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Bike is a 2015 Chieftain which I bought new in July 2015. It has just broke the 20,000 barrier. I ride a lot around the country but I use a toy hauler to travel in for comfort. No more tents for this guy.
My brother and I bought the same bikes that year and have set them up basically the same way. We have the circular stage 1 air intake, the cams, true dual headers (cat delete) and Indian slip-ons. Lots of other bling stuff but the above is the performance part of it.
The guys at my brother's shop in Orlando were trying to sell him on the benefits of the Power Commander which is about $400 installed and dyno tuned. As we were enjoying Bike Week in Daytona Beach, I said I was interested but lets have a dyno session from the man himself- DR Dyno who was set up down at the swap meet off of Tamoka Farms Rd. We set the appointment.
Dr Dyno is a bright eyed and spry mobile dyno professor who I would say is pushing 75 maybe. He has been at this for a long time. He travels all the Eastern rallies and is well known as a performance guru. He's a very serious guy when it comes to Fuel/Air ratios. We explained we were interested in Power Commanders which he sells and installs and were wondering what one could do for our bikes. He said "Well, let's do some runs and see". When we were both done he said, "Well boys, I'll be happy to sell you a Power Commander if you really want one, but your bikes are running so well that I just don't think it will be a noticeable improvement." That was good enough for me. Anyway, I thought you might be interested in the information. My brothers bike developed about one half FT Pound more of torque than my bike, which is just the nature of the beast.
We watched the next bike up which was a Harley bagger of some sort. The professor stopped the runs about half way through saying with a sour expression on his face, "OK, this bike is all messed up". So he commenced to unboxing that fellows new Power Commander. I do have a Power Commander on my 2013 naked Victory Vegas, with Freak Brothers pipes, torque tubes intake, and a Lloyds timing wheel. The V-106 develops 93.94 hp and 112.24 foot pounds Max Torque. The bike was modded and tuned on the dyno by Ryland Voss of the famous VicShop in Adel, Iowa. I gained 9.72 Max Power and 6.56 Max Torque. It's a sporty ride for sure.
What follows is the Dr Dyno graph for my Chieftain 111 in stage 3 configuration. Indian Stage1 intake, Cams, Indian slip ons and true dual headers with cat delete.
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My brother and I bought the same bikes that year and have set them up basically the same way. We have the circular stage 1 air intake, the cams, true dual headers (cat delete) and Indian slip-ons. Lots of other bling stuff but the above is the performance part of it.
The guys at my brother's shop in Orlando were trying to sell him on the benefits of the Power Commander which is about $400 installed and dyno tuned. As we were enjoying Bike Week in Daytona Beach, I said I was interested but lets have a dyno session from the man himself- DR Dyno who was set up down at the swap meet off of Tamoka Farms Rd. We set the appointment.
Dr Dyno is a bright eyed and spry mobile dyno professor who I would say is pushing 75 maybe. He has been at this for a long time. He travels all the Eastern rallies and is well known as a performance guru. He's a very serious guy when it comes to Fuel/Air ratios. We explained we were interested in Power Commanders which he sells and installs and were wondering what one could do for our bikes. He said "Well, let's do some runs and see". When we were both done he said, "Well boys, I'll be happy to sell you a Power Commander if you really want one, but your bikes are running so well that I just don't think it will be a noticeable improvement." That was good enough for me. Anyway, I thought you might be interested in the information. My brothers bike developed about one half FT Pound more of torque than my bike, which is just the nature of the beast.
We watched the next bike up which was a Harley bagger of some sort. The professor stopped the runs about half way through saying with a sour expression on his face, "OK, this bike is all messed up". So he commenced to unboxing that fellows new Power Commander. I do have a Power Commander on my 2013 naked Victory Vegas, with Freak Brothers pipes, torque tubes intake, and a Lloyds timing wheel. The V-106 develops 93.94 hp and 112.24 foot pounds Max Torque. The bike was modded and tuned on the dyno by Ryland Voss of the famous VicShop in Adel, Iowa. I gained 9.72 Max Power and 6.56 Max Torque. It's a sporty ride for sure.
What follows is the Dr Dyno graph for my Chieftain 111 in stage 3 configuration. Indian Stage1 intake, Cams, Indian slip ons and true dual headers with cat delete.
