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I am a drag racer. I own a 2003 Harley-Davidson VRSCA Anniversary Edition that was build for drag racing. But my experience has overcome my motorcycle’s capabilities. I needed to build another motorcycle to go beyond the top speed of my bike to decrease my ET’s at the track. So I went all-in. I built, dismantled, and rebuilt to race specifications on stock displacement, another 2003 Harley-Davidson VRSCA. My objective was to exceed double the horsepower of a stock V-Rod. I did my research and found TTS-Performance out of England. Their claim is just that. The expected horsepower of the build using their SuperCharger will be double the horsepower of a stock early V-Rod. In one month I have an appointment with the only Dyno Tuner on the Eastern Seaboard that I would trust with this project. His name is Dan Thayer out of Corfu, NY.
I drag race my 2003 Harley-Davidson VRSCA Anniversary Edition. When I needed more power to match my experience, I paid a fantastic Harley-Davidson dealership to rebuild my engine to stock displacement with 2005 Screamin’ Eagle heads, SEII cams, and JE Pistons with a 12:1 compression ratio, and a K&N air filter, topless, all tuned by myself with the ThunderMax with Autotune. Over time I started working on the bike myself and added a Vance & Hines Competition Series 2-1 exhaust, 2006 Harley-Davidson VRX Destroyer throttle body, Destroyer injectors, a 2008 Harley-Davidson VRSC Slipper clutch, and a Fitzgerald Motorsports 26 Tooth front sprocket. I purchased the T-Max and the V&H from JP Cycles! When I needed even more power to match my experience, I decided right then to build my next bike on my own.
So I purchased another 2003 Harley-Davidson VRSCA but in the anodized silver package. I dismantled the bike completely. I spent two years accumulating exactly the right parts for every aspect of the build. Some parts were scarce. But I found them, eventually. Some parts were custom order and even custom built. I tracked down and bought the Specialty Service Tools. I even made tools such as for my method of installing bearings. I even invented a tool to pull and install the cylinder liners. I kept a running spreadsheet of every part number, description, vendor, price, and disposition. It’s easier to view the attached build sheet than it would be to describe the multitude of specialty parts I used to build this dedicated drag racing motorcycle.
As an autodidact, I was able to use compiled information from websites like 1130cc.com, as well as the official 2003 Harley-Davidson VRSCA Service Manual and the Clymer manual to complete this project on my own in my own workspace, at my own particular pace, with my own tools. It was incredibly rewarding to hear the bike start the first time. Then to ride it was pure joy. I’ve just returned from Florida where I performed the initial break-in. Now that I’ve returned home and have had no issues with the motorcycle, I will begin the final stage of the project. This involves SuperCharging it to achieve nearly double the horsepower of the original stock condition as it was when I purchased it.
Actually one of the tools I invented to be able to the build the bike is probably the most unique and creative part of what I did FOR the build of this bike. I invented a hand made cylinder liner puller/installer that was instrumental in the completion of the build.
Pride. I’d rather use the term ecstatic. I am ecstatic that my personally hand-built motorcycle started, drove, and completed an 800+ mile break-in period I trailered all the way to Florida to perform. As for pride, I assign that feeling to my Dad. At 82 and fighting his 4th cancer, he always stopped in my workshop and helped when I needed it.
That they are amazed that I was able to complete this project on my own, with a little help from some close friends and my Dad, of course!
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Sean’s masterpiece shows what his vision (and many of ours) of the perfect V-ROD racer is and he set the bar high for the rest of the V-ROD do it yourselfers.
VROD Sean is a great guy and fellow Vrodder he does great work !!! I’d trust him with my beloved VROD !!! Risky
This VRod build is an excellent example ofdedication to improve and enhance the power and speed to make this bike an excellent bike to top notch specifications. built bySeanC McIndoo
Nice ride!! Good job