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Good advice, Thanks all. I am aware of the debate about leaving the cuffs alone, and I have considered that.
I am only going stage 2. I put on the miles, but dont beat it. Rarely go over 4k rpm. That might change when I get the new cam in 😂
I also sometimes question whether I want to do the cam at all. Having spent most of my years on Shovels and Evos, I cant imagine this bike (21 FXLRS) getting any better. It is the best of any HD Ive owned in the last 40 years.
Good advice, Thanks all. I am aware of the debate about leaving the cuffs alone, and I have considered that.
I am only going stage 2. I put on the miles, but dont beat it. Rarely go over 4k rpm. That might change when I get the new cam in 😂
I also sometimes question whether I want to do the cam at all. Having spent most of my years on Shovels and Evos, I cant imagine this bike (21 FXLRS) getting any better. It is the best of any HD Ive owned in the last 40 years.
I think stage 2 is where you get the most out of it.
Pipes, Intake, Cam, Tune, significant jump in power, and customization.
After that, the bigbore kits and other work required to support it seems to really require A LOT of input for lesser gains.
Stage 2 is where it's at for me.
I think stage 2 is where you get the most out of it.
Pipes, Intake, Cam, Tune, significant jump in power, and customization.
After that, the bigbore kits and other work required to support it seems to really require A LOT of input for lesser gains.
Stage 2 is where it's at for me.
I have already spent the money, so I am moving forward. I am now running a Thunderheader, HPI air cleaner, Powervision w/ a Fuelmoto tune. All thats left is the 22xe and maybe a dyno tune down the road. I would like to switch to wide band O2 sensors, but I dont believe the PV supports that for my bike yet ?
Thats exactly what my friend who is the service and parts director at my old dealer (a good dealer with smart management and staff who arent just parts swapping monkeys) said when I broke the head off a lower rocker cover bolt doing my 124 build. He said the thread locker the factory uses can be too aggressive, but it just needs to be worked back and forth slowly as you turn it out. Luckily I had enough to get vice grips on the head and got it out without having to have a machine shop take over
same damn bolt
If youre going to break a bolt, thats the way to do it ! As a machinist, I have dug out my share of broken bolts. Can be a crap shoot sometimes.
I have already spent the money, so I am moving forward. I am now running a Thunderheader, HPI air cleaner, Powervision w/ a Fuelmoto tune. All thats left is the 22xe and maybe a dyno tune down the road. I would like to switch to wide band O2 sensors, but I don’t believe the PV supports that for my bike yet ?
PV2B has the abiility to run widebands. You can use both the DynoJet kit and the Screamin Eagle kit.
Im not sure what that means for the '21 bikes though.
PV2B has the abiility to run widebands. You can use both the DynoJet kit and the Screamin Eagle kit.
Im not sure what that means for the '21 bikes though.
I have a 3B. What I mean by 21 bike is , I went to look up the wide band target tune add on and it was not available ??
This is the message I received from fuelmoto when I added the new air cleaner.
Good Morning, you will probably be able to get it dialed in for the new AC with a couple Auto-Tune sessions on your device(they only Auto Tune within the map that is being run) There is no Target Tune or Auto-Tune Wide Band kit available yet, Dyno-Jet is still waiting on different O-2 sensors I believe
All the cool tools listed, like that Amazon gizmo, and this and that, we know or read them, but wouldnt a simple soldering iron work as well for the low budget folks? The one offs? No need to invest in a fancy smancy tool one may never use again?
Theres so much information out there I am surprised folks still have issues regardless, keep on posting up Harley stuff. As hilarious as the political stuff is, or off topic, I really enjoy seeing folks make their Harley theirs. What the forum really is about, no?
All the cool tools listed, like that Amazon gizmo, and this and that, we know or read them, but wouldnt a simple soldering iron work as well for the low budget folks? The one offs? No need to invest in a fancy smancy tool one may never use again?
Theres so much information out there I am surprised folks still have issues regardless, keep on posting up Harley stuff. As hilarious as the political stuff is, or off topic, I really enjoy seeing folks make their Harley theirs. What the forum really is about, no?
i have certainly thought of the soldering iron. Half the time my harbor freight iron barley melts solder !
I think loctite is way over used , especially with steel bolts in aluminum. The cuffs definitely are a place it should be used in moderation.
I do not use it at all on easy to reach exposed bolts. Cam covers, primary covers, derby covers ect. I dont even use it on handle bar risers or clamps. I use a dab of anti sieze on all of the above. I check my stuff religiously and rarely find a loose fastener.
All the cool tools listed, like that Amazon gizmo, and this and that, we know or read them, but wouldnt a simple soldering iron work as well for the low budget folks? The one offs? No need to invest in a fancy smancy tool one may never use again?
Theres so much information out there I am surprised folks still have issues regardless, keep on posting up Harley stuff. As hilarious as the political stuff is, or off topic, I really enjoy seeing folks make their Harley theirs. What the forum really is about, no?
I have had some experience using soldering irons to solder over the years, but when trying to solder to a larger metal mass, soldering iron tip heat is "sinked" away from the area you are trying to solder, because you have to touch the tip to the metal mass. I don't think a soldering iron will work in this case. JMO as I have not tried this...
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