Guess I bought a DUD
Something has got to be wrong with your bike, or you're just not goosing her completely. and don't listen to these guys telling you "oh, its only a 88 and a 5 speed..." I have a '06 Springer softail it currently has a stage 1 a/c, V&H Big Shots, and a Power Commander III USB. I have had it to 120 MANY times and it has NO problem doing it. I'm getting ready to drop in a set of Andrews 37b cams along with the Screamin eagle hydraulic cam plate. I should really have fun then....
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Something has got to be wrong with your bike, or you're just not goosing her completely. and don't listen to these guys telling you "oh, its only a 88 and a 5 speed..." I have a '06 Springer softail it currently has a stage 1 a/c, V&H Big Shots, and a Power Commander III USB. I have had it to 120 MANY times and it has NO problem doing it. I'm getting ready to drop in a set of Andrews 37b cams along with the Screamin eagle hydraulic cam plate. I should really have fun then....
Mike
Mike
"I should really have fun then"....Yeah....or kill yourself
PS..sorry....just had to say that LOL
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Something has got to be wrong with your bike, or you're just not goosing her completely. and don't listen to these guys telling you "oh, its only a 88 and a 5 speed..." I have a '06 Springer softail it currently has a stage 1 a/c, V&H Big Shots, and a Power Commander III USB. I have had it to 120 MANY times and it has NO problem doing it. I'm getting ready to drop in a set of Andrews 37b cams along with the Screamin eagle hydraulic cam plate. I should really have fun then....
Mike
Mike
2 guys mentioned a compression test but wouldn't I be burning oil if there was a problem there?
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The only other thing I might do is the next time you have it in the shop, have them verify that you have the right flash in your ECM. You could also do a WOT run, kill the motor and pull over, check the plugs and see if you're running really lean on the top end. I have an '07 Fatboy, stage I, and had it over 100 several times this summer with the wife on back while at Laconia.
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The only other thing I might do is the next time you have it in the shop, have them verify that you have the right flash in your ECM. You could also do a WOT run, kill the motor and pull over, check the plugs and see if you're running really lean on the top end. I have an '07 Fatboy, stage I, and had it over 100 several times this summer with the wife on back while at Laconia.
Plugs have a grey look to them
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The simple answer is... put it on a dyno. You aren't going to Las Vegas, you don't have a stage dodedoh kit, you don't have a black bike, you don't have a chrome bike that kills black bikes, you don't have an SE this or a crotch rocket that... drag strips and to a lesser degree dynos are the universal neutralizer of mine's big... er... faster than yours.
For example, different models of the Softails have, I believe, different gear ratios between the main drive gear and the transmisison pulley and they are different from year to year on the same model of softail on top of that.
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For example, different models of the Softails have, I believe, different gear ratios between the main drive gear and the transmisison pulley and they are different from year to year on the same model of softail on top of that.
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13k. It's in the thread.