Possibly Purchasing 1996 Road King , questions
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This screams Harley-Davidson to me:
Have zero idea who owns this bike, lifted the pic from the web, but it's got me Jonesin' for a Shovelhead hardtail bar runner.
Have zero idea who owns this bike, lifted the pic from the web, but it's got me Jonesin' for a Shovelhead hardtail bar runner.
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Why would anyone want a Road King? I've had mine for 8 years and still don't know why someone would own one. The Evo section steered you down the wrong path my friend!
Na, hellova bike, the RK can get the job done in so many areas, stripped down for a show look, long distance, handle well when lowered 1" and a low profile seat installed plus riders flip out when a Cadillac pulls away from when a pack of bikes hit giddy up.
Evo is a great engine but a slug, cam, exhaust and some fuel wakes them up instantly with keeping durability and you will soon see why a majority puts a EV27 or 3010/3020 in. Nothing better than a Evo RK, newer Twinkie RK's can't compare, you will see.
Na, hellova bike, the RK can get the job done in so many areas, stripped down for a show look, long distance, handle well when lowered 1" and a low profile seat installed plus riders flip out when a Cadillac pulls away from when a pack of bikes hit giddy up.
Evo is a great engine but a slug, cam, exhaust and some fuel wakes them up instantly with keeping durability and you will soon see why a majority puts a EV27 or 3010/3020 in. Nothing better than a Evo RK, newer Twinkie RK's can't compare, you will see.
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Yeah I plan on having a ev27 installed with the upgraded cam bearing over the winter , already have pipes and s & s carb my dad has the ev in his 98 king and it moves pretty good for a big gal lol , already have my low profile seat and lowering kit on the way
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I look after a few TC and Evo "wheelbarrows" for people and whereas the EFI ones when stock (both Evo and TC) are as lame as they come, a stage 1 or stage 2 TC RK is a beast! Fly over here right now and take this 1550 SE203 cam, head work, fuel pak and de-baffled 2005 TC for a ride and let me see how long your nose grows when you tell me it can't compare (to an Evo in a similar state of tune).
Getting torque out of a TC is as easy as taking candy from a kid (as long as the kid isn't carrying a MAC-10) getting torque AND HP from an Evo can make them peaky, whereas TC's have a flatter torque curve and ride real well when tuned.
I am just amazed at how xenophobic some of you Evo riders are and how little info you base your assumptions on!!
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Leave the sheep alone and get out of the barnyard plus quit drinking the Twinkie coolaid. My info is based on daily riding and not on what can happen if Twinkie bar talk garbage, not one Twinkie large cubed big bike stayed with my stocked cased smaller cubed Evo engine, this is a fact and don't know what xenophobic means but I think it means Twinkie in the mirror and fading.
A Stage 1, Stage 2, I love to hear the air cleaner, pipes. tuner, exhaust garble because it still sounds like a helecopter after $1500 but easy to spurt out I got a Stage something upgrade when the boys start talking. Flying to Australia to ride a Twinkie that I outrun here daily just doesn't seem appealing to me, now if your are talking a 120R with a Procharger then get me a price on airfare, other that, the fast Twinkie stuff is humor.
Spanners, there is only one bigger challange than trying to get a Twinkie to run with a Evo and that is if you can find a picture of a retarded tranny and post it, that will be the most challenging item on the internet, other than than the fast Twinkie statement wins
A Stage 1, Stage 2, I love to hear the air cleaner, pipes. tuner, exhaust garble because it still sounds like a helecopter after $1500 but easy to spurt out I got a Stage something upgrade when the boys start talking. Flying to Australia to ride a Twinkie that I outrun here daily just doesn't seem appealing to me, now if your are talking a 120R with a Procharger then get me a price on airfare, other that, the fast Twinkie stuff is humor.
Spanners, there is only one bigger challange than trying to get a Twinkie to run with a Evo and that is if you can find a picture of a retarded tranny and post it, that will be the most challenging item on the internet, other than than the fast Twinkie statement wins
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Leave the sheep alone and get out of the barnyard plus quit drinking the Twinkie coolaid. My info is based on daily riding and not on what can happen if Twinkie bar talk garbage, not one Twinkie large cubed big bike has stayed with my Evo even with the stock cased engine.
A Stage 1, Stage 2 Twinkie or a 95" Screamin Beagle cammed engine is a starter motor for a good running Evo, I love to hear the air cleaner, pipes. tuner, exhaust garble because it still sounds like a helecopter after $1500. Flying to Australia to ride a Twinkie that I outrun here daily just doesn't seem appealing to me, now if your are talking a 120R with a Procharger then get me a price on airfare, other that, the fast Twinkie stuff is humor.
Spanners, there is only one bigger challange than trying to get a Twinkie to run with a Evo and that is if you can find a picture of a retarded tranny and post it.
A Stage 1, Stage 2 Twinkie or a 95" Screamin Beagle cammed engine is a starter motor for a good running Evo, I love to hear the air cleaner, pipes. tuner, exhaust garble because it still sounds like a helecopter after $1500. Flying to Australia to ride a Twinkie that I outrun here daily just doesn't seem appealing to me, now if your are talking a 120R with a Procharger then get me a price on airfare, other that, the fast Twinkie stuff is humor.
Spanners, there is only one bigger challange than trying to get a Twinkie to run with a Evo and that is if you can find a picture of a retarded tranny and post it.
What utter bollocks you do spout......and I live in New Zealand....
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This is the second most retarded statement in the history of the internet!!!
I look after a few TC and Evo "wheelbarrows" for people and whereas the EFI ones when stock (both Evo and TC) are as lame as they come, a stage 1 or stage 2 TC RK is a beast! Fly over here right now and take this 1550 SE203 cam, head work, fuel pak and de-baffled 2005 TC for a ride and let me see how long your nose grows when you tell me it can't compare (to an Evo in a similar state of tune).
Getting torque out of a TC is as easy as taking candy from a kid (as long as the kid isn't carrying a MAC-10) getting torque AND HP from an Evo can make them peaky, whereas TC's have a flatter torque curve and ride real well when tuned.
I am just amazed at how xenophobic some of you Evo riders are and how little info you base your assumptions on!!
I look after a few TC and Evo "wheelbarrows" for people and whereas the EFI ones when stock (both Evo and TC) are as lame as they come, a stage 1 or stage 2 TC RK is a beast! Fly over here right now and take this 1550 SE203 cam, head work, fuel pak and de-baffled 2005 TC for a ride and let me see how long your nose grows when you tell me it can't compare (to an Evo in a similar state of tune).
Getting torque out of a TC is as easy as taking candy from a kid (as long as the kid isn't carrying a MAC-10) getting torque AND HP from an Evo can make them peaky, whereas TC's have a flatter torque curve and ride real well when tuned.
I am just amazed at how xenophobic some of you Evo riders are and how little info you base your assumptions on!!
Besides the twin cam engine "time bomb" waiting to happen, and the big bucks that have to be thrown at the twin cam to end up performing like a metric(or maybe better), the bullet proof Evo is in a league of it's own.
From my perspective, making the front end stand up(like a TC staged up's claim to fame) is old news. So what. In fact, I don't like that. Never did on all my screaming metrics.
What was "COOL", was the growing torque curve I discovered in the Evo(like a roller coaster) that made me wish I had rode Harleys 40+ years, instead of metrics- or what seems to me... "metric wanna be" twin cams.
My 80 inch Evo(Road King) with a cam in it, (and whatever else) leaves TC 103's in the dust. All the while sounding cool instead of like a Briggs & Stratten, or one of my metrics. Plus having all the torque, acceleration, top end, and "cool" factor needed.
In all fairness, the 2014 Rushmores are headed in the right direction.
I know, who cares what a former metric rider thinks, right?