Nuvey

Well, like I said, my opinions were based on the gearing of the front and rear sprocket only.. I don't know what the trany's ratio is, or anything else about the blackbird either.. I just got mine, and it's as close to bine stock as you can get a bike.. Haven't even changed out the air filter, or turn signals yet.. I won't even be able to ride it for a few months because of my military duties.. But now that I know what the speedo pickup is off of the sprocket, I might move it, or go with the 18t front.. But one of the reasons I'm on this board is to learn about the bike before I start changing it.. Learn from others is the cheapest way to mod a bike..

All my information is from a gearing standpoint.. And everything is relitive to your bike.. It might be different.. 1. A little better gas mileage if you are going a distance, city mileage will suffer 2. The chain might last a little longer, but I seriously doubt you'll notice a difference 3. Your acceleration will slow down 4. Top gear roll on will slow down too. 5. I'm not sure where the speedo pickup is, if it's taken off the front sprocket, then it'll make it wrong, if it's on the front wheel like most bikes, then it shouldn't change at all.. 6. Your overall top speed should increase a tiny bit, but with a bike like this that little bit wouldn't matter unless you hit those speeds all the time.. 7. It's a wet clutch setup, so it'll last quite a while anyways, but it will burn the clutch a little faster, but I wouldn't worry about it.. Personaly, I wouldn't do it, but it's up to you for your purposes.. If I were going to do it, I'd drop one or two teeth on the rear rather than up any on the front.. Just my opinions.. Take them as you will

So next to EFI, the Power commander is the greatest thing ever invented.. I've got a 97 Blackbird.. It's not bad.. Fun too.. But how realistic is it to take the EFI setup off of a newer model, I know quite a bit about engines, and motorcycles, and I know I'll need to put the FI cams on too.. I just like the easy controll that the PC3USB offers.. It also makes all other mods easier to set up... If anyone has done a conversion like this, let me know what was involved, if it worked for the better or worse.. And if anyone knows the cost of the EFI system for a newer Blackbird? Sorry, I've been typing that all day (had to leave for a few hours), and I missed out on what Helvet said about the upgrade kit.. So that answers my questions.. Next question is how much? I've just gotten the bike, I've put less than 100 miles since I got it, so forgive my lack of research into the mods there are for the bike.. Bought it on a whim, $2K couldn't pass it up for how clean the bike is, less than 9K miles on it.. Feeling the pinch in the wallet, so it'll be a little while before I can start making the bike "My own".. But I need to get an image of where i'm going with the bike before I start that way I can save on rework..