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Old May 5, 2007 | 01:16 PM
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someone was telling me he saw a road king beat a vrod at the drags. he said road king had a 1550 kit? id never heard of it before. what is it?
 
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Old May 5, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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it's a 95" kit...
 
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Old May 5, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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ok how does that work?
 
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Old May 5, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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Hello. U with the FD?
 
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Old May 5, 2007 | 01:34 PM
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It's just bigger pistons and bored out jugs to increase the displacement from 88 to 95 c.i.
 
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Old May 6, 2007 | 12:25 AM
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Once my warranty expires I'm gonna dothe 1550 to my 06.

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Old May 6, 2007 | 08:30 AM
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A guy local will do the 95" for $1500. Does that sound fair? I don't have the knowledge to do it myself, and haven't found any local forum members that do there own work on there rides???
 
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Old May 7, 2007 | 04:48 AM
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I would have the INDY write down exactly what he is willing to do for that money, and then present that to the forum. Will he be doing Cams, Headwork, or any other service.
 
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Old May 7, 2007 | 04:55 AM
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If the question was presented to me wehohl, I will do that. From what I remember he said cams (andrews 26g I believe),bore the cylinders and I can't remember the rest. He had just put on my new apes, so I was preoccupied to pay attention.
 
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Old May 7, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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All of the above is good information however nobody has addressed the issue of the Road King beating a VRod in a drag race. I find this highly unlikely.
 
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