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Old 04-29-2009, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by BigSwede View Post
Dan, I tuned my Fatboy the same way you are looking to tune your bike. I did a stage 1 (filter and pipes) and used the Sportster needle/air mixture screw adjustments to get fairly close to what they needed to be. Took some time to get it to where I liked it, but it worked. This came among all the discussions that I needed a thunderjet kit to rejet everything and get a dyno tune. While I may not have gotten spot on, it was close enough and the bike ran well enough for me to be happy with it.
What Frank said. I used the 88 Sportster needle and a little tweak on the idle mixture on my softail. I had a Ness BS and a Fat Cat on it and it ran great.
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