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scoobydoo
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Evansville, Indiana
drilled the front & rear baffles
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May 30, 2010, 08:48:44 PM »
did not do the ragnar cut. I am still not sure if I need to shim the carbs.
I read it once and thought you had to shim if you did the ragnar cut, the other time I read it I thought it meant you had to shim if you drilled the front baffles.
Does anybody know for sure?
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TearlessTom
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Posts: 485
Spanish Fort, AL.
Re: drilled the front & rear baffles
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Reply #1 on:
May 30, 2010, 09:26:07 PM »
I cant answer your question specifically to the Ragner Cut but a quick way is to check the color of your plugs. If too light you are running too lean and would need to either shim the needles or change needles.
All bikes are different so one person may need to shim and another who performed the same surgery does not.
Hope this helps.
Tom
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Ricky-D
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Posts: 5031
South Carolina midlands
Re: drilled the front & rear baffles
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May 31, 2010, 05:55:37 AM »
Normal throttle setting at normal cruising speed will not be in the "needle" range.
You would be in the "low" speed jet range.
So if you
must
change something it should be the idle jets.
A turn
out
on the idle jet screw is all that would probably be necessary but even that may not be called for.
Drilling the baffles
sometimes
is not an improvement and the results
can
be counterproductive.
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bigdog99
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Posts: 584
1/1/2011 86,000 miles
Kouts Indiana
Re: drilled the front & rear baffles
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May 31, 2010, 05:56:13 PM »
drilled my front and rear and didnt have to touch the carbs.
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BF
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Fort Walton Beach, Florida I'm a simple man, I like pretty, dark haired woman and breakfast food.
Re: drilled the front & rear baffles
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Reply #4 on:
May 31, 2010, 06:13:19 PM »
The way I interpreted the Ragnar cut info, was you need to shim if you've done the Ragnar cut AND drilled the front baffles.
Drilling the rear and front baffles, you don't need to shim.
At least, that's the way I read it.
btw....I did the Ragnar cut and haven't touched a thing.....front baffles are still untouched though.
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fat6man
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Crystal City, Missouri
Re: drilled the front & rear baffles
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May 31, 2010, 06:40:25 PM »
I cut the piggies, drilled front & rear baffles out on my 97 Tourer and also on my 98 Standard. never had any problems and the plugs all look normal.
SOUNDS GOOD TOO!!!!
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HotRod
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2001 I/S First one was a 1999 I/S
Henderson, NV
Re: drilled the front & rear baffles
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May 31, 2010, 07:10:52 PM »
Cut pigs,drilled front and rear, did nothing to carbs,runs great sounds great,lets ride!
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