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YEAH!!! Found a good '05 790 Speedmaster black/sky blue perfect conditions for a very good price. Only 4000 miles on it. Signed the contract, next 8 may 07 will be at home. I'm preparing also for intake + AI + handmade complete stainless steel pipes + 904cc big bore mods. I want to do also a mild steet use head work... Here a picture of the bike: 
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I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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I'll document and post every mods with some pictures and details.
The bender machine building the pipes, the intake mods with 2 big oval holes (above and bottom), the valve on AI system and so on.
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Should be Riding
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Congrats on the bike!!
Soren
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Congratulations Mechano. I'll bet you can't wait.
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Do you know the name of the color of my bike?
Is a sky blue or neon blue?
I think it's one of the last 2004 790 registered in may 2005...
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Thats the sky blue, the neon blue is what mike57 has for an avatar the post above yours.
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Ditto. Just got home my my new (to me) '04 America (cottonwood green/silver). I want to return the handlebars to stock, can anyone give me the correct dimensions for a stock set? The former owner put on a set of really nice Carlini bars but they don't fit me at all and I felt really cramped.
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Don't you hate it when you're the newbie? I found the answer to my own question in the Tech vault/Dimensions forum.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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I was just going to send you a PM. gangsta has a stock set for sell. Look in Classifieds. The post is : Misc parts for Bonneville America & T-100. Good to have you aboard. What part of the state are you in?
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Thats a nice looking speedy Mechano.
Enjoy your rides.
Take plenty of pics while doin your mods so we all can learn.
Derek
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Congrats Mechano - Glad to see you found your bike. The search was obviously worth it
...yes, that is a single seat...no, I will not put the other seat on...yes, I am selfish...yes, you should buy your own bike
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Welcome Mechano and oldroadie.
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congrats on the bike...looking forward to seeing the pipes..
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I'm DeKalb county in the north east corner of Alabama adjacent to Lookout Valley.
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Congrats Robert! Nice looking bike, will we se you at the Euromeet in Sweden in August then?  Johann
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Are you planning any brake mods? The stock pads are not very good. A set of semi-metallics do wonders.
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
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"There is no cure for Celibacy. But we can treat the symptoms."
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Semi metalic and metalic pads last longer but wear out the rotor as compared to organic.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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The first time your semi-metallics stop you a hair away from danger/pain/injury, you'll realize an increase in rotor wear is a small price to pay.
I don't care about the wear rate, semi-metallics stop you sooner. Too many people do mods to make their bike faster but don't improve the braking to match.
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
The Hayabusa Killa
16" Shorties/140 mains/Airbox drilled
Procom CDI
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07 TBA Pacific Blue and White.. stock for now!
A bike has half the wheels my cage does.. but 3x the fun factor
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Ok the bike is at home and is very nice! But it's less comfotable than the America. Maybe the handlebars are not in good position and of a comfortable shape. I've ridden for a while and can write some impressions... The bike is very poor of torque at low ranges than the one delivered by my ZRX1200 and my previous '04 XL1200C. Yes I can't ask the same torque to an engine with 400cc less than that bikes. But I see it has an awesome progression over 4-5000rpm. It doesn't seem a bike with only 52 wheel HP!!! In the paper the '04 XL1200C has 80bhp (with tax payd) but it hasn't the same speed and progression of this 790 engine! I notice lot of backfiring into the pipes releasing the throttle. And a flat spot between 3000-4000 rpm. If low end torque was an issue maybe it was better for me to buy an 865 instead of a 790. I'll look after if a 904 kit can correct this. The bike is stock of course, but I want to ask what in details the pipes+airbox mods will correct? Will the bike receive also more oomph at low end rpm? What your impressions when you removed this restrictions? I've the impression there's a modern and quite sport attitude engine in the wrong bike... 
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I've the impression there's a modern and quite sport attitude engine in the wrong bike...
Correction = in the right bike!
After some mods like jetting, airboxmods/freak and less restrictive pipes you have a totally different bike.
Torque is the weak point in our bikes due to displacement but i just love to keep up the rews anyway and dont care.. if i would wanted torque i would have bought a tractor...or a Harley
/Johann
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You will definately notice an improvement across the range with AI , airbox , exhaust , jetting mods. Don't expect too much. I went from 52HP to 65 HP with those mods. To me thats a huge gain.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Yes I'm not interested in high end power. I prefer a better overall driveability. Today I used the bike for some other miles and the engine is becoming better, more fluid, maybe the previous owner didn't use for long time and a bi of road is freeing it.
Anyway a good bike,, bigger than a Sportster and more comfortable both alone or with the passenger.
On the Sporty I felt like a big man on a small bike.
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13bhp is 20%, a big gain!
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