i need more power!
Road Master
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From: Hartford, WI
I thought the 883-1250 was the largest you can go without some exotic work done?
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From: Nashville, TN
Check the difference in compression ratio. That and another 50cc will make a big difference.
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From: Bedford UK
Quite right. It's all about using a package that works and NRHS have achieved that and proved theirs works very well. The increase in performance even with stock heads is quite remarkable.
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From: Boise Idaho
easiest, cheapest, best experience you had upgrading 883 to 1200... do i take it to a harley dealer and just say screw it and pay the insane amount? go to a small dinky dunk motorcycle garage and let them do it and hope its cheaper and that they dont ruin anything? im not by any means a mechanic and have only done oil changes and body work on the bike. so cant do it myself.. how much am i looking at? a grand maybe more?
Road Master
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From: Hartford, WI
There is nothing wrong with a lot of those dinky repair shops, where I live I'd trust them before I'd go to the dealer. You don't really need a 1250 kit unless you are building some max effort machine, a lot of small shops can bore your stock cylinders and all you have to buy is a set of pistons, you didn't tell us what you are riding so there are a lot of variables that could drastically change what this conversion will cost you.
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From: Boise Idaho
Not sure why you feel that way but to me, a large part of a job depends on the talent of the tech involved. That said, it is very difficult for me to trust a tech that doesn't have the proper tools to do the job. If, as a professional mechanic, the best you have is a 150 piece tool set from Wal*Mart, it doesn't raise my confidence in your abilities. Lets face it, how would you feel if you went to a restaurant and the host comes to seat you wearing broken pants that are held up by a string and wife beaters? I know it would make me wonder what I would be eating and how long it has sat on the floor. To a point, the tools and your facility tell me how serious you are about your job. Beyond that, I check out how your work goes and it depends on the tech.
Road Master
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From: Hartford, WI
Boy you sure do make a lot of assumptions about Indy's, I live in the small city of Boise ID and I know 4 small indy's here that are all good respectable shop's that are comprised of good hard working people that have years of experience and half of them are people that the local dealer let got because they cost to much and where replaced by fresh kids right out of tech school that they could hire for next to nothing. They have just as good and sometimes better equipment than the dealer has.
So I would suggest that maybe you should look at your local Indy's with a way less bigoted point of view or maybe have a few less beers before getting on the computer.
So I would suggest that maybe you should look at your local Indy's with a way less bigoted point of view or maybe have a few less beers before getting on the computer.
I could suggest you do the same with your local dealerships too. As a matter of fact, for tuning and later when I install a 1250 kit, I looked at a couple of dealerships and a couple of independents. At this time, for tuning in spring when I have the AC and bobcat exhaust put on, it is leaning heavily towards an indie. IF he performs well, he will put on the 1250 and retune it at the end of this year.