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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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I have a 2001 roadking with the 95" bigbore kit, se breather, and se slip ons. It runs great. tons of power and torque. but one thing, it always back fire out of the breather and will lose oil out of the breather. Is this normal?
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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