Staying with 96"
Road Captain
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In an effort to gain power but stay within safe limits for the stock crank, how strong of an engine can you build while staying at 96"? Will keep the same AC, pipes, and tuner currently have. Am considering headwork and cams (wood tw-8 or tw-9 or something similar). Seldom ever ride 2-up, mostly solo cruise half the time; hotrod the other half. Just wondering if I could end up with a sleeper without going bigger inches. Thanks for any input.
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Road Captain
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From: Lufkin, Tx.
Thanks for all the ideas. I talked to Scott at Hillside this morning, I'm going to wait until I have a little more coin and go with a 107. I guess I was trying to think of something to make do with that I could do now, but the 107 is what I really want.
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Road Captain
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From: Lufkin, Tx.
WTF? How much more you think it will cost me to go from 96" to 107" than you spent going from 88" to 95"?
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From: Ashland Ohio
Look at it this way. If the crank you have is good, you won't be able to slip it with the 96", regardless since you won't reach it's design limit. It is still the weak link, and the potential is there to slip it with careless downshifting etc. Only crank work to lock it up will guarantee a problem free bottom end. My crank is on the crap end of the scale. Never did a burnout, or chirped the rear tire on a downshift, yet it had .007 on the sprocket side when I did some comp work on it. Next season when installing the SE comp it had .009. Don't know what the pinion side is and don't care even if it's .0000 because the extra vibration from the sprocket side is enough to make me pull it this fall and rework it. While at it going to 107.
Honestly I would have been happy with the 96 with a good set of cams and a 2-1 exhaust. It would have respectable power and torque with bolt on parts.
Ron
Honestly I would have been happy with the 96 with a good set of cams and a 2-1 exhaust. It would have respectable power and torque with bolt on parts.
Ron
Slipped crank on my 09 is costing $3k to fix and do upgrade. Kinda sux. The upgrades will be nice though. 106 bike should be fun and I can go hunting SERGs in WVa.
Road Warrior
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A bunch more. I didn't have to split the cases and remove the forged crank in my bottom end...
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From: Woodstock, Ont , Can
I'm with you so much it hurts! I AM happy with 96 with baby Andrews 21s and a TTS. Does OK by me. But with 006 on pinion side and now it puts my hands and feet asleep... So, I'm having the crank welded and trued up. Since it's apart... Heads, 106 kit, andrews 54s.
Slipped crank on my 09 is costing $3k to fix and do upgrade. Kinda sux. The upgrades will be nice though. 106 bike should be fun and I can go hunting SERGs in WVa.
Slipped crank on my 09 is costing $3k to fix and do upgrade. Kinda sux. The upgrades will be nice though. 106 bike should be fun and I can go hunting SERGs in WVa.
Ron
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Road Captain
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From: Lufkin, Tx.
I'm not splitting my cases unless the runout is bad. I'll have my stock cylinders bored, buy pistons and have my stock heads ported. Then I'm at 107.