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Who was it that said yah can't get over 100hp from a 883 Sportster.....?

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#1 ·
Saw this little beast at the local H-D dealer today...



Where's Scotty ......:whistling:
 
#7 ·
I highly doubt that will get 100hp if that has 883 cylinders. Guys with 1200 Nightsters are only getting 100-110 on the dyno with turbo set-ups & the Nightster has the newer style head. You couldn't even work over the 883 heads to get them to handle that hp with the small valves the 883 bore has. I'm calling BS & the thing probably has 1200 cyl/heads.
 
#15 ·
Turbo Sporty 48

More pics as requested. Hellcat customs has a couple more upgrades/updates, the new plenum looks more like a S&S filter cover and I think the higher hp option is next after dual discs are added to the front. The stock brakes suck.
Going with the fatboy fenders, the stock stuff did not allow me to get to the end of the driveway unmudded.
Bottom pic is the new Ohlins, was thinking Ohlin front forks but it would spoil the look.
After all, it is what it is.
Also need to change the floorboards, the turbo does not like people that lean back and I am not adding to the swingarm.

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#20 ·
More pics as requested. Hellcat customs has a couple more upgrades/updates, the new plenum looks more like a S&S filter cover and I think the higher hp option is next after dual discs are added to the front. The stock brakes suck.
Going with the fatboy fenders, the stock stuff did not allow me to get to the end of the driveway unmudded.
Bottom pic is the new Ohlins, was thinking Ohlin front forks but it would spoil the look.
After all, it is what it is.
Also need to change the floorboards, the turbo does not like people that lean back and I am not adding to the swingarm.

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That is one horrible looking motorcycle!.....................sorry but that's all I got.
 
#27 ·
Or even a Couch.
Still each to his own, where it would be really cool would be at the traffic lights alongside a disbelieving full on GSXR 1000 or R1, perhaps Sporty 48 could post a picture of the victorious Sporty soon, complete with smoky burnout and shocked sports bike riders face. The Q car of motorcycles.

Alex
 
#29 ·
Sporty, ignore these lemmings and keep marching to the beat of your own drummer. As Emerson said:

"Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood." :)



Except Emerson didn't use a smiley face.
 
#32 ·
Thanks for your opinions.
The seat is a Harley Sundowner, very comfortable.
Have thought about taking the last few miles offa the old rear tire via smoke, not a bad idea to photo the act.
And yes it is a little too quick for the stock brakes and suspension, scared the poo outa me the first time I rode it with the turbo.
Yes, it is a true Sportster, excellent for TT, that is Tavern to Tavern, an old man's machine.
 
#35 ·
Joe, you're prolly one of those people whose greatness won't be realized till he's dead......like Van Gogh or Galileo...or Richie Valens :)

That's different
.....that's funny:)