I went with this advice, and am very happy, although I saw a more dramatic increase in power because our '06 had the first of the EPA cams, with no overlap. The cam referred to in this article is the Andrews 21. We went with the gear drive....no more tensioners, period.

http://www.americanrider.com/output.cfm?id=1205749

Joe wrote an additional, much more technical article on his research with Jerry Branch and Andrews that appeared in the Feb 2010 issue. Again, the Andrews 21 was the only cam on the Andrews list that put the power where the average tour rider uses and needs it.

If I'm reading this right, the Andrews 21 for the 96" TC is 21H.

 

Woods TW-6 or 555, great cams excellent reviews, myself I've used the SE 255 ( great cam, fun in the twistys, but falls on it face at the upper mid through the top), I've also used the Woods TW-6, just as much poop on the bottom as the 255's, fantastic midrange and great top end. Iam sure other manufactures make similar cams for less money. Looks like you got a great tuner on your bike, so no issues there.

 

When adding gear driven cams, Andrews or otherwise, do you HAVE to add a power tuner also?

 

1badbagger, changing cams can change the whole cylinder fill on every intake stroke. Your injectors only add so much fuel, but the cylinder may now be sucking in more air, you can get a lean condition. We were lucky on our '06, that a Stage one download was more than adequate....if fact, it gave us a slightly rich mixture across the rpm range, that leaned out almost perfectly when I added the Boyesen X-wing. We paid about 50 bucks for a simple dyno run just for piece of mine. It could have been tweaked to perfection with something like a Power Commander or SERT, but it runs fine for our needs the way it is.

The '07's and up have the closed loop system with Ox sensors....a whole different ball game. I'm here every day reading all these posts so when we trade up I'll know what to expect and what to do.

 

Thank you MNPGRider for the link. It was a good read.

 

thanks for all the input, got alot to think about

 

Your welcome, pilgrim08, If I ever wear this engine out, I'm looking forward to doing the rest of the recomendations.

I just tried scanning the second article....hope this works. If I did this right, if you click on each one twice I think it'll open up big enough to read.

 

Nothing radical here, no cam chain tensioners, reliability, smooth power, over 100 HP...