I bought my 07 RKC used from the dealer. They said it had the stage 1 upgrades. My question is, do they do the computer upgrades as a download or is it a piggyback. I have looked under the seat and the removeable side plates but haven't observed anything. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.
Darren

 

It can be done either way. If you're not seeing any type of add on box, I would assume they did a download.

 

The dealer Stage one is a download; it is still EPA lean but supposedly compensates for the free flow air intake and mufflers.

 

its a flash download to the ecm

 

If you haven't done it; save your money and put it towards an aftermarket fuel management system. The download re-programs the ECM; basically all it does is raise the rev limit to 6200 and make very minor adjustments to the A/F and timing; not worth the $150 or whatever they are charging these days.

Furthermore, the download is not compatible with aftermarket A/F and exhaust.

 

The Dealer stage 1 is Slipon's, SE air filter and a download. It's a download map that raises the rev limiter and a/f adjustment slightly. If you plan to leave it as is, it will be fine.

 

I was thinking about trying to change the tune. It doesn't seem correct to me. I was reving it a little and it was shooting a bit of flame out of the right pipe. Seems to run a little rich to me. If I add a piggyback, do I need to have the stock tune downloaded to start with?

 

Talk about serendipitous ( coincedence) . I'm buying the exact same bike next week; '07 FLHP with Stage 1 and true duals. Would the slip-ons be all the same? They look like 3" slash cuts and are way louder than stock. The bike only has 13K miles on it and runs like a scalded ape.

Correction: slip ons are 3" straight cuts.