help w kuryakyn hypercharger
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help w kuryakyn hypercharger
I bought a deuce w a kuryakyn hypercharger. I am not much of a mechanic but can usually at least clean my own air filter. I was wondering how you get the air filter out of this thing? Kind of intimidated about taking the entire face off ( due to the butterfly afraid the entire thing will come apart) and there is no way that the air filter comes out throught the trap door. Any help w this is greatly appreciated.
Thanks ahead of time!
Thanks ahead of time!
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gotta take it apart. the butterfly will stay there (attached) but, you have to take the two bearing caps off each end out, then take out the screws that hold the outer shell out and split the shell remove the element and re-install the same way, its not that hard, don't let it intimidate you, the worse that can happen is that your bike will blow up, burn to the ground and take your car with it!!! (only kidding!! nothing is gonna go wrong!)
Be sure to lightly loc tight blue one,,them in ,i had a friend wreck his motor when the little screw in the butterfly got sucked in to the motor,went right thru the fillter.i had the same hyper charger as you and when i heard that story i used loc tight on all of them,screws that is.you won't have to clean it again for awile and a hair dryer will loosen them up
I bought a deuce w a kuryakyn hypercharger. I am not much of a mechanic but can usually at least clean my own air filter. I was wondering how you get the air filter out of this thing? Kind of intimidated about taking the entire face off ( due to the butterfly afraid the entire thing will come apart) and there is no way that the air filter comes out throught the trap door. Any help w this is greatly appreciated.
Thanks ahead of time!
Thanks ahead of time!
first off, good on yah for trying to do the work yourself. if you take your time, look up the instructions on line and get a HD manual for your bike, you will be surprized what you can do. Just take your time. I am no wrench and mechanics is not my brand os smoke, but I have learned that taking your time is the key and reading about what you want to do first is a big help.
Secondly, I love the look of the hypercharger, really bad ***, but you might want to think about doing some research about that item, and then look at some of the other things that are out there that will be easier to clean and maintain, as well as perform better. You will find they are not all what they a cracked up to be. JMO
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thanks for the info....got me thinking about taking it off. Looking at maybe doing a big sucker?? How hard to install? Will I need a tune up? Rejet? etc? Will I need additional brackets or will everything come that I need? Thanks Again
Can offer consel on the stress of working on a bike I try to do all my stuff myself, I am not a wrench either, I can only say research this site about what you need and ask questions. I have heard good and bad about Ness, Made in japan, as are other parts on your HD, but if that if that is a point of concern for you, check out Fuel Moto, Alloy art, RSD, Doherty. Some guys say the Ness is crap it all depends. I like to post a thread and see what kind of answers come back. Try posting something like " Is the Big sucker the best????" you should get something or just type it in to the search section and see what comes up.
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I was steered away from the hyper clogger when I bought my 2007, (Service manager siad he had actually seen them cause a decrease in power), then after doing some reading I found that there is a lot of information out there on them to support what he was saying.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/engin...od-or-bad.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...ercharger.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/engin...od-or-bad.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...ercharger.html
A hypercharger is the flagship of Kuryakin company. It was started by P.T Barnum who said "there's a sucker born every minute." Arlen Ness took the hint and developed the Big Sucker which is a quality part and resonably priced. Running a Hypercharger sends a message to anybody who knows squat about motorcycles. The message is not one I care to send. My bikes proudly have no Kuryakin trash bolted on to it.
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Take off that hypercharger & throw it over the fence. They're junk. Go with the Screamin' Eagle assembly, then junk their element in favor of a K&N. (looks similar,but K&N is the best & the HP difference IS noticeable). You can't go wrong with SE stuff.
Most Kury stuff is & looks like crap, HOWEVER--the only Kury I have on my bike is their directional lens covers--best looking IMHO, and I love the way the little ring around them lights up.
Most Kury stuff is & looks like crap, HOWEVER--the only Kury I have on my bike is their directional lens covers--best looking IMHO, and I love the way the little ring around them lights up.
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The hyper won't fall apart on ya, just start undoing screws. Not hard at all.
As far as performance goes, it's better than stock and yet not the best out there either. But those flapping intake ports are "priceless".
Have had one on my 99's Roadstar since new and dig it.
As far as performance goes, it's better than stock and yet not the best out there either. But those flapping intake ports are "priceless".
Have had one on my 99's Roadstar since new and dig it.