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Old 03-17-2013, 05:29 PM
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I am currently shopping for a tachometer for my 2005 Fat Boy. The tach manufactures state different things for single fire ignitions and dual fire ignitions. What do I have? Its a 2005 FLSTFI Fuel Injected Anniversary Fat Boy with the Factory 95 inch upgrade. Please help so I can get the right tach.

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Dual fire is default firing.
 
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Great, that was fast.
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No problem. A buddy went with a single fire setup on his carb'd 1999 FXST.
Schools of thought on both. Snake oil vs. best thing since sliced bread.
 
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I got this one from J&P and didn't require an adapter that the description says is needed for single fire.

http://www.jpcycles.com/product/5600266
 
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Originally Posted by Kowan
Dual fire is default firing.
NOT ON A TWIN CAM.

Evo's yes, but Twin Cams utilize single fire ignition straight from the Factory.
 
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Thanks for catching that Stiggy. I had tunnel vision thinking about EVOs.
 
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No problem!
 
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Originally Posted by Stiggy
NOT ON A TWIN CAM.

Evo's yes, but Twin Cams utilize single fire ignition straight from the Factory.
OK, so lets be clear.... I need a tach that is EITHER for a single fire ignition OR has and adapter to convert a dual fire tach to a single fire? Is this correct???
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-...win_Cam_engine
Scroll down and they list the differences between the EVO and TC.
 


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