Bad Dyna 3000 (Venting)

[MikeWa]

I also posted this on the other forum. So if you have seen it twice that is probably why.

 

Some time ago I purchased a Dyna 3000 D3K7-5 for my Venture. The plan was to get an increase in the rev limit. Well the bike ran like crap with the Dyna installed. And wouldn't go over 6200 RPM. So I packaged it up and sent it into Dyna with an explanation of the problems I encountered. They sent it back reporting it tested fine. So I tried it again and encountered the same problems. I called Dynatek service and explained my issues. This time I returned the module with a video showing the install and the poor running bike. Again they returned it saying it tested fine and I must have a bad coil or something. Since the bike ran fine with the stock module I shelved the Dyna. Of course my feeling was I had just been blown off by Dynatek.

 

This week I took my Venture in to the dealer for tires and service. I also dusted off the Dyna 3000 module and asked the dealer to install it and let me know what they thought. It wasn't long before I got a call . The bike runs like crap and won't go over 6300 rpm with the Dyna module. They checked my coils, plugs, wires etc and after reinstalling the stock ignition the bike runs fine.

 

I will be returning the module to Dynatek. At this late stage I don't expect a refund or anything. But I do want them to know this module was crap. And if that is the best testing their service department can do they might as well close it down and send everybody home.

 

Mike

[Yammer Dan]

I think I would still be wanting something from them or post as widespread as I could and let them know I was going to do that. Keep it to back up your claim. If they have it you have no proof of anything.

 

The one in my bike seems to run fine. I'm sure Don would have noticed if anything was wrong with it.

Edited February 14, 2014 by Yammer Dan

[MikeWa]

I think I would still be wanting something from them or post as widespread as I could and let them know I was going to do that. Keep it to back up your claim. If they have it you have no proof of anything.

 

You are right Dan. But I just don't care anymore. I am writing the $300 dollars for the Dyna off and I will eat the cost to the dealer. I suspected Dyna was just blowing me off so I wanted a second opinion on the poor running. It was my choice to waste the dealers time on this thing. My plan is to send it back to the president of Dynatek and he can do what he will with it. And yes I am posting a heads up on the various forums I am a member of.

 

Mike

[bongobobny]

Did you think of trying it on another bike and see if it has the same results??

[Yammer Dan]

Did you think of trying it on another bike and see if it has the same results??

 

 

 

 

That's a idea!! I just hesitate to just give it back to them with their attitude. They would probally sell it to someone else if they are going to be like that. Ask Dingy his thoughts?? He has a brain that goes in all directions. Some I ain't too sure about but he seems to understand these things. And a few things I wonder about.....HEY DINGY??

[ragtop69gs]

I have been considering buying one for the trike, but after reading of your problems and treatment by Dyna I may just forget about that Dyna 3000.

[cowpuc]

Did you think of trying it on another bike and see if it has the same results??

 

Thats exactly what I thought when I read this Bongo!! Like Dan said, GREAT idea!! If you cant find another bike to test it on, I bet one of these Maintenance Days things would be a great place to mess with it!!

Did you buy it on a credit card, or thru Paypal?? Is it to late to stop payment?

[MikeWa]

Did you think of trying it on another bike and see if it has the same results??

 

 

Of course that is a great thought but I didn't have a spare Venture lying around. And I didn't want to take somebody else's bike apart. Since my bike runs great with the stock module. And given an outside opinion (dealer) besides mine . The module is going back. I will however mark it defective.

 

Mike

[M61A1MECH]

Your experience with DYNA is contrary to every other post I have read over a good many years, DYNA is normally a very good product and they normally stand behind their products, I have read postings on other forums where similar issues have plagued other owners and DYNA replaced the unit for them no questions asked.

 

Curious, have you tried various settings on the dip switches to see if other settings act similar?

[MikeWa]

Your experience with DYNA is contrary to every other post I have read over a good many years, DYNA is normally a very good product and they normally stand behind their products, I have read postings on other forums where similar issues have plagued other owners and DYNA replaced the unit for them no questions asked.

 

Curious, have you tried various settings on the dip switches to see if other settings act similar?

 

Yes. That is why I purchased the Dyna. The module has been in and out of my bike on four separate occasions now. Yes I checked the dip switches. I also checked to see if the LEDs were lighting up. At this juncture I think I just got a bad copy. After I sent it in the second time along with a video showing the poor running I think Dynatek should have just swapped it out. But they didn't. Still I tried it again and when it didn't work again I called Dynatek back. That is when they were unable or unwilling to tell me what kind of tests they had run on it. That is also when I felt like I was being completely blown off. I finally had the Yamaha dealer try it. They were very clear to me about the module being defective. It caused the bike to run so poorly they warned that using it could damage the engine. It created multiple random misfires at low and high speeds, poor idle and no top end. These were not marginal symptoms. There is little doubt in my mind this unit is defective. There is doubt about how thoroughly Dynatek tested it when I sent it back two times. And while the majority of these units may be good there is also little doubt some have been or gone bad.

 

So here is the heads up. If you get a Dynatek module and your bike starts running bad right away or later it could be a bad module. Even though Dynatek says it is not.

 

Mike

[Yammer Dan]

Could a call from the Stealer carry more weight?? Shouldn't but......

[MikeWa]

Could a call from the Stealer carry more weight?? Shouldn't but......

 

Maybe. But I am not going that route. I gave them two chances hands on and a third phone call. Now I don't want it anymore. Don't care. Don't expect any kind of reparation. It is in the box awaiting shipment. No replacement required. Later I will look for some other brand to get the rpm boost I want.

 

Mike

Edited February 15, 2014 by MikeWa

[MikeWa]

Could a call from the Stealer carry more weight?? Shouldn't but......

 

Maybe. But I am not going that route. I gave them two chances hands on and a third phone call. Now I don't want it anymore. Don't care. Don't expect any kind of reparation. It is in the box awaiting shipment. No replacement required. Later I will look for some other brand to get the rpm boost I want.

 

Mike

[dingy]

Does the Dyna unit allow the motor check light system to function?

 

If it does not, then the Ignitech would be an equal, if not more versatile unit to consider. I know the motor check light will not function with an Ignitech though.

 

The Ignitech has far more programmable settings and other features than what I have seen from Dyna units. For one, RPM settings can be set at any point in 100 RPM increments, this is completely independent of the timing curve put into the module.

 

I have a few adapter cables for the 2nd gens, just haven't had a good chance to try one out.

 

Gary

[MikeWa]

Thanks Dingy