All you sporty fans out there. Just got my cut down cam case back for my Buell. I know that the Buell is different, but uses the same sporty engine. It was great for the Headmaster to hook me up with Dan over at NRHS in Colorado. He has a milling machine that does it all and it came out beautiful. And yes Headmaster approved of this plug for Dan.

I have before and will show after pics of the work. Jimmy from Jimmy's V-Twins one of the local sponsors here will be the one to install the case and I am very happy about that as he does great work. I will also have the Buell high performance oil pump gear upgrade installed at the same time. This too will fit your sporty. There are lots of updates that you can do to your sporty that come from Buell parts.

I just had an oil cooler installed for heat. Does circulating the oil faster/harder provide any additional cooling potential? If so, is it worth the upgrade? I had the cam-plate switch on Betty for scavenging and frothing. Same deal here?

The high performance gear upgrade is not for circulating faster or harder, the stock one fails from abuse. If that happens it wipes out all your cams and you have a big problem. Buell engines have "103" hp from the factory and will spin up to or over 7,000 rpm. I don't suggest that you do that often.

If you ever have to have your cam cover taken off I would highly suggest that you do the upgrade. I haven't heard that sporty's have a gear problem.

Thanks for the info.

While I will take brief "spirited" runs out on the slab with Spinner, I'm usually wild-mousing around idiots plugging up all three lanes. Short bursts, 85 MPH tops, possibly a downshift utilized like a short after-burner. I doubt the 48s will break 95 MPH, downhill or over a cliff.

I do believe in upgrades, and if the cover comes off I'll check into your suggestion. Right now at +/-12K in total engine miles she's running okay. My wrench had her on the dyno in autumn after the cooler was first installed. He will conduct a longer test ride in spring when I pick her up. He says she's "running to spec" and he's a good wrench. He admits these bikes run hot.

The Buell runs hot too. I think that is the nature of the beast. I think that it will do well over 95 mph! I have a friend that has one and he said he did 115.

There is a buell mod which is a rocker box upgrade. It puts a pcv valve rather then the umbrella valves in the head and reroutes the spooge out of the engine. Nice mod.

I had a speedometer like that once myself. LOL.

I went into the MoCo homepage and checked the gear ratios of bikes like my 48, a Nightster and the new Custom 1200. It's the same transmission. If there is any difference (and I do not know if there is) it's the final drive on Custom. It's billed as a touring bike.

Early on I remarked at the shop that despite the war stories I felt "the ceiling" when pushing 95 MPH on the open road, with good barometric weather, nice pavement, my new slim body, fresh rubber, no corn fuel, and my spiffy new driving gloves. I got similar stories.

It dovetails the old joke we used to tell about the mythical 175 MPH Sportster. The faster the braggart tells us his Sportie goes, the shorter the time he's actually ridden.

I considered the Buell upper end. My shop has done several of these upgrades, along with changing out big twin motors to the 120R. I never saw any personal advantages.

Betty goes fast enough and hard enough to scare me now. The average comfortable cruising speed for me on Spinner on the slab is an indicated 73 MPH. In fact, if I let her settle down and find her own comfort zone without deliberately setting the speed, she is running at 73 MPH when I look down at the gauge.

As is my custom, I wind up spending more money on the bike's supension than I do on the engine. It's been my experience that a bike that "goes" but cannot "stop" or "dampen" is spooky and hence never wrung out. The best thing about my 48 is that heavier front end and her new Progressive shocks.

There might be one or two 175 mph sporty's around but their not running on the street. Their at the dry lake beds running through time traps so cal timing association (https://www.scta-bni.org) Check it out I have been to El Mirage, what an exciting event that is! I might have a pic of one of those 150 plus milers, I will include here. I have personally had the Buell up to 135 +/- starts to vibrate, not something that you want to do on a regular basis.

You should ride at a speed that is comfortable for you. But sometimes you just want to crank it on. There is something to say about a quarter turn throttle.

Here a two pics the first is the sporty and the second red, white and blue is a drag bike that was brought out for a flat out run.

That cut down case is real cool. I wish I had a sportster!

Don't wait. I put it off for too many years. I always had one when I was a kid, then I got into big-twins, yada, yada.

Sportsters are better than ever. I cannot stay off of mine. To me it's what Harleys should be. An engine, a seat and a throttle. Music is for your home stereo. I even made my Dyna look like a Sportster...

Here is a better pic of the Harley at El Marage ready to run!