Hey... it's been a while since I visited one of my favorite forums. I thought I'd take this opportunity to say hi to my buds here on this wonderful occasion.
I bought my FLTRX last Fall, went with the D&D 2-into-1 FatCat with quiet baffle and, at the time, I bought a 103 Big Bore kit. I went with the SE air kit immediately, but held off on installing the 103 kit because I expected I would need to have a dyno done and SEST and I saw more dollar signs than I wanted to swing. Over the course of this year I was convinced by my local dealer to sell the SEST on eBay and just install the 103 kit with a Stage 1 download and see how the bike performed for me without spending the dough on a tuner and a dyno.
The kit was installed today. When I picked up the bike, the tech and svc manager both were beaming and told me I was going to really love how the bike rode. The tech said he felt the combo of the 103 kit and the D&D Fat Cat with just the stage 1 download resulted in what he felt was one of the best performing basic combos he's seen for the basic 103.
From the moment I started the bike, I could hear and feel the difference in going from 96 to 103. The bike performed incredibly well and sounded beefier as well. Very smooth and noticibly torque-ier power, great smooth exhaust on decel with no popping. Of course, I took the long way home... waay long way. Back roads, lots of hills and curves and straight aways, etc. I proceeded to ride for a bit over an hour on some wonderful country roads doing a lot of rev ups and decel downs between 2800-3800 rpm and the bike felt so good, I was surprised at how much nicer it performed with the 103 kit.
I know that just the 103 kit, SE A/C, and D&D FatCats - with no cam work - is considered a mild upgrade and nothing like the high dollar fancy stuff, but I have to say that I am really very happy with the resulting improvement in performance with this bike. I know as the break-in gets completed I'll really get to appreciate the improvement even more.
I want to thank Bill Green and Stu at Columbia Motors H-D for encouraging me to save the money by not doing a tuner and dyno. And especially to Bill for his meticulous technical care... he's a great, well-seasoned, meticulous tech and I highly recommend him.
So that's it for today... hi to you all and to anyone wanting an easy and very pleasing bump in performance, the 103 is sweet. I'm really glad I sold the SEST and passed on a dyno tune. I saved almost $1000 by doing so. While a dyno tune and tuner may have been able to squeek out a little more performance, I'm glad I saved the money and kept it simple and economical.
I can attest to the fact that the 103 kit & D&D FatCat 2-into-1 combo, with a stage 1 download, runs superbly without a tuner and dyno!
I bought my FLTRX last Fall, went with the D&D 2-into-1 FatCat with quiet baffle and, at the time, I bought a 103 Big Bore kit. I went with the SE air kit immediately, but held off on installing the 103 kit because I expected I would need to have a dyno done and SEST and I saw more dollar signs than I wanted to swing. Over the course of this year I was convinced by my local dealer to sell the SEST on eBay and just install the 103 kit with a Stage 1 download and see how the bike performed for me without spending the dough on a tuner and a dyno.
The kit was installed today. When I picked up the bike, the tech and svc manager both were beaming and told me I was going to really love how the bike rode. The tech said he felt the combo of the 103 kit and the D&D Fat Cat with just the stage 1 download resulted in what he felt was one of the best performing basic combos he's seen for the basic 103.
From the moment I started the bike, I could hear and feel the difference in going from 96 to 103. The bike performed incredibly well and sounded beefier as well. Very smooth and noticibly torque-ier power, great smooth exhaust on decel with no popping. Of course, I took the long way home... waay long way. Back roads, lots of hills and curves and straight aways, etc. I proceeded to ride for a bit over an hour on some wonderful country roads doing a lot of rev ups and decel downs between 2800-3800 rpm and the bike felt so good, I was surprised at how much nicer it performed with the 103 kit.
I know that just the 103 kit, SE A/C, and D&D FatCats - with no cam work - is considered a mild upgrade and nothing like the high dollar fancy stuff, but I have to say that I am really very happy with the resulting improvement in performance with this bike. I know as the break-in gets completed I'll really get to appreciate the improvement even more.
I want to thank Bill Green and Stu at Columbia Motors H-D for encouraging me to save the money by not doing a tuner and dyno. And especially to Bill for his meticulous technical care... he's a great, well-seasoned, meticulous tech and I highly recommend him.
So that's it for today... hi to you all and to anyone wanting an easy and very pleasing bump in performance, the 103 is sweet. I'm really glad I sold the SEST and passed on a dyno tune. I saved almost $1000 by doing so. While a dyno tune and tuner may have been able to squeek out a little more performance, I'm glad I saved the money and kept it simple and economical.
I can attest to the fact that the 103 kit & D&D FatCat 2-into-1 combo, with a stage 1 download, runs superbly without a tuner and dyno!