82hp 74tq good?
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04-04-2014, 08:49 PM
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SE Cams??? Well, thats the first bad mistake. Woods, Andrews would be a better choice. My bike pulls over 105hp and 94+hp torque... But those numbers aren't that bad IMO, unless of course you want to heavily modify your bike, spend over 5k in engine work, like I did! 
Well, per se, I didn't spend that much but the previous owner did...
Well, per se, I didn't spend that much but the previous owner did... 
#13
04-05-2014, 12:53 AM
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#14
04-05-2014, 08:02 AM
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04-05-2014, 09:20 AM
I disagree somewhat. There are a lot of variables...thats for sure. On my hammer builds i am with in a few hp of what they tell me the bike should bring.
Maybe i should say this, there are a lot of shops out there with dynos......cough....hd shops that dont put a full tune on the bike. beat every last once out of it.
The dyno is a tool for tuning. nothing wrong with chasing numbers as long as you keep using the same dyno. Most guys give up on the dyno chasing numbers because it can get expensive and most fail at it.
Maybe i should say this, there are a lot of shops out there with dynos......cough....hd shops that dont put a full tune on the bike. beat every last once out of it.
The dyno is a tool for tuning. nothing wrong with chasing numbers as long as you keep using the same dyno. Most guys give up on the dyno chasing numbers because it can get expensive and most fail at it.
A few months later at the 2013 Laughlin Bike week Power Commander had their dyno there so I had them checkout the tune, they said they made some tweaks to it and the numbers were a lot better, I was happy at least till I got back home and showed the local Performance shop the dyno sheet, the owner put my bike back on his dyno Free of Charge to see it for himself and the number were the same as he got the first time.
The Owner of the Harley Performance shop told me that some dyno operators feel the need to show high numbers to the motorcycle owner to justify the cost of the tune/dyno so the only real tweaking they do is to the dyno or they cheat during the testing to make the numbers higher than what they truly are.
What I learned from this experience is it is better to have the bike dyno'ed by someone you trust because reality doesn't always give you what you want.
#17
04-05-2014, 10:32 AM
I'm assuming he's posting his Street Glide numbers, because he lists the Iron as a 1200, not even a 1250. To pull a 94TQ he would need either a 88"/90" motor or a dyno operator that stroked him by fudging the numbers.
BTW, aren't you supposed to be out breaking that bike in?
#18
04-05-2014, 11:05 AM
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