F them and their busa's. As far as jap bikes go, I would love to have a vmax, been thinking bout trying to find a deal on a used one. Like the idea of all that power without the crazy riding position and all the plastic.

 

Are you going to tell me that your 'busa's pistons are as big and heavy as a Big Twin's pistons ? And I'm sure you've got a shorter stroke in a Hayabusa, too, and it's not in a narrow-angle V-Twin. I'm sure the counter-balancers in a Hayabusa are just HUGE and that's why the throttle-response is so slow.....

 

Well, you are one of the few people that don't think it looks good. Besides I don't feel like having back spasms when I ride (Busas are uncomfortable).

Its all about doing something DIFFERENT..where is the fun of BUYING something that already has 180hp??

 

Yes, that is correct. Your air cleaner assembly is removed when you get a procharger kit

 

LOL...everything was STOCK! I had pipes on it and that was it. The rockers come with the S.E. compensator so I didn't have to put one in. I had 120 reliable hp on a completely stock engine.

The reason I tore everything down is because I wanted to drop a supercharger pulley size (more boost) and I didn't want to take a chance breaking anything with the extra hp increase

 

It amazes me how misinformed people are about turbos/superchargers. It seems like people think that if you have forced induction you automatically have to rebuild EVERYTHING...thats not the case. I was running the procharger for a couple summers and didn't have any problems with it other than a belt change(supercharger belt, not drive belt).

Prochargers build boost with respect to rpm. This results in a very linear hp curve. You don't get the "shock" to the internal components that you get with a roots type supercharger. This puts a lot less stress on the engine/transmission

The reason why you hear of guys rebuilding everything after the addition of the supercharger/turbo is because alot of times they want more hp and they know that they are pushing the stock components to the limit.

Thats exactly what happened with me. Could I just left everything the way it was??? Of course I could have, I just didn't want to.

Sorry OP for hijacking the thread

 

I just think it kills the look of the engine, my main point wasn't to knock adding performance, but using a bolt on turbo that kills the aesthetic isn't worth it to me. Dropping 50 HP onto the bike is cool, but at what cost to aesthetics and engine life?

My last bike I put on larger pistons and jugs, upgraded cams, had the heads ported, ignition etc... My little sporty probably pushed 92-95 HP and had serious nuttles, so I'm not "afraid to mod" anything. But I think with a Harley I like to do it with the aesthetics of the bike in mind, because well it's a Harley. To each their own though.

 

What are you smoking? A Hayabusa is a couch. I could go for just as long on one of those as I could on my Deuce. It's not like it's a torture rack like the RC51 I used to own. Want a fun twin? That's a fun twin.

 

i have been smoking carbon monoxide(working on the bike in the garage)...lol.

I have sat on a few of them and I wasn't comfortable. That's just me though