Power Commander Tune Maps.

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As others know- I disagree 110% with the 'stock is better' or 'safer' or 'smoother' thoughts. Houtman I wish you could ride my bike.

Will a stock bike run very well left alone? Sure.

Will a stock bike run better with simply better fueling? Yes.

Honda had limitations dues to emissions standards.

I wouldn't pay $500 for a shop to 'dyno tune' on top of the power commander. They aren't going to spend anywhere near the amount of time to actually do it right.

They would need a steady state dyno, and to tune for all throttle positions at all RPM. To do it thoroughly takes a long long time.

I have a friend that tunes cars- he literally spends months tweaking files, and pushes out updated files as the years pass and he spends more time with them. Granted modern cars are much more complicated than our bikes but even our bikes would take hours. And that isn't getting picky into things like tuning for each different gear- because different engine loading does have an effect, not drastic for us, but still.

The 'tunes' for the power commander aren't anything special anyway- they throw a blanket 13.2 at the target table. Ideally you want richer for peak power and tq, and leaner for cruise situations.

Not to mention as you already know- not for your bike, where you live, how you ride, and is a stable file that won't change if you decide to ride up a mountain or down to the beach.

I highly recommend if you are spending the money for the power commander- spend the extra $250 for the autotune box and learn how to use it.

Not a bad point, power dubs are you the one that did the write up on honing your air intake funnels??

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