after 4 days finally removed the engine.

Its still a Vrod though....

Holy cow Ralph, you've been busy.  Nice work.  Always good to have a backup bike!

Wow ... Both very nice.

Engine rebuild forced Ralphski? or just wanted an upgrade.

2nd bike looks ok, but give me a cvo springer any day :-).

more than likely i'll flash the ECU with a download for the first 1000? km's.

Quality parts + a well laid out plan + Hoody + Lushy = a good result 

Neville Lush is a legend, the only person I trust to tune my monsters

crank run out - 015" on one end, 006" on the other, WTF

picked up the engine from Hoody about a week ago now.

Google S&S break-in method for your heat cycles to get your head around what you are doing
here is another good read
http://harleytechtalk.com/index.php?topic=63237.0
AFR is important to get your rings seated
Could get your Tuner to email a break-in cal for your heat cycles

I think comparing a Yamkowhonsu multi to a rather large V twin air cooled in engineering and performance is a little unfair, as Harley Davidson have know for years their air cooled product was never cutting edge in comparison even in the 60's let alone the twenty first century, their aim was to build a machine that the owners felt repeatedly familiar with ,and with sound engineering practices that reflected the technology of the day suited to the engine being built .This customer target must have some credibility to it as i bought my first Harley in 75 and have had one ever since,[three Sportster's and three big twins].

That said , they can be made to perform much to a owners satisfaction . The dictates of design follow emission compliance as one priority ,the engines they manufacture are as good as they can be for the point in time of manufacture , i think the M8 will prove itself as another worthy hot rod big twin.

Run in on the dyno or some running before the dyno with an appropriate tune is up to the customer , i have  tended towards run in on dyno myself but that is me , as i found it convenient as well.But to run up a high comp engine with a tune based on shifting some lines around on a 3D map ,, i don't have that skill .

Turbo V Rods are an absolute cracker in their own right , but put a turbo or compressor on a R3 and you have another animal ,they are similar but not comparable.But you would be surprised at how similar the heads are laid out.

finally put the engine back in without too many issues.

that Pro Pipe still kooks the goods Ralphski. just sayin'

Sounds good

bike was dropped back today from Lushy.

Thats a LOVELY graph, that hold the tq very well

The pipe works pretty well on Ralph's bike. It was better than I thought it would be and still has the quiet baffle in it, although baffle is modified some. I really like those cams in an engine with good heads. They are a good performer and easier to tune than some. The pipe/cam are responsible for the very linear power curve and the bike sounds cool without killing babies three kms away.  

As per details by Ralph previous, 10.5 comp 263 cams and Hoody ported the 110 heads. 58 Throttle body. ( I would like a 62 but I am a bugger for that :-) !!  )