When I came back to riding after the youngest was grown up, Wife hung up on me at the triumph dlr! off to HD and a brand new 2006 xl1200c stock 100 mph flat out after pipes jetted carb and K&N filter 112-120 downhill pegs scraped going around corners 17000 miles in nine months. painful bike to ride but missus was goin thru the change. traded for NOS 04 fxdli with H.T.C.C. 1550 kit 100/100 club V&H pro pipe power came on at 3500 pure power. put fox shox on rear helped, brakes were same as xl but the extra weight of the dyna made them way inadequate. while the hp was only 100 the tq was around 118 and the motor was crack til it grenaded at 32000 miles redlined only once and had all the SE upgrades, lifters, springs, clutch, parts list was 6K. the problem was HD's pressed crankshaft, apparently you also need to invest in the S&S 3 piece crank, oh well. my harleys needed a lot of countersteer around turns and the extra weight of the dyna made the frame flex a little. If that bike hadn't exploded(twice) I would be blissfully unaware of the rocket but now I own 1 and the only thing I like better about my dyna was 15000 miles on tires and hydraulic lifters meant no valve checks. The manual compression release was pretty cool to. also EVERY harley has a screw to stiffen the throttle cable, like throttemeister only free!
