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Old May 6, 2016 | 10:21 AM
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Congrats. Exhaust, air filter, and tuner are definitely a nice little upgrade to start. I've done more and spent more than I care to admit or count up but every time I think I'm nearly done I find more things to change or add. The enjoyment is worth it, though.

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I saw you bought those. If I hadn't just bought the tb risers, I would have bought those up. I got the TB RISERS because the arms are a tad too far back on stock risers. Now I'm at a perfect angle on them. Bikes looking good though!
 

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Old May 6, 2016 | 10:39 AM
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I saw you bought those. If I hadn't just bought the tb risers, I would have bought those up. I got the TB RISERS newscasts the arms are a tad too far back. Now I'm at a perfect angle on them. Bikes looking good though!
Thanks. Getting the Thunderbike risers was a pain in the rear to start with. Not cheap and then shipping on top of that made them really high. But was still cheaper than the CVO setup new. I also had to wait 2-3 months to receive the risers due to customs. So it was a little hard to switch over after going through all that but I'm glad I did just so it's all black and so I can leave my stock top clamp chrome for later if needed. Was worth it, though, those Thunderbike risers are really nice and fits perfect.

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Old May 6, 2016 | 12:48 PM
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Nice job on everything brother, bike has turned out nicely. very glad you did the pulley upgrade on the rear- Hope you do the front 30t pulley eventually, you'll really be happy with it especially with the new cams.
 
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Old May 6, 2016 | 03:01 PM
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Bought cvo riser/clamp already powdercoated black from another member, fallenares, and installed them. I was too lazy to have the top clamp powdercoated black to match the Thunderbike short risers. So now I have extra Thunderbike risers I will probably be listing for sale later. Here are a couple pictures of the new cvo riser/clamp setup. I also installed LEDs in the rear and will add some to the front soon. First picture of tail lights is off of course and second is on but no brake applied. Good bit brighter with brakes on.

Edit: I went with LED inserts from an autoparts store by the way. Custom Dynamics Ringz would be awesome, but they're $100+ per pair. I wasn't ready to spend that. The rear LEDs are Sylvania brand replacements that just plug right into the same spot. I had to get ones rounded on both ends to fit the reflector housing because the "super bright" were a flat duck billed looking end that had a lip that caught the housing keeping it from seating fully. The come in red and white in the combination of both sides rounded. Since I no longer have amber lens covers on the front I need amber LEDs but every amber I found in the same brand and style was not rounded on both and thus would not fit. So now I have to find one that will.

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Lookin good man!! How's it runnin??? I'm guessing it never did that low idle/stall out thing again???
 
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Old May 6, 2016 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by LA_Dog
Nice job on everything brother, bike has turned out nicely. very glad you did the pulley upgrade on the rear- Hope you do the front 30t pulley eventually, you'll really be happy with it especially with the new cams.
Thanks. I would definitely like to do the front pulley as well. And quite possibly switch the rear to a 70t when I do but for now that was all the fundage I had available and the 68t had been sitting in the garage for a year.

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Old May 6, 2016 | 03:06 PM
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Lookin good man!! How's it runnin??? I'm guessing it never did that low idle/stall out thing again???
Haven't experienced the low idle stall out a single time since that day. It's ran great. Sounds awesome and runs even better. From stock to stage 1 was a decent increase/change. Changing from stage 1 but tuned with Harley's tuner to stage 1 but tuned with V&H FP3 was even a decent change. I could tell a difference just from switching tuners. Then after that I had the cams and rear pulley installed and edited tune to account for cams and wow what a difference. Way bigger jump in performance than everything else combined before that.

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Old May 6, 2016 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mseymour3
Haven't experienced the low idle stall out a single time since that day. It's ran great. Sounds awesome and runs even better. From stock to stage 1 was a decent increase/change. Changing from stage 1 but tuned with Harley's tuner to stage 1 but tuned with V&H FP3 was even a decent change. I could tell a difference just from switching tuners. Then after that I had the cams and rear pulley installed and edited tune to account for cams and wow what a difference. Way bigger jump in performance than everything else combined before that.

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Great!!! Glad to hear it....did you run the "Speedo recalibrate" feature with the FP3 after the pulley change? if so, how far off did it show it was??
 

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Old May 6, 2016 | 03:52 PM
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Great!!! Glad to hear it....did you run the "Speedo recalibrate" feature with the FP3 after the pulley change? if so, how far off did it show it was??
Lol haven't ran it yet but definitely need to. No telling how fast I've been going especially with the changes.

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Old May 6, 2016 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mseymour3
Lol haven't ran it yet but definitely need to. No telling how fast I've been going especially with the changes.

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Ya...I don't know if you've checked it out, but it's super simple, hit "recalibrate", get the bike up over 60mph for a few seconds and when you check it you'll see the reported speed and the actual speed, in mph and % then you can flash the change..
 

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Ya...I don't know if you've checked it out, but it's super simple, hit "recalibrate", get the bike up over 60mph for a few seconds and when you check it you'll see the reported speed and the actual speed, in mph and % then you can flash the change..
I looked at it briefly within the app but not with the bike on or plugged into the tuner. I also guess I could run a couple of autotune sessions even though I'm not sure how much better it could run.

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