My Carpenter 240 build
Make a video of the 1st start-up!

And a quick Catholic blessing of oneself doesn't hurt either, not even religious or anything but hey
 
Jvheli said:
Initial start up tomorrow. Just need to empty and install the fuel tank, power commander and pull the trigger. And a couple odds and ends like a strap for those silo sized air filters, and something for the coolant overflow. Fingers crossed!

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Well, no start up today. Gotta get the correct tune......maybe tomorrow if I can get the tune sorted.
 
Jvheli said:
Id be pretty happy if thats all that goes wrong!
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Well boys "ITS ALIVE"!!!!! id like to thank @R-III-R Turbo for his encouragement and help along the way. He is really right , your gonna need help someplace on this journey. Best to ask someone who's been there.

The tune I had loaded was for the non-CAN Roadsters. @Claviger sent me his earlier tune for late model CAN equipped Roadsters and did an ISCV reset. Loaded @Claviger PCV tune also.

What did I learn? Quite a bit actually! This is a super fun project, just make sure you allow yourself ample time. To do this right the first time takes more time than you'd think!

Also , the stock starter is not up to snuff. A 1.4kw starter should be included in the kit. Not saying it should be free, but Bob if your listening.....

Here is a short video of me ****ting my pants...
 
YEA! I would be saying a whole lot more than that, congratulations.
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Now what are you doing hanging around here? Go get her broken in already.
 
Couldnt wait! Its cold here...40f. But I managed for a while.

Raw truth...I was concerned about low rpm performance. Man, this tune is waaaay off and it still pulls harder than it did with just the headers and ramair. Like waaaay harder. Holy crap. This thing is no joke. I dont really know what it will throw down on the dyno, but I know one thing for sure. Its more than the 160 odd it had!

If your on the fence, man do it! The only down side, if youd call it that, is you have to be prepared for a bike that can easily get you in trouble!

Anyone have a recommendation on a coolant overflow? I dont have or want crash bars so its gonna have to be small.
 
You guys who have the Carpenter set up: did the 1.4 kw starter take care of the cranking issue?

I checked out the factory ground. It looks like its gauged adequately to handle the cranking load.

According to Bob Carpenter they just add an additional ground wire between the battery negative and the engine ground.
 

Well done Jeff, you've practically made it, welcome to the club.

For me, I did the additional heavy gauge ground cable thing and also had to run parallel batteries.
This worked fine for a few years.
But then came the additional resistance of a supercharger on the crank being turned by the starter motor, plus the underseat space was needed for other stuff, so went back to 1 battery (the original factory one...) and the 1.4kW starter, and it's been starting like a champ no probs at all, even on relatively low voltage battery.

So yes, advice is to get that 1.4kW starter mod done asap. The dual batteries thing is just extra weight and hogging your underseat storage space.
Plus it's probably faster to do than putting another cable in there!
 
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