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[Fullsac Performance]

Made a few pulls on the BMW 1600B today. Big flat TQ curve, no surprise there after riding it. Never had anything on the dyno before that is perfectly happy being snapped wide open at 900 RPM. If you did that to a Harley it would have an aneurysm. 90 FT pounds at 1100 RPM, wow! 130 HP peak, but it made it at the rev limiter. I wonder how much more it would make it it was allowed to rev past 7950 RPM?

Steve@fullsac.com

[YELLOWBIRD]

Pretty Impressive for a stock bike!


 



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[JCZ]

Very impressive for a stock bike.....it's been a week since I test rode one and I can still remember it very clearly! 

Steve, on the BMW forum, they've already found a way on the dyno tuner to release or remove the speed limiter and I guess they're also taking the rpms higher, also.

[Fullsac Performance]

Very impressive for a stock bike.....it's been a week since I test rode one and I can still remember it very clearly! 

Steve, on the BMW forum, they've already found a way on the dyno tuner to release or remove the speed limiter and I guess they're also taking the rpms higher, also.

To remove or adjust the speed and or rev limiter you have to have access into the ECM. There is a company Brentuning who is able to reprogram the BMW 1600 and many others. For me, the 130 speed limiter is not an issue. If I had a Grand America the 101 limiter would be an issue. BMW has no issues selling fast bikes. The GT and GTL have no speed limiters that I know of? Obviously BMW has concerns over something with the B model and hi speed. Some claim the running boards necessitated the speed limiter as they catch air and move the bike around? For me the running boards position made them useless so I pulled them off and have a new footrest I'm playing with. Did I fix it?

Steve@fullsac.com

[JCZ]

I'd like to sit on that to see what it feels like.  Looking at it, looks like it would be close to the same position as the floorboards.

We should be headed down your way in late Oct.  We're looking at possibly spending the winter someplace in southern Ariz. this coming winter.

[Ironhorse]

I'd like to sit on that to see what it feels like.  Looking at it, looks like it would be close to the same position as the floorboards.

We should be headed down your way in late Oct.  We're looking at possibly spending the winter someplace in southern Ariz. this coming winter.

JC, when are you getting your BMW?

[Fullsac Performance]

Here's a short clip from the dyno room with the 1600B clutchless shifting up and down to the 130 MPH speed limiter. CVO mufflers don't sound to bad on the big six cylinder!

Steve@fullsac.com

[JCZ]

As we watch that speedometer and tach. we just kind of instinctively know..........that's something that no CVO is ever going to do.   

[ultrarider123]

Here's a short clip from the dyno room with the 1600B clutchless shifting up and down to the 130 MPH speed limiter. CVO mufflers don't sound to bad on the big six cylinder!
Steve@fullsac.com

That video gave me goose bumps, Steve.  Yes, the CVO mufflers give it a completely different sound...for the better, IMO.

I'm agreeing with JC on this one....that pull from 40 or so to 130 sure went quick.  I'm going to have to ride one at some point...dang it...

[iski]

Impressive performance and numbers.  Blink and your doing 100 mph.  CVO mufflers sound good.

[JCZ]

Watch at the top end as Steve backs down to 120 and then runs it back up.....look at how quick it goes from 120 mph to 130 mph.  Much faster than my CVO goes from 105 mph to 115 mph! 

[SDCVO]

Here's a short clip from the dyno room with the 1600B clutchless shifting up and down to the 130 MPH speed limiter. CVO mufflers don't sound to bad on the big six cylinder!

Steve@fullsac.com

WOW, now that turns me on!!

[Fullsac Performance]

That video gave me goose bumps, Steve.  Yes, the CVO mufflers give it a completely different sound...for the better, IMO.

I'm agreeing with JC on this one....that pull from 40 or so to 130 sure went quick.  I'm going to have to ride one at some point...dang it...

That run up was half throttle shifting at 6K.  Red line is 8500. Here's a peek at the first set of prototypes mufflers. About 4" longer than CVO's I tested initially. The 1.75 baffle was too small, lost 3 HP. The 2.0 is working good!

Steve@fullsac.com

[FLSTFI Dave]

That is pretty impressive.  I rode the GTL in Sturgis demo a couple years ago.  I could not run the same route at the same pace on my road glide.  Really like the power and suspension. 

[barrhill]

looks good Steve
when you get the floor boards and shifter position fixed and a nice exhaust I am in (maybe could live with shifter position )


hopefully the after market comes with a removable tour pack