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Old Apr 28, 2014 | 07:17 PM
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Default Is my bike a stage 4 or 3?

I often here people saying there bikes a stage 1,2,3,4... I would like to know what mine would be thanks.
Twincam 88 upgrades are
1. 95inch Big bore kit
2. Andrews 21 cam
3. Big Boyz ported and polished heads
4. 42mm mikuni carb
5. Highflow filter V&h big shot staggered pipes
 
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http://www.hdherd.com/forum/technica...-2-3-4-upgrade

Stage 1

  • Free breathing air cleaner
  • Free breathing exhaust
  • Rejetted carburetor or remapped EFI
  • (If required) Upgraded ignition

Stage 2

Typically done after a Stage 1 which is the basis for the next modification
  • Cam upgrade

Stage 3


  • Upgrading heads
  • Big bore cylinders
  • Stroker kits

Stage 4

  • Turbos
  • Blowers
  • Nitrious
  • Billet motors
 
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The HD offers a stage IV kit. doesn't have any of the things listed in this "stage 4"???
 
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Originally Posted by SilverEagle50
The HD offers a stage IV kit. doesn't have any of the things listed in this "stage 4"???
That`s cuz they want you to spend more money.
 
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Don't get caught up in the "Stage" designation. If someone asks me what Stage my bike is, I tell em I have no idea. A factory 103 with a/c,exhaust and cams is a called a Stage 2 But a factory 96 with a a/c exhaust cams and a 103" big bore is stage 3? A CVO 110 has with nothing done has 110 heads , so what stage is that? Forget about this ridiculous HD marketing BS.
 
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exit stage left
 
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