In SA Mark Hood is the guy, I know that Bullet Cly Heads in Holden Hill CNC Ports all of Marks Heads and they make Great Torque and HP. But to be Honest you dont need to go to that extrem with a 1200 Sportster, My 06 makes alitte over 100 with the Right Pipes , Air Cleaner, Jetting and a SE 7000 Module.. Running V&H Short Shots you will never be in the Race

Hi guys.
There seems to be some confusion as to what I do and what I dont do. I do not use the services of anyone else to complete my work be it heads,cylinders,engines,transmissions,etc. I do use the services of specialist in some fields for specific tasks
{not head porting}, other than that all work is performed in house. I also exclusively use the dyno tuning services of Neville Lush Racing, as the proof of the job is in the final test , not the last opinion.

As you already have a 1200, a 1250 piston/cylinder bolt-in kit only is probably not going to give you the performance step up that you are expecting. Getting the best out of the engine would use a combination of attention to induction, compression,
head flow improvement, cams, proven performance exhaust, tuneable ECU, and dyno tune, all as a package. This is what I do!

There are big differences in what can be achieved as there is considerable base build spec variance in given engine families,
eg 110CVO and the Stage versions of the same capacity, or another example is the stock 1200 Sporty and the XR1200R.
All engines respond to well thought out packages which range from mild improvements to high performance ,
random choices give random results.

Mark Hood.

Which performance exhaust and induction/air cleaner systems would you guys recommend?

Sorry to let out your Secerts

Question 1:
For the Sporty a set of S&S taper turbo's on stock headers with balance pipe, an SE air cleaner assy ,a quallity ECM, and a visit to
Z Bikes Unlimited for a dyno tune would give decent results.

Other remark:
As for my business secrets being out of the bag so to speak ,your information is seriously out of date. I suggest you get in touch with any business that says they are doing my head work or any major work for that matter and get them to show you their invoices that have been made out to me.

Thanks for the info and contact Mark.

What a nice bike the 48.

A 1200 goes real good these days.You need to know how much money you want to spend then go to Hoody and tell him how much you got and he will tell you how much you get.

You need to be real and start with what you want to spend or you will waste time looking for the answer that is already there.If you are using a pro super tune take it to Neville Lush.There is no better to get you Harley running to the best it can be.If you have a fuel pac cheap system throw it in the rubbish and buy a system that re writes the factory computer.There is no better.

If you want the best 1200 sportster take the engine out and send it to Hoody .Pay the money.Get it back.Send to Neville to run in on the dyno and tune.

I have my own shop and send my machine work and heads to Hoody because I gaurantee my work.

 

Z

 Hi guys,

I have a XR1200X with Vanes and Hines 2-1-2 widow pipes and a SE tuner.  I would like a little more performance and was wondering what my options are?  I have read about the monster 1450 kits from the US but they require a fair bit of machining of the cases etc.  the bike is only 12 months old and has only done 1100kms.  It isnt my bike for long rides or for real performance as I have a BMW K1300R for that but I love to get a little more out of my bikes....  

 

Any ideas?

 

Bret

Hammer performance , google them!