Gidday guys ... have got myself a 2008 FXSTC ... only 1200 K`s on her when bought so still pretty tight ... still have restricted pipes and air cleaner but will soon be putting on some Freedom Shorty`s and a S&S Airstream aircleaner and filter to hopefully make her breath a little better ... of course as well as getting her remapped .

My question is even though it is still restricted shouldnt it be able to sit comfortably on more than a 100 K`s without feeling it is working overtime ... from Zero to 90 or 95 she pulls like the proverable train but sitting on that 100 k mark she feels real rough ... it does seem to get a little better if i push her up to the 110 or even 120 but i dont want to do any damage .

There have been  Bikes from my past  that have had dead spots in their rev range and i was wondering if this is possibly something simurlar ... yes i have come from a Sport bike back ground and i realise the Harley is never going to or is sursposed to rev like a Jap bike but surley a 96 cube engine should be able to sit on a 100 or 110 K`s without feeling  like there is something wrong .

Would love to hear all or any thoughts ... Tim . 

if ya using 6th gear and 110ks it will feel slugish at that speed 5th gear is the go and 6th for when ya 120km's and over

is fix for the issue is a set of cams

Thanks Ando , will give that a go ... have heard that before but wasnt sure how correct it was ... now of course what type of cams and what type of tuner , Lol ... just heard my wallet go ouch .

Tim .

TTS or powervision for a tuner

Cams
Andrews 57h
Tman 555
SE 204

Plenty out there

Some kind of tune , TTS , SEPST or whatever. IED wires from Nightrider work well , good bang for the buck.

Air filter changing , any way you choose. An HD 1499 drop in element from K&N works OK for the money,

Any freeflow muffler of your choice on the stock downpipes. Khromewerks as good as any and as well priced.

Those 3 changes will get your 96 breathing , and your "dead spot" will be gone. It's the stock factory EPA tune that's doing that to the bike right now.

Try those before any cam changes , you may be well surprised at the results for fairly low $ spend !

Thanks guys ... have the pipes , a set of Freedom Independence shortys , a little bit longer than Vance & Hines ... surrposedly a couple of guys who did the original designs for Vance & Hines left and started Freedom ... have a S & S Airstream Aircleaner and breather kit on the way ... it`s the one that has the sort of modern Teardrop look with some healthy air inlets in it .

Is SEPST the Screaming Eagle one and who make TTS and i know i should know better but what are IED wires .

I`m leaning towards what you have said Retroman and keeping my fingers crossed that the stock factory tune like you mention is the main reason for the lack of grunt .

I have this same question posted in the general discussions area as well i think and have had some great advice there too ... one main area i`ve been stuffing up it appears is changing into 6th gear way to early , I`ve been getting onto the motorway and changing up at about 100 which is way to early so it seems , so change of riding style is on the way , Lol ... so with all the friendly help and some humorous susgestions i will hopefully have a nice free reving beast soon enough .

Thanks guys ... this is why i joined the forum ... Tim .