PCV, Fuel Moto, Dyno or Don't Dyno ?
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PCV, Fuel Moto, Dyno or Don't Dyno ?
Don't know if this question has been kicked around or not. I have a 2012 Ultra Classic 103. Has Power Commander V, 4" Rineharts, V&H Power Duals, and S&S Stealth Air Cleaner. Bought my PCV from Fuel Moto and they have been helpful, just like everyone says. I have tried 3 different maps from them and bike seems to run well. However question I'm asking is how many have a simalar set up and have had the bike dynoed. I talked to a Harley head tech at my dealership. He has always been real honest with me about things. He said he had worked with Fuel Moto and they are usually real good. Said if bike was running good, he didn't know if I would see much difference by having it dynoed. So how many have a similar setup and have had it dynoed and thought it was money well spent. Or did you think it still ran about the same. That's a lot of money to spend if it doesn't help much. Also they run the crap out of your bike when they dyno it.
PS I really don't care if you have a Power Vision or Harley SE race tuner, and think their better. Just asking members that have a similar setup to mine. Thanks
PS I really don't care if you have a Power Vision or Harley SE race tuner, and think their better. Just asking members that have a similar setup to mine. Thanks
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I have a 2010 with the 96", complete exhaust, air breather and Fuel Moto can map tune on the PCV. Mine runs great so I see no reason to put her through the abuse of a Dyno Tune. My buddy has a 2011 with similar set up. His bike also ran great. He decide to have it dyno tuned after riding it for almost the whole season on the can map from Fuel Moto and despite the fact that the bike ran flawlessly. The Dyno tune gained him a little over 1 HP and 3 miles to the gallon of gas but it now runs hotter, hesitates on take off and spits on decel etc. He's not happy. My .02, if it runs good, leave it alone! Simple Stage 1 can map from Fuel Moto is hard to beat.
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I'm going to offer a different view but actually not disagreeing too much with earlier posts. For the work you've had done it's likely the maps are close. I bought for my RKC the Woods TW6-6's plus V&H Dressers Duals headers, Jackpot mufflers, stage 1 AC and a PC V, all from Fuel Moto and provided with a map for the set up. Once installed it didn't feel great on the butt dyno and was being out-run by bikes that shouldn't have been able to. So on the dyno it went - see the attachment. The dyno time was worth it for me but the bike didn't feel right beforehand and I was doing cams also so a couple of differences from your situation. Also important for me to say that I'm not knocking FM, just that every bike is different so canned maps are an "off the shelf" solution and I like my maps tailored. I subsequently bought FM's 107" kit for the same bike (10% to 15% gains across the board and 100 lbs at 3000 rpm) so that should confirm that I have every confidence in them. I think my example is an extreme one but it is an example just the same.