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Old May 3, 2007 | 10:17 AM
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I thought I remembered seeing this on here before but can't find it. Does anyone have a list of what is done at each Stage?
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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I'd love to know this as well. I am a first time owner (Just got it lastnight) and would love to learn more about it. The original owner did the stage 1 upgrade but I'm not quite sure I know everything that was done.
 
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https://www.hdforums.com/m_50096/tm.htm
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 03:14 PM
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Who's stage 1, 2, 3 are you talking about? Stage 1 is usually agreed upon as mufflers, high flow a/c, and adjusting fuel mixture. Stage 2 and stage 3 really depends on the shop doing the work however it tends to be cam/head work. The problem is that one shop's stage 2 might be another shop's stage 3.

Here is a breakdown of it based on older bikes:

http://www.sportster.org/tech/basic-...age-list.shtml
 
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Take a look at nightrider. Great info on how to build different stage bikes, plus the dyno readouts.

http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/
 
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