Sure is nice.....
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12-04-2009, 04:31 AM
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Excellent point, Graham! I don't know nearly as much as I'd surely need to about serious engine building to make something really run great with major mods. I am comfortable putting in a cam, lifter, and pushrods... but I should probably should leave anything more major than that to the pros, lest I screw it up, expensively. The problem is getting the bike to a place like that for them to do the work. I guess could ship them my heads and have them do the work remotely, then button it all back up here myself.
Or maybe I should just save up a whole lot of pennies, and then get an Ultima 113 or something, at some future point!
Or maybe I should just save up a whole lot of pennies, and then get an Ultima 113 or something, at some future point!
Engine specialists today seem able to get significantly better performance from an Evo than ten years ago when I did mine. A good (especially US) tuning shop can probably supply pistons matched to your cylinders plus port your heads with cam for you to bolt on, rather than taking your bike to them. It is getting that value added expertise that is worth going to them for, if you are confident of bolting it together again.
I have the 'pond' between me and the best expertise, otherwise my S&S would already have visited one of your specialists!
#22
12-04-2009, 09:54 AM
The reason I went for a new S&S is because I had already stroked and ported my Evo and wanted more. On early evos that really involved replacing the cases, which is getting into truly serious money. Living in the UK an S&S was the only brand I could get proper local support for, while other brands I would be out on a limb if anything went wrong. From what I have read here on HDF I am glad I didn't go with an Ultima.
Engine specialists today seem able to get significantly better performance from an Evo than ten years ago when I did mine. A good (especially US) tuning shop can probably supply pistons matched to your cylinders plus port your heads with cam for you to bolt on, rather than taking your bike to them. It is getting that value added expertise that is worth going to them for, if you are confident of bolting it together again.
I have the 'pond' between me and the best expertise, otherwise my S&S would already have visited one of your specialists!
Engine specialists today seem able to get significantly better performance from an Evo than ten years ago when I did mine. A good (especially US) tuning shop can probably supply pistons matched to your cylinders plus port your heads with cam for you to bolt on, rather than taking your bike to them. It is getting that value added expertise that is worth going to them for, if you are confident of bolting it together again.
I have the 'pond' between me and the best expertise, otherwise my S&S would already have visited one of your specialists!
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The new "bagger" engine sounds great to me. I also have a bit of a desire to own one of them. Maybe some day I will buy one too, it's on my list of things I think I would like to have, but just can't justify buying it yet. A coworker that rode Harleys all his life used to say when you ride a Harley you are always wishing for something more, another gear or more horsepower or better seat, it's part of being a Harley rider. My favorite was when he would say something like, "it's a Harley for Christ's sake, it's not supposed to work perfectly"
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I guess I need to check all my bolts more often...
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