Better than K&N!!

[sc_rufctr]

poor Denis... hahahaha

[speeder]

Am I being flamed on the internet? Flame on, flamers!!

[Bill Douglas]

Denis, just ignore these guys (and me), they are just jealous.

[speeder]

The thing is, internet bullies like Higgins are punks in the real world, just like online. He's chuckling at his own cleverness while he tosses grade school level insults, but the anger is right there below the surface for all to see. I'm guessing that life ain't real satisfying up there in the wet part of the world, maybe things didn't turn out as planned, who knows...

Mr. Angry Man. His hard-on for cops, his hard-on for me, maybe not enough hard-ons for the ladies. I'm just guessing here, I'll admit. I shouldn't take his bait but I just hate bullies and punks like this guy. I'm sorry for anyone else who opened this thread that was supposed to be some light humor about a POS motorcycle and had to witness this ass hole's pathology.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Good lord, getting autobiographical there, Denis?

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Denis, just ignore these guys (and me), they are just jealous.

and bored.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

and bored.

Stop it, you're giving me the giggles and I'm trying to finish my beer

[yetibone]

Harley Davidson is so deep in the alpha male lexicon that to talk junk about an HD, or get your knuckles, shovels, and pans mixed up, is to insult the fellas who ride them.

[71scgc]

Lots of knowledge totally offset by lack of tact.
That's all.

As long as he feels better about himself, it's all good.

Carter

[speeder]

Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte

Good lord, getting autobiographical there, Denis?

Not at all. I have a pretty good life.

[asphaltgambler]

[QUOTE .......any idea how many were made? I do see these come up for sale periodically on the various H-D forums. Big, big bucks...

So, which would ultimately make more power, Thunderheads or XR1000 heads? I remember when the old XL List guys tried to regain the land speed record for stock 1000 cc pushrod twins from some guys who set it with a Guzzi. They tried and tried at Maxton (and possibly Bonneville) and finally gave up on any kind of Ironhead. They could not use the Thunderheads in their class. They then went to an Evo based bike and quite easily regained the record. That tells me even the twin carbureted XR1000 heads won't make Evo levels of power.

Unless, of course, one removes the aircleaner, like Speeder...[/QUOTE]


Jeff - I don't know actual numbers - but from the few people that I consider credible sources of info on topics like this - maybe a 800-1000 sets. While the XR heads were much improved combustion chamber / valve angles / port shape that design is still dated even when looking at mid-80's technology.

For what it's worth - my heads are stock 1957 castings with XR / Baisley valves, red shift springs, Baisley roller tip rockers, port / flowed and duel plugged by Zippers. The piston dome shape makes up for the half grape-fruit size combustion chamber. But the port size and cam lobe limitation is really too small to support my engine configuration. Unfortunately, they really the only choice, what works best. The XR and Thunder heads have smaller ports and less material to work with so they are out.

Interestingly enough, Zippers performance campaigned a 96" pro-stock iron head Sportster in the mid-late 80's that not only was competitive but consistently won and set records and was feared when all rivals were running (new) EVO setups.

Of course the head castings were stock but had machined huge ports and relocated valves where an tube insert was pressed in and then brazed.

[Jeff Higgins]

Geezus, yet another speeder melt-down. These seem to be increasing in both frequency and amplitude. Funny how every time he does this and someone calls him on it, he claims to "have a pretty good life"...

Denis, for a guy who loves to dish it out, you sure have a hard time taking it. A few of us gang up for some good-natured ribbing about your bike and your mattress and you get all butt hurt, like a little girl or something. You are providing the "show" here, not the rest of us, and it sure ain't pretty. Chill out, dood. Relax a little. Maybe a little more quality time with your mattress...

[Bill Douglas]

This chick is into "doin' it outdoors", the may enjoy the matteress.
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[Jeff Higgins]

That poor girl. Her look says it all - caught with speedy on his crunchy old mattress.

[Gogar]

Originally Posted by speeder

Jeff, you have the biggest chip on your shoulder of anyone on this forum. You should really see a professional about it, you have a more serious case of *little man complex* than varmint. Ok, maybe not worse but darn close.

Dude, you gotta admit that's waaaaay funnier because YOU said it.

FWIW I think your bike looks bad AZZ!

[speeder]

Jeff, you're a prick. You're not a nice person. No one is having a meltdown, I just called you a prick.

[speeder]

Quote de speeder

Jeff, you have the biggest chip on your shoulder of anyone on this forum. You should really see a professional about it, you have a more serious case of *little man complex* than varmint. Ok, maybe not worse but darn close.

Dude, you gotta admit that's waaaaay funnier because YOU said it.



FWIW I think your bike looks bad AZZ!

No, I don't get it. Maybe I'm not as hip as you or some others at the nuances of internet flaming, baiting and trolling.

I simply tell people what I think of them. When I see a bully and prick like Higgins, I do my best to give him a gentle kick in the teeth. He could have just told the guy who got his Harley trivia wrong, "no, you're mistaken." But he had to put him down, (a nice guy, BTW), because that's who he is.

I don't imagine Higgins as a midget like varmint, he's probably a larger guy with a bully personality. Maybe everyone reveals things they do not intend on here, I know you do.

[Gogar]

So Higgins is an A-hole, but You're just a guy who "tells it like it is." Got it.

[nostatic]

I believe this thread has over-run its course. Closed.