Seahag said:
Wow...big difference in price between the two. How do you decide?...If you can't come up with the extra money for a six speed, do the head work?
By the way, I agree with springers advice to call and talk with them...or email if like me you don't like talking on the phone any more than you have to.
I can't decide, that's why I'm doing all this posting. At first it was the HD six speed gear set, thinking if I lowered my rpms at 80+mph, I might get better mpgs when I tour.
Then I thought about head work, which is a lot cheaper in terms of parts. But after years of tuning issues, I bought an SERT and finally got the old M&M running real nice. Better than it ever has. So much so that I am afraid to change anything that has to do with the motor. Part of me thinks that freer flowing heads will really make a difference, and part of me says, leave a good thing alone, and do the 6-speed.
It's really hard to say this, but I have my bike almost the way I want it. I am running out of things to do. I find myself changing hoses and fittings "just for fun", and thinking of making my crash bar into a secondary oil cooler. A 6-speed and head work is all that I have left in my book. Sure I could change cams, go to 103", yada, yada, but really I'm about done.
What I will probably do is get the 6-speed and ride the bike for a year. If it develops tuning or engine issues, then do the heads and a gear cam. I'm just thinking out loud here, that's all.
2001 Ultra Peace Officer Special Edition
95" kit
Stage II
.203 cams
SE intake
Hooker True Dual Headers with Jet-Hot Coating
FullSac Mufflers
SERT for M&M FI
Alpha-N-Fuel Processor with O2 sensor
Motorcycle Innovations Oil Cooler
Custom Paint
Metzler Wide White Walls
RoadSofa seat with gel and heater
Wild1 575 handlbars
HotGrips with variable temp control
RivCo Center Stand
V-Twin Heat Deflectors
Lyndall brake pads
Some other stuff I can't recall