Dyno tuning in Hamilton or Wellington?

[Eddieb]

I've just fitted an FCR flatslide carb to my DR650 and i'm thinking of getting it run on a Dyno to check all the fuel/air ratios if the price isn't too horrendous.

Can anyone recommend any places in either Hamilton or Wellington and what prices they charge if you know? Auckland is not an option.

Ta

[BuzzardNZ]

Got mine done at Wellington Motorcycles. Happy with the results, cost was about 7 or $800.

[Eddieb]

Got mine done at Wellington Motorcycles. Happy with the results, cost was about 7 or $800.

Was that just for the run or did they do some work on the carb as well? I just want a run done, I'll do the work myself.

[BuzzardNZ]

Mine is fuel injected ( no carbs ). They reprogrammed the ECU with a TEKA tool using info from the dyno run(s). Felt like a different bike after I got this done, however it's a lot thirstier now, but runs so much better, so I don't mind as I only ride it on weekends.

You should just ring them up and get them to give you a quote.

[quallman1234]

Motomart do dyno stuff.

I believe it is around 90 - 100 for the first run and then slightly lower for any runs after.

Ring them up :)

[BASS-TREBLE]

Or buy a wideband for less than $300 and do it yourself as often as you want?

[Eddieb]

Or buy a wideband for less than $300 and do it yourself as often as you want?

got a link to any NZ info on these?

[Mental Trousers]

Either head over to Tauranga to see Gary Pendleton or go to Wellington Motorcycles. My preference is Wellington Motorcycles if you're after the best tune by a pro. Otherwise Gary will do a great job (and somewhat cheaper although still nearly $500) with the Dynojet.

[BASS-TREBLE]

got a link to any NZ info on these?

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=mtx%20wideband&_sop=15

There are two main products in this price range, there is the Innovate MTX-L and the AEM Uego, deciding which is better is another story on it's own, I went with the MTX-L. The cheapest on on the search above was around USD$210 shipped.

The reason I suggested it is that you said you want to do the work yourself, so all the dyno would give you is the A/F, which this can do. It doesnt give you a printed curve matched to rpm unless you buy a data logger but it honestly isnt that hard to remember what you see on the gauge compared to rpm/throttle. The process involves doing runs down some backroad and concentrating on the various stages of the carb (high/mid/low) and then just taking note what the gauge reads and adjusting how you need.

[Drew]

I really wish I had the space for a rolling road. It'd make things like what your suggesting so much easier.

A dyno needn't be accurate, just consistent. Making one for my own use would be boss!

[Eddieb]

I really wish I had the space for a rolling road. It'd make things like what your suggesting so much easier.

A dyno needn't be accurate, just consistent. Making one for my own use would be boss!

A motorcycle one doesn't need to be very big, about the same footprint as one of those bike lifts TSS use in the workshop would be big enough as long as you can get a decent weight drum to mount in a frame that size, 44 gallon drum filled with concrete?

[Drew]

A motorcycle one doesn't need to be very big, about the same footprint as one of those bike lifts TSS use in the workshop would be big enough as long as you can get a decent weight drum to mount in a frame that size, 44 gallon drum filled with concrete?

Concrete is not the go. Near impossible to keep consistant density, so it's shake like a bitch when it was spinning. I wonder if an electric generator wouldn't be the go. Pretty simple to know how much load is on it, and if you metered the current generated, you'd have a figure to work out the torque/power from.

Accuracy is a reletive term when measuring torque/power, but it'd certainly be consistant within what I consider acceptable levels. Something to time it between certain speeds and you have everything ya need for home tuning.

I've given this twelve seconds of thought, so we know there is nothing at all left to be considered in the build, why doesn't everyone have one?

[tri boy]

Eddie, PM freaky phil about his air fuel wideband set up.
Fookin simple, and totally functional.
Plus, you can do real world set ups, like being two up/fullyloaded etc.
His DR has to be one of the best sorted in NZ. MHO