ENGINE MODS... Worth it?
#41
07-19-2009, 10:01 PM
kkinderen did it right with the engine work,
After you put 50-80K miles on a bike, and you consider having the engine rebuilt, you might as well upgrade a little. Makes sense if you still like the style of bike, and by that time you'll pretty much have it all set up the way you like it.
After you put 50-80K miles on a bike, and you consider having the engine rebuilt, you might as well upgrade a little. Makes sense if you still like the style of bike, and by that time you'll pretty much have it all set up the way you like it.
Me, I think it's crazy.
Tonight I stopped by a local watering hole and there were a ton of bikes, saw a nice '04 fatty with get this... 450 miles on it. Guy out more $$$ into mods than I PAID for my Xbones. Sure, he'd be faster (I'm NOT as speed freak) and quite a bit louder and as for turn-headmanship, he definately had it going on but for chrissakes, it's a motorcycle, not a trophy!
I always thought it wasn't worth it for those people that upgraded to a 103 or a 110 kit within the first 2,000 miles. Kinda premature when you could have gotten so much enjoyment out of the stock engine, the upgraded when it was time for a rebuild. I've ridden 103's and 110's and they are a bit faster, but for just upgrading for the hell of it, just to say you have a bigger engine, it isn't really worth the money and downtime to me.
After full pipes, a remap, air cleaner, bike sounds great and is a blast to ride. I'd rather wait till it needed a rebuild.
That's just me, cause sometimes I always think it's kinda like a dick measuring contest to see who has the biggest bore kit. But from the outside, you usually can't tell, and they sound close to a stock bike.
Just my $0.02 on unnecessary upgrades.
After full pipes, a remap, air cleaner, bike sounds great and is a blast to ride. I'd rather wait till it needed a rebuild.
That's just me, cause sometimes I always think it's kinda like a dick measuring contest to see who has the biggest bore kit. But from the outside, you usually can't tell, and they sound close to a stock bike.
Just my $0.02 on unnecessary upgrades.
Last edited by Skin & Crossbones; 07-19-2009 at 10:07 PM.
#42
07-19-2009, 10:21 PM
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I did three things to my 07 FXSTC when I got it. Installed the SE breather about $120, added a Cobra Fi2000R programmer about $230 and drilled out the baffle in the slip-on mufflers $0
The increase in performance was outstanding for the $350 that I spent. The bike would stay with my VTX 110 cu. in. Honda with no problem
Latter I did add an oil cooler.
The increase in performance was outstanding for the $350 that I spent. The bike would stay with my VTX 110 cu. in. Honda with no problem
Latter I did add an oil cooler.
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