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Ive got both CV and S&S Super/Short Es and like them both. **IF you go CV, go to this site and follow their instructions and buy their kits. Well worth it.
See: https://cv-performance.com/
Fair disclosure, I HATE CV carbs on everything I have ran across, especially Asian 4 carb racks of them on 4cyls,, never can get them to run consistent across all 4. So when I ran into them on some Sportsters and a buell I was prepared to hate them as well.
I had a few people tell me how good they can be if dialed in. I learned that I was wrong to hate ALL CVs,, I still do on other bikes but the HD CV (Keihen or whoever makes them) is a damn good carb.
The CV Performance site is a treasure trove, see the tech posts, But I can say the guy who runs it treated me real well and is really good at standing behind his parts as well as customer service & Tech support. I was impressed.
However there IS tons of used S&S carbies out there,, I like them as well,, not as sophisticated but well made and easy to run. There was one in the classifieds a few days ago, cheap! $$$ I think $125?? (Maybe I was hallucinating?) I picked up another on ebay last year. It also went cheap, was almost brand new. Probably less than an hours run time. No one else bid and I got it super good deal, but the Douche Nozzle seller jacked me around on the shipping,, It finally got resolved ( I think he had sellers remorse or was bummed it didnt get more bids)
I see people sell bodies and other parts off them too. About the only thing that goes wrong with them, except idiots who damage them is the throttle shafts get loose but thats repairable (Sleeve/bushing)
Used CV take offs come up a lot as well. Not hard to find.
See: https://cv-performance.com/
Fair disclosure, I HATE CV carbs on everything I have ran across, especially Asian 4 carb racks of them on 4cyls,, never can get them to run consistent across all 4. So when I ran into them on some Sportsters and a buell I was prepared to hate them as well.
I had a few people tell me how good they can be if dialed in. I learned that I was wrong to hate ALL CVs,, I still do on other bikes but the HD CV (Keihen or whoever makes them) is a damn good carb.
The CV Performance site is a treasure trove, see the tech posts, But I can say the guy who runs it treated me real well and is really good at standing behind his parts as well as customer service & Tech support. I was impressed.
However there IS tons of used S&S carbies out there,, I like them as well,, not as sophisticated but well made and easy to run. There was one in the classifieds a few days ago, cheap! $$$ I think $125?? (Maybe I was hallucinating?) I picked up another on ebay last year. It also went cheap, was almost brand new. Probably less than an hours run time. No one else bid and I got it super good deal, but the Douche Nozzle seller jacked me around on the shipping,, It finally got resolved ( I think he had sellers remorse or was bummed it didnt get more bids)
I see people sell bodies and other parts off them too. About the only thing that goes wrong with them, except idiots who damage them is the throttle shafts get loose but thats repairable (Sleeve/bushing)
Used CV take offs come up a lot as well. Not hard to find.
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