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<blockquote data-quote="UnSafe" data-source="post: 1762288" data-attributes="member: 100"><p>A lot of sport bike guys or non Harley riders question or criticize the quest for more horsepower in a heavy, less than agile scooter. It's sort of like adding power to a diesel pickup. You'll never keep up with a little tuner car creation, but there's no feeling quite like surging ahead in an 8000 lb truck or a 700-900 lb cycle.</p><p></p><p>There's a practical limit of power on any platform, where adding more doesn't really allow you to go faster, justs results in wheel spin or overpowers the suspension and brakes (Think 60's muscle cars). I've ridden a rigid framed chopper with an S&S 124" motor, and it handled like... a chopper- crappy low speed handling, wheel spin if I cracked the throttle more than a little bit in the lower gears, but at freeway speeds, it was a joy to ride. That's the whole point, making it a joy to ride, whether it's a scary fast and little 400 lb rocket, or a roaring 800 lb monster. It's all good. </p><p></p><p>ColtDogg, even though your warranty limits what you do and who does it, it might be worth having an indy do a dyno tune on it to optimize the gains. </p><p>RPM Performance is arguably one of the best tuners in the state. <a href="http://www.rpmperformancecycles.com/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.rpmperformancecycles.com/index.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UnSafe, post: 1762288, member: 100"] A lot of sport bike guys or non Harley riders question or criticize the quest for more horsepower in a heavy, less than agile scooter. It's sort of like adding power to a diesel pickup. You'll never keep up with a little tuner car creation, but there's no feeling quite like surging ahead in an 8000 lb truck or a 700-900 lb cycle. There's a practical limit of power on any platform, where adding more doesn't really allow you to go faster, justs results in wheel spin or overpowers the suspension and brakes (Think 60's muscle cars). I've ridden a rigid framed chopper with an S&S 124" motor, and it handled like... a chopper- crappy low speed handling, wheel spin if I cracked the throttle more than a little bit in the lower gears, but at freeway speeds, it was a joy to ride. That's the whole point, making it a joy to ride, whether it's a scary fast and little 400 lb rocket, or a roaring 800 lb monster. It's all good. ColtDogg, even though your warranty limits what you do and who does it, it might be worth having an indy do a dyno tune on it to optimize the gains. RPM Performance is arguably one of the best tuners in the state. [URL="http://www.rpmperformancecycles.com/index.html"]http://www.rpmperformancecycles.com/index.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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