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Well a little persuading over the phone secured me a dyno run at the local HD shop. They were somewhat reluctant when I called, but all smiles when I showed up. The service manager knew who I was right when I walked in (only one with a helmet maybe?) and was fast and efficient. They were even nicer when they could pull me up in the computer and realized I owned an HD too. Both the service manager and dyno operator were impressed as hell with speedy and gave nothing but compliments.
The bad: Lax HD uses a superflow dyno, the clips for the coil wires is huge and they couldn't get a good tach reading so the dyno runs were without RPMs! :violent1: They know this is a problem, especially on sport bikes. They hope that superflow gets a smaller clip to them soon.
The Good: John the dyno operator was great! He asked plenty of questions, and even talked the service guys into giving me a little break on the price being we couldn't get the coil pick up to work. He knows his tuning stuff and we had a great BS session before during and after the pulls. He's in the process of turboing his sportster with a one off set up. NOS is in the works too. He asked about the tune boy and was interested enough he agreed to let me come back and have dyno tuning sessions once they have the small coil wire clip. :drink:
The numbers:
WhlPwrHp: 118.2
Dynojet corrected Hp: 122.6
A/F was 13.5 +/- .4 from off idle to 55mph (5k-ish) 12.7 +/- .2 57-87mph, then back up in the 13.3 range till red line.
I'll get the printouts scanned a little later...
The funny:
I went over the the parts desk to pay and they of course asked how the session went. I expressed a little disappointment over the 118hp, and their eyes bugged... They must not see many ponys there! :devil: The next question was "what the hell are you riding?" After answering them, and telling them it was out front, a herd started to gather. By the time I was geared up and ready to go at least 80% on the employees had been out ogling speedy! Lot of compliments on the Zard too! ;D ;D
Overall happy dang day, just wished I could have gotten RPM and torque to work... But the invitation to come back is huge! They wanted nothing to do with it the first time I talked to them on the phone!
The bad: Lax HD uses a superflow dyno, the clips for the coil wires is huge and they couldn't get a good tach reading so the dyno runs were without RPMs! :violent1: They know this is a problem, especially on sport bikes. They hope that superflow gets a smaller clip to them soon.
The Good: John the dyno operator was great! He asked plenty of questions, and even talked the service guys into giving me a little break on the price being we couldn't get the coil pick up to work. He knows his tuning stuff and we had a great BS session before during and after the pulls. He's in the process of turboing his sportster with a one off set up. NOS is in the works too. He asked about the tune boy and was interested enough he agreed to let me come back and have dyno tuning sessions once they have the small coil wire clip. :drink:
The numbers:
WhlPwrHp: 118.2
Dynojet corrected Hp: 122.6
A/F was 13.5 +/- .4 from off idle to 55mph (5k-ish) 12.7 +/- .2 57-87mph, then back up in the 13.3 range till red line.
I'll get the printouts scanned a little later...
The funny:
I went over the the parts desk to pay and they of course asked how the session went. I expressed a little disappointment over the 118hp, and their eyes bugged... They must not see many ponys there! :devil: The next question was "what the hell are you riding?" After answering them, and telling them it was out front, a herd started to gather. By the time I was geared up and ready to go at least 80% on the employees had been out ogling speedy! Lot of compliments on the Zard too! ;D ;D
Overall happy dang day, just wished I could have gotten RPM and torque to work... But the invitation to come back is huge! They wanted nothing to do with it the first time I talked to them on the phone!
