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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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A buddy of mine has a 2006 1200 FI sporty and wants to do the stage one upgrade.What all is needed for this?Pipes and filter or will he need reprogramed also?Thanks-Jesse
 
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I suppose so, just don't know much bout them.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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Air cleaner & exhaust + remap. Would recommend Dyno tune.
 
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Air cleaner & exhaust + remap. Would recommend Dyno tune.
Thats what I thought.Thanks-Jesse
 
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SERT, air cleaner and pipes.

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A buddy of mine has a 2006 1200 FI sporty and wants to do the stage one upgrade.What all is needed for this?Pipes and filter or will he need reprogramed also?Thanks-Jesse
 
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:56 AM
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A buddy of mine has a 2006 1200 FI sporty and wants to do the stage one upgrade.What all is needed for this?Pipes and filter or will he need reprogramed also?Thanks-Jesse
I thought the 06 is Carbed. Wasen't 07 first year for the FI Sporty? My 06 1200C is Carbed. My 07 883L was FI.
 
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2006 is a Carbed Sporty will need to do a Rejet on Stage 1.. On my 04 (Sold) same design, Rejetted to 45 Slow, 180 Main, and Mixture Screw was 2 1/2 turns out .. This is just a guideline on the rejet yours may be different.. Will find good info on Carb rejetting at Sportster.org
 

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As Jay & Carlo point out, an '06 sporty is carb'd. FI sporties came out in '07. If it's an '06, your buddy will need exhaust, AC, & carb rejetting. Some will also add that you could/should do an ignition upgrade at this point too. If it's an '07 EFI, it'll need exhaust, AC, & a new fuel managment program/remap. And if you
 
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