So had the 117 tuned about 10 days ago, immediately left on an epic trip with my brother. Ran the Oregon coastline (spots were fabulous, most was "meh". Traffic was main downfall).
From the through the Redwood Forest, down through Redding Ca (holy heat wave Batman), Sacramento, and wandered back home through central Oregon (Eugene, Medford, Bend etc) and Washington, finally home after 4,770 km.
Bike ran like a champ. Even loaded down for touring, in temps above 115*F, not one "ping" of detonation to be heard. Pulled strong from about 2700 rpm and up. Enjoyable to ride by all measures.
Only pause for celebration comes from the dyno sheet. The torque is pretty much bang on what I thought it would achieve. It's the horsepower that seems low to me. I expected low - mid 120's. Bike runs like the graph shows, nice pull from the torque down low, strong mid, then falls off. Tuner thought my exhaust might be hindering it somewhat..?? I'm thinking it's a combo platter of the exhaust and heads.
Details of build :
HD 117 kit ( jugs, pistons, 58 tb and 5.3 injectors)
HD MVA heads, decked 50 thou to get compression back. Have yet to check CCP, I have a "cheap" gauge, want to borrow/buy a Snap On for most accurate results.
TMan 625 cams
Perf. Machine AC
TTS tuner
V&H Power Duals with HO slip on's