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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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does hd make a aftermarket air cleaner kit if so is it better or same as the big sucker kit
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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If you wanna see QUALITY, look at this..... YES, Harley DOES have performance-oriented A/C's (I'm not sure if "aftermarket" is the correct term). I'll go see if I can find a link for you from their catalogue.... JR

http://www.dohertymachine.com/produc...roducts_id=173


http://www.dohertymachine.com/video/


Here's the S/E stuff...... it is supposed to be better with the K & N filter, rather than the Harley filter.


http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US



http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US



http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US




I can't comment on the Ness Big Sucker kit,as I don't know much about it.

I bought the S/E backplate and the posts, o-rings, and breather tubes..... and the K & N filter. Had I known earlier, I would have bought the Doherty. Watch their installation video. AWESOME...... JR


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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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First, go here and look for one that fits your bike: http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/gma_main.jsp I would have done it for you, but you didn't list what year/model of bike you are looking for. Here is something you might want to look for (this fits '08 softails): http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US They make it in chrome as well: http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
 
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thanks i thank i have the se it was on the bike when i bought it i just took a big sucker off my dads bike thinking about putting it on mine
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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love to buy the heavy breather but $300
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by crispy3
love to buy the heavy breather but $300
If you're tall, you might find that it gets in the way...... looks great though.
 
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so big sucker or the se
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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I just bought the black S/E heavy breather and it looks pretty sweet. I cant wait to get it on the bike. Hopefully in the next 2 weeks if the weather breaks.
 
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Harley doesn't have anything aftermarket. Anything other than stock is performance. The Sucker is Ness's answer to H-D's S-E cleaner, I think they're all comperable to each other. K&N is good also, I'm running S-E's on both my Twin cams.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 04:31 AM
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Give this a LOOK, OVER FLOW FILTER worked great for me. www.bcheads.com top right corner of page.
 
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