Hello folks. New member here. Name's Steve.
I spent most of last year researching, studying, shopping for a large displacement V-twin. And found the gemstone, a low-mileage (600 miles) 2016 Victory Vegas at Dream Machines of San Antonio.
Performed the 1st service inspection, found and corrected several engineering/manufacturing/assembly errors. I was a motorcycle mechanic and service manager back in the '70s, and that's where my head is at. Kicking and clawing while being dragged into the 21st century.
It's like learning to ride all over again. This Victory is a wonderful piece of technology, has features that address and solve design flaws of yesteryear.
Except,
This wonderful machine is seriously EPA strangled. The surging idle, stifled roll-on, closed throttle exhaust popping, and the following bucking bronco on throttle reapplication, has got to go.
Among other things, installed a Maximus, have the wide-band kit a-ready, and made a glass cockpit to display Direct Link's ECU values.
Just started evaluating the readouts, but I can tell you this,
There's some really screwy ignition timings in there.
This'll take a while...