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Discussion in 'Motorcycle Tech Talk' started by LOUIE2, Jan 5, 2011.

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  1. LOUIE2

    LOUIE2 New Member

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    GUYS I'M GOING CRAZY I WANT TO PUT PIPES ON MY 09 DYNA LOWRIDER BUT I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHICH PROGRAMER TO USE IM SCARE THAT IT WILL NOT RUN RIGHT OR DO INTERNAL DAMAGE IF ITS NOT PROGRAM RIGHT PLEASE HELP!:banghead:
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  3. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    quit hollerin.....we can hear ya!!!! lol what else have you done to the bike.....if only pipes you should be ok, but others will chime in that are more knowledgeable than i on efi's
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    Wanna buy only one tuner for stock and to git yer bike to running better.
    CAll eastern performance and git a Thundermax.
    I've been postin on this subject.
    Look at youtube about Thunder-Max.

    Yer bike is not a Throtle by Wire model so you don't need a TBW unit.
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  5. LOUIE2

    LOUIE2 New Member

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    :rolleyes:THE BIKE IS A VIRGIN LOL I WANT TO PUT STAGE 1 SCREAMIN EAGLE AIR CLEANER & BIG RADIUS 2 PIPES
    LOUIE2, Jan 5, 2011
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    Don't you think the Very 1st thing everybody wants to do is change the pipes and air kit.

    Start with a good tuner. Git a Thundermax. Yer lucky, you got a 09 bike . Still has the big 02 sensors too.
    It will do more for power, cool the bike and be there for anything you want to do.
    Ride the bike with the Tm and let it break in some.

    Then yer probaly gonna want pipes and a air kit.
    Stop and save some money.

    1st thing I would do is talk to a builder and put a Cam in the bike.Will give you a lot more power with the Thundermax.

    Do some homework on what all you might want to do.
    cardboard, Jan 5, 2011
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    :angry: Hey dude when you capitalize all your letters its considered screaming on any post or E-mail.
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Its o.k. by me, I'm hard of hearing and just don't pay it any attention.
    If you din't tell me I was screamin.
    I'd neverknow.........:D
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    well it bothers the rest of us...
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    o.k.
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Besides you weren't the one screaming. :D And Louie2 might not even know:D
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    If'n ya don't know the rules you don't know .
    And its only screamin to the ones that made the rules man.
    Everybody else is just trying to type and accidently hit the cap locks button.
    Think I'm gonna git a srewdriver and prise the cap lock button off my laptop.
    Just so I don't accidently hit it and somebody thinks I'm screaming and I hurt their feeling.:D
    cardboard, Jan 6, 2011
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    Like you ever cared .... :roflmao::roflmao:
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  14. LOUIE2

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    Im lazy sorry to affend anybody I always write with caps on
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    the bike has got plenty of power im mainly intrest in making it louder & run cooler
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    Louie,
    Thundermax is a good system but way overkill for pipes and a filter
    at $800 for a new ECM, o2 sensors, and you have to take your ECM out

    http://www.fuelmotousa.com/

    I would call jamie at Fuel Moto and discuss
    a powercomander V let them load it with
    a map for your bike, they have thousands of dyno
    runs on file and so they have a map that will be close
    and it will run just fine and cost way less than a Tmax

    REV Perf also has a new one out that is like Tmax and $800
    and is getting rave reviews

    If you plan on Heads, cams, pistons then get the
    New Powercommander with auto tune, the zippers Tmax
    or the Rev Performance tuner.

    If not the PC 5(v) will be fine, and you can
    always add auto tune modules.
    Last edited: Jan 6, 2011
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Various pipes can do that for you on the louder part. If your changing the air cleaner to a better flowing one you will need some kind of a tuner. There are so many choices for tuners out there its really a personal choice. I would not just go with anyone that may be suggested here but look at all of them, do some research on them, talk to a tuner mechanic and get his/her opinion. Also look at the cost factor and are you going to switch pipes around on a frequent basis.
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  18. LOUIE2

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    My problem i dont know any tuner techs. if i had the equipment to test the a/f ratio it would not bother me but having no equipment to check it scares me because i dont want to destroy it from running to lean thanks for info trying to gain as much knowledge i can.. i work on cars not bikes lol
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    Me and several friends has called him and bought PCV's
    Another buddy just took it off his bike and got the TM, HotRoadking.
    The PCV had to be dynoed to git the cells in the map off Zero and git the timing right.
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    A complete set of pipes is as expensive as a good tuner and about as important .......
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  21. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    For a stage 1 like he has he won't need a tuner Call Jamie before u open your wallet


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    hotroadking, Jan 6, 2011
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