This weekend was the first long rides I've taken with the FatCats on a SEEG. But when I went for the test ride after installing the map in the TM.....AWESOME!
So here are the impressions. My last bike had BSS and I base everything on that sound.
A stock CVO103 has a high torque band, starting about 2800rpm. Now, at 1800 I can whack it open and there's real power. It will also cruise real easy around town at 2000 and have power ready to accellerate without coughing or hesitation.
Torque is great and the bike is really alive now. ThunderMax with the stock Touring pipes woke the bike up so it was much more responsive. Now it's a real "Screamin' Eagle"!!
The pipes I got were the touring baffles....everyone says performance baffles are way too loud. Plus, they make torque, which is what our baggers want anyway. Sound comparison vs. a set of 2-2's are that the independent cadence of 2 pipes gets muffled when coming out a single pipe. And it takes a weekend to get used to the sound only coming from one side. Obvious that the pipe is scavenging really well.
Tone has been getting deeper as I ride it, and it is very deep. Easy to hear radio and passenger conversation, but a good bark when you're on it.
True, instructions totally stink. Don't really need most of the hardware. I didn't use the spacers on the rear hangers 'cause I wanted the pipes tucked as close to the bags as possible.
Map issues with the TM map: Speedo calibration is incorrect and should be 40960. Also, this map seems to have been done with the performance baffles. I increased my AFR in the 15-25% TP by 5%. This seems to have fixed some stumbling in that range. I'd be interested if anyone else noticed this. In 3rd or 4th gear and 2200-2500rpm, is the engine balky? I also think the cold engine rpm is a bit high.
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