Cam for a TC88 Dyna
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I wish. Ireland has a single point of arrival for foreign post. It's a small rock, after all. 4.5 mil people here in the ROI - that's 2 million less than the Dallas Fort Worth metro area has. Though I have received some small packages from Russia/Taiwan/Lithuania/China/Hong Kong that went through normal post(and they may and have also charge duty as well), EVERYthing I have received from the States the last ten years has gone through the Portlaoise Intl mail facility(which is stuffed full of equipment from the USPS, BTW) where small dogs love all over the packages and they are X-Ray'd. The only way around it is what you've done - chance it. Declare it well below it's value(less than $50 or so worth and there is no duty) and hope no one takes notice. However, I have a feeling Canada gets more parcels from the US in a week than Ireland gets in a decade, or maybe even 50 years. So your results for chancin' will likely be more like mine - I actually had to pay $150 to take receipt of a camera sent from the USA that was MINE and declared as such, with my name as both the sender and recipient, that actually visibly looked used, and not professionally packaged. It was sent purely because it had sentimental value - otherwise I would have told the postmaster he now owns an old camera. Also - occasionally **** simply disappears there. So, do you feel lucky?
Ah, Ireland. It's like stepping back in time, and getting your boots stuck in it.
Ah, Ireland. It's like stepping back in time, and getting your boots stuck in it.
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OK, got the 509's in. Mechanic confirmed something I suspected - someone had been inside the heads before and did some subtle work. Explains why she breathes well up to redline eagerly. I put in the 509G's, and pulled the heads and replaced the super thick stock head gasket with a cometic .030 or ,020, I forget. Anwho, much more lope, much much more torque, and more top as well. It's a bit louder now too. A different bike.
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It's much more stoccato now with the gasket and the cam. It actually really sounds like it has higher compression. Way more torque off idle. This is how they should come from the factory!
The mechanic said it's had a valve job, and they've obviously smoothed out any rough casting in the intake. They matched it to the intake, too. So that was nice.
Now I need to upgrade the brakes!
The mechanic said it's had a valve job, and they've obviously smoothed out any rough casting in the intake. They matched it to the intake, too. So that was nice.
Now I need to upgrade the brakes!
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BTW, I am on my fourth or fifth map from Fuel Moto. The last one really woke her up. It's adding a lot more fuel everywhere. Especially right off idle. This thing feel more like my buds 103 off idle now, which is fine with me. And it runs eagerly to 6K in the first 3 gears(too chicken to go to redline in 4th yet). 
SHe feels like redline in 5th is an option if I lose my mind(only 5 of them gears on this 05 DYna).
SHe feels like redline in 5th is an option if I lose my mind(only 5 of them gears on this 05 DYna).
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