Well, how about an update?
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Well—picked the bike up on Friday and rode it pretty much all day yesterday ran 15 Gallons thru it! First—the engine is sweet and the transmission mods are as well but the sound is well AWSOME! After this week the 500 mile service will be done and the engine and tranny will be tested as to its full potential! Scott told me to go ahead and “ride it like you stole it” but I am being a little more prudent but not much! The MT I Tire make a HUGE difference in hookup—even though handling is compromised some You could not run fast enough to give me another motorcycle type tire (not enough contact area)! I love it now as when the tire spins it doesn’t kick the bike to the left like the Avon and the 502 did, it just goes straight! The tire hooks up orders of magnitude better than the Avon!!
I actually had 2 different people ask (one guy may be getting a divorce soon over what he wants to do) me to pull over so they could look at the bike and I lost count at the honks and thumbs up signs! Now for the important stuff—yesterday it was 88-89 and the hottest the bike got was 190 in some heavy stop and go traffic but on the road ran about 150 to 160!!! This blew my mind! The tank had to be raised about an inch and a half because of the tall valve covers as well as larger heads this coupled with the relocation of the turn signals to the top of the chrome crash bars (love em) helped the air flow along with adjusting the radiator as far away from the engine as possible and leaving the Mountain Headers exposed to dissipate the heat all helped!
I would like to comment on the people at Texas Boss Hoss who put it all together—the bike is better than when the factory did it as Curtis and Rick fixed all of their screw ups when he put it back together i.e. bolts cross threaded wiring relocated securely etc. If anyone really wants to know the difference Curtis Pyatt at TBH has been riding and building these things since they came in kits he has ridden it and has a pretty good basis to make a comparative so call him if you are thinking of doing this. I will post the dyno and times when I get out to do that but I am shickled titless about the way this project turned out!!
I actually had 2 different people ask (one guy may be getting a divorce soon over what he wants to do) me to pull over so they could look at the bike and I lost count at the honks and thumbs up signs! Now for the important stuff—yesterday it was 88-89 and the hottest the bike got was 190 in some heavy stop and go traffic but on the road ran about 150 to 160!!! This blew my mind! The tank had to be raised about an inch and a half because of the tall valve covers as well as larger heads this coupled with the relocation of the turn signals to the top of the chrome crash bars (love em) helped the air flow along with adjusting the radiator as far away from the engine as possible and leaving the Mountain Headers exposed to dissipate the heat all helped!
I would like to comment on the people at Texas Boss Hoss who put it all together—the bike is better than when the factory did it as Curtis and Rick fixed all of their screw ups when he put it back together i.e. bolts cross threaded wiring relocated securely etc. If anyone really wants to know the difference Curtis Pyatt at TBH has been riding and building these things since they came in kits he has ridden it and has a pretty good basis to make a comparative so call him if you are thinking of doing this. I will post the dyno and times when I get out to do that but I am shickled titless about the way this project turned out!!
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