for a while. Thought I had my head wrapped around them but that doesn't seem like the case the more I look into it. I'm looking for something that will auto learn if that's the right terminology. Basically plug and play, install and forget. I don't want to spend time creating my own map or fine tuning things. For my needs I think it's overkill but feel free to convince me otherwise if you think I'm in the wrong here.

I am leaning towards the cobra FI2000R. Seems like a reliable inexpensive unit that can simply be removed if necessary (failure, faults etc). Anyone have any guidance on these things? I am not looking to create a ton more power. Just looking for some correction on the a/f ratio when adding pipes and air cleaner.
 
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Old 06-16-2020 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Eng5ive
Do you actually have any useful input or was answering a question with a question all you could come up with?
A newb asking a question and gettin butt hurt. You won't get very far. I'm sure you will have a smarta$$ reply to this as well. If you want cheap go cheap and don't say you weren't warned whne you come back asking us about your new found issues. On a side note since you are all in ur feelings why don't you try to make you subject something correct. Wtf is a fuel tuner? Is it something that tunes fuel for higher octane or what?
 
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Old 06-17-2020 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by kojak
Youre choices are limited since most of the tuners today are for newer ecm with O2 sensors. Here is a good article to get you started, personally in the pre 2005 bikes I used to use the power commander back then.
https://www.roadwheeler.com/best-aut...rley-davidson/
Much appreciated. That article helped answer a lot of questions I had.
 
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Old 06-17-2020 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Eng5ive
Much appreciated. That article helped answer a lot of questions I had.
No problem, having good info before you do something saves you a lot of grief!
 


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