01-31-2018, 03:41 AM
(01-31-2018, 03:34 AM)Rboe_imp Wrote: I play music too - on my iPod.It's much better than way. sigh.
The placebo affect is not to be trifled with. In the medical field various treatments have been rated for their placebo affect with acupuncture and fake surgeries having the greatest affect; well over 50%. It may be quackery but it "works".
ECU's; given the right program and ECU, and the mufflers; all else being equal I could the factory coming up with two completely different motors. In any event I would not be surprised that they could. Shoot, car manufactures alter the sound of the engine using your speakers in the cabin! Which is a long winded way of saying the butt dyno is not to be trusted and one has to get these bikes on a real dyno to see the difference.
In the mean time, if this thread causes me to buy a 2017 you all are helping me foot the bill.
VLJ; you have a skill as a worksmith - a rare skill today. Thank you.
For me personally, the butt dyno is far more important then any statistics generated through actual testing. If I were racing then I might feel differently. Otherwise I suppose that I could take my bike to dyno and have the results embroidered on the back of my motorcycle jacket for all to see. Still it's not going to change the way the bike feels (and to me, that's what counts the most).