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Oct 2, 2011 | 10:33 AM

#31

coolerman69

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Originally Posted by heavymetalthunder

sounds like its a stock 88" motor. punch it out to a 95" do a cam and head work it will run better. My 95" ran like a scalded dog. I kinda wish I still had it.

Finally someone speaks the truth! I think i'll keep both my 05 and 06 forever.

Oct 2, 2011 | 10:38 AM

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NDBadlands4-2

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My 96 and 103 both stock did 100 without too much drama. Still I agree with several of the earlier posts. These are cruising bikes. If you want top speed, may I suggest a Vrod?

Oct 2, 2011 | 10:55 AM

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coolerman69

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Punch it out to 95ci, get some SE race heads, SE 257 cams, SERT, SE A/C, and Rinegart TDs and i GUARANTEE it'll break 100! You'll be smokin 110ci CVOs!

Oct 2, 2011 | 11:18 AM

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jeffreydsilver

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Originally Posted by NDBadlands4-2

My 96 and 103 both stock did 100 without too much drama. Still I agree with several of the earlier posts. These are cruising bikes. If you want top speed, may I suggest a Vrod?

09 RK here - only add ons - slip on mufflers w/fuelpak. I've never top ended it but at 80-85 you downshift it into 5th and it jumps like a bat out of he**! I'd like to find out what it could do - but I'm not crazy enough to try!

Oct 2, 2011 | 11:44 AM

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dirtracin23

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Originally Posted by Chunker

To hijack the thread intent a bit, but that could be dangerous with a mustache.

It's a bit risky even without one.

Drinking flaming shots while drunk enough to forget to blow it out is also hazardous to facial hair. Not that I would know anything about that or have had a bad experience with anything along those lines.

Oct 2, 2011 | 02:25 PM

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coolerman69

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Originally Posted by Chunker

Or you could realize that you are riding a motorcycle that has an old technology for an engine, low compression, low HP, pushrods, and it's not going to be a fast bike. I suppose you could spend $$KK upgrading it and have a not so low compression and HP, but still have the old technology and a likely unreliable engine.

Or go get a Honda/Kawasaki/etc 600 or +cc crotch rocket for your boy racer moments.

Yeah! I have an old outdated pushrod engine with 17000 miles on the build that will embarass 600 crotch rockets all day long.