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Do I need to have the carb rejetted?

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Old 05-03-2011, 09:00 PM
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Default Do I need to have the carb rejetted?

I had screamin' eagle slipons/air filter/plugs on the bike and over the winter I swapped the screamin' eagles for some vance & hines big radius. Do I need to have the bike put on a dyno and rejetted?

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Old 05-03-2011, 09:30 PM
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Keep a eye on the plugs and they will let you know. Its best to put a new/clean set in to get the best readings.....
 
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Is it jetted stock now? How's it running? Good advice on the plug reading
 
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I had my Glide adjusted and tuned on a dyno only yesterday. I had changed exhausts from true duals to a 2-into-1. My numbers are bigger than for a sportster but I picked up 15TQ and a very smooth torque curve. IMHO a tune-up by a competent tuner is very well worthwhile. The bike will probably run much sweeter and be more economical.
 
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What year is your bike? EFI or Carbed?
 
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06 carbed. I was told it had the screamin eagle stage 1 package or something when i bought it. Has screamin eagle on the AC and it had the slip ons. I pulled the plugs and they look a little white...which is lean. around the base was dark, but the tip of the plug was whiter than i'd like to see

how do i adjust this? i read the sticky, but it looks like it got cut off?

thanks
 
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