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Old Sep 12, 2016 | 09:59 PM
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Folks, Luke Langlois has left the building, all posts deleted, this fact has been conveniently lost in the subsequent feeding frenzy.
At least a couple of us saw the original posts, and commented.

This 11 year old thread will probably die, just when we had a live one!

I was happy to encourage him, who knows where it could've gone. The promise of videos, GoPros, etc. Golden.
Now look what's happened. Buncha buzzkills ;-)
 
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by jackafrica
Folks, Luke Langlois has left the building, all posts deleted, this fact has been conveniently lost in the subsequent feeding frenzy.
At least a couple of us saw the original posts, and commented.

This 11 year old thread will probably die, just when we had a live one!

I was happy to encourage him, who knows where it could've gone. The promise of videos, GoPros, etc. Golden.
Now look what's happened. Buncha buzzkills ;-)
It doesn't have to die if enough guys and GALS keep it alive. I have an '06 Fatboy with Stage 1 and have seen 110 once and ran out of road to push it anymore. Not as fast as my '98 Sportster from what I can tell.
 
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Originally Posted by jackafrica
Folks, Luke Langlois has left the building, all posts deleted, this fact has been conveniently lost in the subsequent feeding frenzy.
At least a couple of us saw the original posts, and commented.
Maybe he didn't like his posts so much after he sobered up.
 
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Originally Posted by Pitbull_Dallas
This probably won't help, but I've had my 07 Heritage up to 105 and it had a little left in it. It's a 96.. The Fatboy has the 5 speed I believe so I'd say somewhere just south of that number..
I've had Reaper up to 125 mph (on my GPS), and she was still accelerating (her engine has been beefed up ). That's with the factory 5 speed tranny (which she still has).

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I must have got a lemon because my 02 Fatboy with stage 1 starts grunting at about 105 mph.
 
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Originally Posted by HDmikie
I must have got a lemon because my 02 Fatboy with stage 1 starts grunting at about 105 mph.
Well... Reaper's engine has cams, head work, 10.5:1 compression, reworked carb, and has been punched out to 98ci, so...

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Old Sep 14, 2016 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Clammy
Well... Reaper's engine has cams, head work, 10.5:1 compression, reworked carb, and has been punched out to 98ci, so...

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Now I don't feel so bad....plus Reaper isn't a Fatboy
 
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Now I don't feel so bad....plus Reaper isn't a Fatboy
No, but they share the same basic platform.

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Originally Posted by HDmikie
I must have got a lemon because my 02 Fatboy with stage 1 starts grunting at about 105 mph.
big fella, yer makin' that bike look kinda like a smaller model.
 
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Maybe he didn't like his posts so much after he sobered up.
Naw, he probably just ate it at 150, reaching down to find 5th gear by hand. Danm pot holes!
 
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