October 27, 2009

More FXR

Ran into Scott Long of Central Coast Cycles a few weeks ago, over at Sugar Bear's birthday party.
So how'd you squeeze 117 horses out of this 96", Scott?




"...with just under 11:1 compression on this engine. 54mm CV carb. I came from drag racing, so it’s a combination thing. Everything has to talk to each other. Even the right gearing helps."


"At 4000rpm, it already puts out about 115hp and it runs over 7000rpm. It’s a great riding bike, these FXR’s. Stops when you want, goes when you want it to. Just to shoot down the coast for the weekend or fly down the 5 freeway, it’s a great ride."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Without a doubt, one of my favorite builders.
Cool mother fucker.

Anonymous said...

got to ride with scott a little bit in sturgis o8, nice guy, good bikes he builds...