Loud and Uncouth
My 'new' T-Sport is a good handling comfy cruiser BUT my 1200 Sporty will "whup its ass" (sorry Mr H) in acceleration and top speed. (apparently) and want to know if anybody on KB has done anything themselves to a 88 motor to get it to perform better? - and if so exactly what did you do?
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Er Scumdog, with a town/city speed limit of 50 and an open road limit of 100, do you really need the extra power? Surely you're not intending to break the law.Originally Posted by scumdog
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Saw one with NOS recently, it looked like it could be a bit of fun.
Loud and Uncouth
Hell no Finn!
For 'closed road and track use only'
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I bet it would go faster with me riding it.....something to do with excess loading on the seat cushion I'd say....
Loud and Uncouth
Nah, want it 'anytime, anywhere, all the time'
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High flow air cleaner, dynojet kit, debaffle or after market pipes. Cam perhaps.
Or a 95ci kit.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Forum whore
need more grunt.....strap a large boar on ya pillion seat!!! the smell alone [on top of yours] will stop people over taking you!
Loud and Uncouth
Alas, same load on both bikes but differing result performance-wise.
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Loud and Uncouth
Approx. prices for airfilter and jetting? The zorst is getting 'fixed' as we speak.
And can you really notice the difference?
PS Is there any built-in factory restriction in the intake that you know of Lou?, I've heard that some H-Ds came that way.
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Swap engines??
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Yeah, 88 is fairly old. Get something 2000 onwards
Wherever you go, there you are
Must be stacks of stuff out there for HD's to make em go better. Google it. If you have two then save your money, use one for fanging it (on private roads of course) and the other for cruising around. You could always sell one and get a Busa or ZX-14 if you really want some grunt.
If you love it, let it go. If it comes back to you, you've just high-sided!
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Immature and proud of it.
50% increase. PM sent.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Slowest cnut in the Bay
Interesting,
I'm toying with the idea of buying a 'cruiser' type bike to compliment my VTR1000.
The Harley Sporty 1200 came to mind as I dont like the look of any other cruisers, and the big Harleys seem slow and cumbersome, well the ones I've ridden.
Scumdog would you say the Sporty is good to chuck around a bit and has plenty of poke for a cruiser?
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