With 1000 miles on the bike this spring, I thought I would post my thoughts on what I have done for mods on my 97 standard this year. 1. Darkside, I mounted a Goodyear Triple Tread 205 60 16. I love the tire, the bike feels better (thats right,
BETTER) in the corners than any bike tire that I have had on the back. The bike is stable right on up to 125, where I start getting a little wobble that is most likely caused by the large windshield and hand guards that are on the bike. 2. Replaced the left rear bearing and seal with a double race bearing like the right. No problems so far, It will probably last for ever. 3. Dyna 3000 and stock trigger modded to give 7 degrees of hard advance. I am running the Dyna on curve 7 with the unit grounded (retarded 10 degrees) until I am up to cruising speed then cut the retard out. I can cruise down the xway at 75 to 80 and still get 36 miles per gallon. The butt dyno tells me that from idle to about 3500 rpm there is about the same feeling as the ECT mod I ran last year, but at 3500 and above, She takes off like a rocket
. I also put in IS carb springs, and the throttle response is quicker than standard. By the way, I have an Avon Cobra on the front, that has about 8500 on it now, and will replace it with another Cobra when it's time. For cutting the advance in and out, I mounted a Big Bike Parts triple toggle switch to the brake resevour and use one of the switches for a relay to ground and unground the Dyna
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