I had a positive experience with Steve at Fullsac yesterday. I trailered my 09 CVO Ultra to Steve's shop to have his mod done, i.e., chop my head pipe in half at the collector, remove 100% of the cat c, weld it back together, and remove stock baffles and reinstall his 2 inch baffles in my bike. The entire job took 3 hours and I didn't have to do it! Didn't have to buy drill bits, no putting my drill in the freezer to cool it down, no frustration, and you get 100% of the cc removed.
I only had 300 miles on the bike prior to the conversion so I didn't open up the throttle to 100% when I rode it after he was done. I put on 60 miles within a few hours of the conversion. While Steve was doing his work on the exhaust, he gave me a MAP file I used to flash into my ECM by using my TTS dongle I recently bought. By the way, Steve also sells the TTS products and I could have gotten a better deal if I would have bought mine from him. The MAP file he gave me was from an 09 CVO RG that he had recently dyno tuned after doing the same conversion so although not perfect for my bike, it has to be pretty close to what I needed. Steve offered to tune my bike with his dynojet but with only 300 miles since new I didn't want to yet.
With this background above, let me just say I was stunned at the improved low end torque and overall performance I felt when riding when I was a bit aggressive on the throttle. The sound was nice too. I'm pleased with my choice of the 2 inch baffles, too. I'm pretty sure Steve told me there is no real difference in performance between the 1.75, 2 and 2.25 inch baffles he sells (at least for my stock engine), they just get louder as the size increases. The sound of the 2 inch Fullsac baffle is similar to my 08 CVO Road King with Rinehart true duals. However, even with the limited riding on my Ultra after the conversion/mod, when comparing performance between the two bikes, my 09 Ultra seems to have significantly improved power and performance over my 08 SERK. Granted, I don't have any charts or numbers for quantitative comparison, but I sure felt the difference in power and passing when riding.
Steve's dyno room looks modern and well done. I wish I could have dyno tuned my bike because I have confidence in Steve's abilities, service, and care for his customers. I would have also liked to see if the stock air filter is limiting power and whether a higher flow filter would help eek out any more performance. Maybe in a few months I can find an excuse to ride down and visit him again and fully tune it.
This modification adds nice performance at a minimal cost, and what's really appealing, is I get to keep the redesigned MoCo pipes that keep the heat away from the rider and passenger. The new baffles sound great, too. I'd recommend Fullsac's mod to those who have 2009 CVO touring bikes.
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Topic: Fullsac Dyno Test! Stock 09 110 with Headpipe and 2.0 Baffles. (Read 32831 times)