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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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Went riding with a buddy. We're on the Roosevelt Blvd light turns green. He's full on the throttle of his 06 Road King and me on my 02 Train. Next thing I know he's about 2 buses ahead of me. $ is a tight right now but how much more power would a hyper charger give me. When he took off I felt like the loser on 'Pinks'.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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lol....save your cash and do a 124" kit
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 04:58 PM
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What mods do you have right now.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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It's cheaper to sabotage his bike than modify yours.

IMHO a Hypercharger isn't worth the dough. You'd be better off paying to have it dyno'd and tuned.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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Check out Throttle City in Bristol, $30 Dyno Special
http://www.throttle-city.com/

He does all my Maps & Dynos. amongst other things.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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I don't know what every body has against the hypercharger
I have one have had it for quit a time first thing I bought for my 04 softtail
can't really say if it makes any hp or not. it does feel better than it did without it
as far as a good breather it has no choice but to get air and lots of it.
I have 41.000 on mine and love it ....
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by softail04
I don't know what every body has against the hypercharger
I have one have had it for quit a time first thing I bought for my 04 softtail
can't really say if it makes any hp or not. it does feel better than it did without it
as far as a good breather it has no choice but to get air and lots of it.
I have 41.000 on mine and love it ....
They Hypercharger is mainly for looks. You would be better off buying the SE back plate, screws and breather rubbers and a K and N filter for under 150 bucks.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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The H-Charger will grab more air but only at speed. You can accomplish the same thing with a forward facing velocity stack. Off the line the H-Charger isn't gonna flow any more air than anything else out there. It's not a supercharger. It's a glorified bird-catcher.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Some Guy Who Rides
The H-Charger will grab more air but only at speed. You can accomplish the same thing with a forward facing velocity stack. Off the line the H-Charger isn't gonna flow any more air than anything else out there. It's not a supercharger. It's a glorified bird-catcher.
I agree. I've looked into them quite a bit, and found that they're not worth the money (my opinion).
 
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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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Hypercharger won't do s#it for you. Did you know you were racing? That would have made a difference.
 
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