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Old Jun 17, 2010 | 11:40 PM
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i recently got an 06 carb 88 cubic harley night train it came with vance and hines big radius short pipes and a stage one kit. it stahled out alot and flooded often for all last year. i took it to the harley dealership and they stripped what was a partly installed turbo charger of some kind and put in a slow jet 45, new spark plugs , ar power cones and did a carb service. the bike also does not have baffles..........now it runs great but its gutless and still loud......they couldnt figure anything out and told me i might have to strip the cam for 300 bucks in labour but im going broke fast.........would going back to stock exhaust give me the back pressure i need or am i having another problem? i weigh in at 235 and on the highway it wont go over 120 kms an hour? in third i max out rpm at 3800 and in 4th and 5th i max out at 3200 rpm.
 

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p.s. any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
 

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Turbo charger? Partly installed? And you bought it? I must ask, "Why?"
 
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k, well i didnt grow up with money and it took me to 37 to afford a bike. i chose the night train because of the look and it had 3 and half forward controls, im tall. i payed a local bike mechanic 100 bucks to give the bike a once over......he told me great bike great price....since i have spent a ton on re wiring, new tach and now the carb mods that were half assed....im not a mechanic and im starting to learn through t he owners manual and i go back and work with the mechanics when i take the bike in but im learning the hard way that if it looks to good to be true then it probably is.
 
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Give more iformation about the symptoms.
 
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