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First ride on the 103 build today.....

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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 10:10 PM
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Hey everyone,

We finished our 103" build this afternoon. We used stock cylinders bored to 103", SE 103" pistons, Heads ported/cc'd by Big Boyz, andrews 54h cams. Man what a DIFFERENCE. I am amazed that I am riding the same bike. We worked late so I only got to take it for about a 20 mile ride but that sucker has some pep to it. I am very anxious to get it out on the road this weekend to do a breakin ride to where I can actually start running it up a little. Man what a difference the heads/pistons made. I had the cams installed for a couple trips before hand and I think I gained at least as much as I gained with the cams when we did the big bore setup. I'm hoping to get it setup to dyno sometime next week.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 04:57 AM
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Good stuff, glad it worked out for you, enjoy.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 06:26 AM
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Outstanding!
 
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 06:28 AM
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I think you will need to put several hundred miles on it before you'll be able to get a good tune of it. Things need to seat.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by EasternSP
I think you will need to put several hundred miles on it before you'll be able to get a good tune of it. Things need to seat.
hoping to ride 1k miles this weekend to get that done.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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Just wondering what the average cost would be for this?
 
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 09:33 AM
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congrats on the build ,,,ride safe and enjoy (you are gonna love that pep)
 
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by bpez317
Just wondering what the average cost would be for this?
ohhhh we don't want to talk about that. LOL


Heads ported/cylinders bored $575
Pistons $200
Cams/gears $750 ish
misc parts adjust pushrods oil gaskets etc $300
Labor $600

You could save some money by not doing the gear drive cams but that's what I wanted.
 
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Post with numbers when available. I'll be doing the same build, minus gear driven cams, SOON! I already have the SE255 cams in, just gonna punch it and mic it out now.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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I am trying to get some dyno time next week but it sounds like it may be a few weeks until we can work our schedules out to meet up. I'll post the numbers when we get done. You may want to consider the heads also. That made a big difference.
 
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