103 stage 4
HDF Community Team
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From: san antonio
These are heavy motorcycles, american iron, and when you load one up with a passenger and luggage for touoring, or towing a trailer for camping, the extra torque makes a difference.
Additionally, part of owning Harleys for many of us is that you can work on them. Try that with a Goldwing or a VMax; it's just not possible. Part of "making it your own" is upgrading and some choose chrome upgrades, some choose performance upgrades and some choose both.
So, yeah, I agree that if you want a fast bike don't get a Harley but that isn't what Harley onwership is about. I thought everyone knew that.
Tourer
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Wisconsin
more is better
Remember trying to pass while riding 2-up on the highway with a stock motor. You downshift, punch the gas and all the bike does is get louder! no speed, just louder. 107" for me thank you.
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From: ST. Louis
Do whatever you can afford. You will get the biggest noticeable power increase for the money with cams.
Everything after that is just more enjoyable and more expensive. lol
Make sure you also have $400 in your budget for a dyno. That will take all the guess work out of it.
Using a builder 10 minutes from your house is a big deal. I am never sure just how long I am going to live anywhere. So that's why I ended up going with the HD kit. I can live anywhere in this country and a HD tech should know (or can find out) what's up with any problems.
I didn't do it to out run my buddies, or suprise some dipstick meteric rider. I did it because I like a little pop, from time to time.
I will not race anybody because people aren't as good a rider as they think they are........and I ain't risking my life on some dweeb goober's riding skills. I have been rear ended twice in my life by my own buddies on a motorcycle. Once I went down and once I didn't. Neither time was I making a sudden stop either.
Everything after that is just more enjoyable and more expensive. lol
Make sure you also have $400 in your budget for a dyno. That will take all the guess work out of it.
Using a builder 10 minutes from your house is a big deal. I am never sure just how long I am going to live anywhere. So that's why I ended up going with the HD kit. I can live anywhere in this country and a HD tech should know (or can find out) what's up with any problems.
I didn't do it to out run my buddies, or suprise some dipstick meteric rider. I did it because I like a little pop, from time to time.
I will not race anybody because people aren't as good a rider as they think they are........and I ain't risking my life on some dweeb goober's riding skills. I have been rear ended twice in my life by my own buddies on a motorcycle. Once I went down and once I didn't. Neither time was I making a sudden stop either.
Last edited by Texas Fat Boy; Dec 9, 2010 at 12:07 PM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Wagoner, Oklahoma
I just did the 103 big bore with the 255 cams and you can see the results at the bottom of my signiture. By making this change I can say that it actualy pulls hard in all six gears insted of just making a bunch of noise. The really big difference I could tell was the sixth gear. I like it!!!
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Cruiser
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: New Hampshire
I decided I'm going with the fuel moto 107 kit. Seems like anyone that has it is very happy and its also putting out great numbers from what I have seen and heard. It will be on order tomorrow can't wait to put it in
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Los Angeles, CA
Congratulations on making your decision! You should really look at having the heads worked also while you have everything apart...my $0.02...
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I wouldn't do any headwork with the fuel moto kit. If you do it will make so much power you'll need to weld the crank. My $.02.
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Cruiser
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From: New Hampshire
I'm not going to do any headwork with numbers fuel moto's 107 kit is getting. I'm going to try it first ride it for a year and if I want more I'd do a welded crank and better bearings. I think I'm going to be very happy with just the 107 for a while
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Split time between Texas and Minnesota
This opinion always cracks me up...if you have a muscle car should you not do any motor work on it because Ferrari makes a faster car or Mitsubishi? Heck, there are plenty of cars out there that will blow away my 66 Mustang, and cost less money, but I don't want one.
