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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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Will you stop flogging that ShovelSaurus Rex, just for arguments sake
not as long as I can still smoke 103" twinkies but I'll be a good boy if I know your in the hood .
 
Old Aug 20, 2011 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
not as long as I can still smoke 103" twinkies but I'll be a good boy if I know your in the hood .
BWAAAAHAHAHA
 
Old Aug 20, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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HD cats are so high flowing that one cannot tell the difference when they are removed. It takes a fuel programmer, intake and exhaust mods to get that TC freed up just like the 96 and 88.
 
Old Aug 20, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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the 103 is slow , the 96 just a touch slower. As some have correctly pointed out , you really need to warm the motor to get any sort of favourable performance.
 
Old Aug 20, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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I started with an 08 Softail Stage 1, ran great. Moved to an 11 Touring, Stage 1 with a dyno & it ran great 2-up. Now, I'm back in an 08 Stage 1, 96ci Roadking & I for one can tell you there definately is a difference. 255's & new pipes are coming soon to wake this 96 up. I'm hoping it pulls 2-up as well as my 103 did. JMHO
 

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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Given a choice, I bet almost every woman in America would prefer her husbands 'engine' to be 7'' bigger....
 
Old Aug 20, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by HarleyRanger
Given a choice, I bet almost every woman in America would prefer her husbands 'engine' to be 7'' bigger....
Knowing how most of the married women in America are , they need the extra inch's to hit it all at the the same time anyway .
 
Old Aug 20, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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When my 96" motor gives out I will find out.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by perki48
Or you could do it correctly and reverse your tables. 1584 CC's = 96.661 CI.

uh oh here we go again...



i modified my AC to correct HD's snafu.



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Old Aug 20, 2011 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
not as long as I can still smoke 103" twinkies but I'll be a good boy if I know your in the hood .



for some reason that sounds kinda gay..
 



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