JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH HORSEPOWER A VTX 1300 COULD PRODUCE AND WHAT GOOD AFTERMARKET ADD ONS YOU COULD GET TO HELP. I HAD MINE DYNOED AND WAS DISSAPOINTED ONLY 64 H.P IM GOING WITH MONSTERS TO TRY AND HELP B/C CURRENTLY I DON'T RUN BAFFLES. :twisted:
HOW MUCH H.P. CAN YOU GET OUT OF A 1300?
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Not banging on you Brent, just venting
I love these How much HP
How fast can I go
Dissapointed with HP threads
Sure I Installed Big Shots, wanted the look and THAT sound
I installed an UltraFlow, again for the look
Do I like the increased performance ?...hell yes
But if you want a "power cruiser"
sell your 1300 and buy an 1800
cause the 1300 is what it is, a great cruiser.
Spencer :twisted:
I love these How much HP
How fast can I go
Dissapointed with HP threads
Sure I Installed Big Shots, wanted the look and THAT sound
I installed an UltraFlow, again for the look
Do I like the increased performance ?...hell yes
But if you want a "power cruiser"
sell your 1300 and buy an 1800
cause the 1300 is what it is, a great cruiser.
Spencer :twisted:
Several things
Brent:
Several things can be done. Pipes, jets, airboxes, nitros, on and on. After spending hundreds, if not thousands of bucks, you might gain 5-7 horsepower and many decibels of noise. If you want loads of power, the VTX 1300 is not the bike for you. If power is your top priority, there's the Gold Wing, ST 1300, VTX 1800, Harley VRod, Yamaha V-Max,and a miriad of sport bikes of different ccs and horsepower ratings, the list goes on and on. Like Spencer said and others have said before, the VTX is a beautiful bike and a great cruiser, but not worth crap as a drag racing bike. It's a matter of personal preferences and priorities, a take it or leave it situation.
I'll take it.
Brent:
Several things can be done. Pipes, jets, airboxes, nitros, on and on. After spending hundreds, if not thousands of bucks, you might gain 5-7 horsepower and many decibels of noise. If you want loads of power, the VTX 1300 is not the bike for you. If power is your top priority, there's the Gold Wing, ST 1300, VTX 1800, Harley VRod, Yamaha V-Max,and a miriad of sport bikes of different ccs and horsepower ratings, the list goes on and on. Like Spencer said and others have said before, the VTX is a beautiful bike and a great cruiser, but not worth crap as a drag racing bike. It's a matter of personal preferences and priorities, a take it or leave it situation.
I'll take it.
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Brent,
Remove left side cover, unharness & remove mice, replace with rats....will add 4 hp....
Good Luck.... and everyone knows Black is 1 hp faster than all of the other colors!
Remove left side cover, unharness & remove mice, replace with rats....will add 4 hp....
Good Luck.... and everyone knows Black is 1 hp faster than all of the other colors!
No foul here
and I meant nothing personal
I see no problem with getting the most out of what you ride
I've ridden 50cc two stroke sport bikes that were a blast
and GP bikes that had so much power nobody could use it all
and weren't even fun, they were so much work to ride.
I love my 1300
I have had now 22 motorcycles in my 39 years
a brief and humbling road race career
four years running the southern Star drag race circuit
ridden bikes that were waaaaay over my head
I chose the 1300 because it is what it is
and it has been the most satisfying motorcycle I have owned
Especially now that I have gone solo (need to post new pic of bike)
It is not a sportbike, it is not a HD, it is not a dragbike, and it's not an 1800. IMHO it's much more (sorry Spike :twisted: )
Spencer
and I meant nothing personal
I see no problem with getting the most out of what you ride
I've ridden 50cc two stroke sport bikes that were a blast
and GP bikes that had so much power nobody could use it all
and weren't even fun, they were so much work to ride.
I love my 1300
I have had now 22 motorcycles in my 39 years
a brief and humbling road race career
four years running the southern Star drag race circuit
ridden bikes that were waaaaay over my head
I chose the 1300 because it is what it is
and it has been the most satisfying motorcycle I have owned
Especially now that I have gone solo (need to post new pic of bike)
It is not a sportbike, it is not a HD, it is not a dragbike, and it's not an 1800. IMHO it's much more (sorry Spike :twisted: )
Spencer
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About 300 HP at the wheel......but that would be a 1300 Busa with a turbocharger.. :lol:
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silvervtx04s said:
310 @ 12# of boost is what I have.
Look anything can be done the bottom line is power cost $$$$$
soooooooo How fast do you want to spend????
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A better breather and a set of pipes with a rejet is about as good as you're going to get and still be cost effective. Trying to do much more and you are hitting the point of diminishing returns. Of course, if money is no object, you can do anything. Nitous, supercharger, turbo, whatever.
A better breather and a set of pipes with a rejet is about as good as you're going to get and still be cost effective. Trying to do much more and you are hitting the point of diminishing returns. Of course, if money is no object, you can do anything. Nitous, supercharger, turbo, whatever.
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·Not for nothin', but is your caps lock key broken?
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·Well said Spencer. That's how I feel, although I am interested in how much I gained with the UltraFlow and Speedsters.Spencer said:Not banging on you Brent, just venting
I love these How much HP
How fast can I go
Dissapointed with HP threads
Sure I Installed Big Shots, wanted the look and THAT sound
I installed an UltraFlow, again for the look
Do I like the increased performance ?...hell yes
But if you want a "power cruiser"
sell your 1300 and buy an 1800
cause the 1300 is what it is, a great cruiser.
Spencer :twisted:
I'm looking forward to seeing a pic of the new look.
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there is no kits, so how much boost you want?VTX4BRENT said:JOHNNYCHEESE YOU SEEM TO KNOW ALOT ABOUT THIS STUFF. WHERE CAN I GET A TURBO OR A SUPERCHARGER? :
this will give you a ball park on cost
if you go low boost about 8,000-10,000K (4-6# of boost)
anything higher is going to be BIG $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Johnnycheese, when you said I would be spending a good bit I did'know it would be that much I think. I would just buy another bike to play on with a little more H.P. maybe a gsxr 1000. That would probably be more practical for me other than doing that much to my x. i could play on the 1000 and ride my 1300.
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no problem you are like all the rest of VTX1300 owners that want more and someone tells them the $$$ and then it is well I would just buy another bike.VTX4BRENT said:
DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I beleive that was the first answer to you question :roll:
PS the new Gsxr1000 has over 150 hp and yes there is a bolt on turbo kit for them :idea:
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