1998-2003 XL1200S Ignition Replacement

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1998-2003 XL1200S Ignition Replacement

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speedzter
yesterday

Is that SE ignition module plug & play 😮
I don't know much about Sporties, but i don't recall them using that style module - a bit of re-wiring needed maybe !
Maybe educate us .

Hilly
20 hours ago

Fair enough, so for the first two years of the sporty sport they had the same 1200 engine and ignition as the others of those years, that is 96 and 97, in 98 they changed to twin plug heads, single fire, 4 post coil, a twin plugged ignition module under the seat that takes input from a MAP sensor instead of Voes, a different pick up cup with 6 slots I think, rev limiter set at 5800 ish and W cam's, compression ratio was raised to 10-1 as well. There's more but that's the big bits I think.
Naturally there is a bit left on the table even with those changes, enter the SE catalogue, they released two SE ignition modules, one had the rev limiter at 6800 the other 7500, there is some timing differences between the two, I'm not full bottle on that as yet but both offer more giddy up than stock, obviously you wouldn't want to be hitting those limiters with a stock set up valve train wise.
The modules came out in kits with a coil, 3 for each module, best I can ascertain was the difference between each of the kits of three was the colour of the coil.
I believe the kit I brought was sold under the part number 32737-98, the seller has thrown in the SE leads, a spare MAP sensor and a pick up cup, I don't need them but hey, spares.
I have some literature in the shed somewhere with more on it as when I had my 96 sporty sport I looked into bringing it up to the 98 model specs, never did get around to it but I think the research stuff is kicking about, there was a lot involved, more than I was prepared to take on at the time.
So that's about where I'm at for now, waiting on the bike to arrive and some minor but desirable (to me) extra's.

speedzter
19 hours ago

Haha, good info !
(Well I did ask ) 😁
I just hadn't seen the twin cam style Ignition module on a sporty before.

Rextheute2022
2 hours ago

The later ones were absolute hellfire crackers i had an 02 - and yes did rev to over 6 k , went like a demon .
Fast Loud and all kinds of fun .
https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/motorcycle-road-test-harley-davidson-xl1200s-sportster-sport/

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1998-2003 XL1200S Ignition Replacement

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