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Old Sep 16, 2011 | 07:52 PM
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Default SE Complete 103 Stage 2...Worth It!!!

From Stage 1 to stage 2...yeeha!

Today I finally got my free bird back Bore, cams, super tuner, header work & dyno'd. Went for an easy ride and omg...gob gob. At first I thought 'eh no difference' until I looked at the needle into 3rd and a few seconds off the line...50 mph And that's just normal shifting at 2500 give or take rpms.

Sound is more smoother and less crackle than before, why I didnt think much of it within the first few minutes out of the garage. But once I opened it up past 2k rpms is felt deeper and a bit of gforce to go with it.

Anyways, now I dont give a damn how much I threw into stage 2. My baby bust some ***** now and my budget gets the bird instead!:P

To all the folks who offered feedback on my previous thread(s)...TY. My mind is at ease now....but please dont tell me stories on the 110 kit lol, well at least a year from now.

Time to start on the eye candy...ordered my heritage front fender and passing light kit today.

Cheers.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2011 | 04:48 PM
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Enjoy the extra grin factor!
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 09:34 AM
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Enjoy the extra grin factor!
Thanx! Ya I am still pinching myself...especially passing past blind spots now.
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 01:42 PM
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Did you even look at the Stage IV SE Pro package?
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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I have the Stage II SE package in my Streetglide. Over 15K miles and I'm still grinning.
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 03:07 PM
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Congrats on the new found power! Like above I have over 20,000 miles on my stage 2 and it's been trouble free!
 
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by djl
Did you even look at the Stage IV SE Pro package?
Ya my dealership said a crap load more cash and lot of major work to handle it...all I needed to know or else I may have to sell the house with my o'lady in it:P

Maybe one day when I got $$ burning a hole again...but for now the stage 2 was exactly what the doctor ordered.
 
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Ya my dealership said a crap load more cash and lot of major work to handle it...all I needed to know or else I may have to sell the house with my o'lady in it:P

Maybe one day when I got $$ burning a hole again...but for now the stage 2 was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Yeah, more money but the tuner is included along with cylinders/pistons, heads, cams, , pushrods, throttle body, larger injectors, intake manifold and clutch spring. Labor and tune would have been the same. Maybe another $1000 over what you spent but a great value in the package. The upside is that when you get used to the Stage II performance (it won't take long), the Stage IV stuff will be talking to ya.
 
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what cams U go with?
 
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I am running a stage IV package in my deluxe had it installed at 800 miles on the odometer i now have close to 20,000 miles on it.
 
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