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I am thinking construct or buy turbo charger for my Buell XB12s.

On one Finland website http://www.proboost.fi/EN/wp_buell xb.html
i find turbo kit for XB, that you think about this thing?

I mail them yesterdayhttp://www.proboost.fi/EN/wp_buell%20xb.htmlI send them some questions about this kit. Here what whey answer:
Thanks for intressting our turbo kit for Buell.

Price is 2300€
Post and packing costs 150€
Turbo is Mitsubishi TD 04 HL-14 T and its orginal motor 0,5 bar
You can get 130 rwhp / 0,5 bar
Delivery time is 4 weeks.

How do you think 0,5 bar is enought?
I have stock engine with stock pistons, and i dont want to kill it)

I live in Thailand and is very difficult here with parts for Buell.
Thanks for your answers guys.
 
True the turbo itself is cheap but to get it running is not cheap. I'm no expert but that doesn't seem like a crazy price IMO.
 
Yeah 3 grand Is something that I would pay. People in Finland get an awesome price. If it was 2,300 I'd definitely be trying it out within the next couple weeks.

Sad how its an American bike yet no companies in the US are willing to make parts like this for us.
 
ericz should have some good input on this. Maybe PM him.
I am allready PM him, but he is don't answer yet
 
Maybe offer the kit without the with 500-750$ off the price so people can get the same turbo for cheaper but still support you in buying th kit. A barebone 1700$ kit would be tempting enough for me to even buy a xb again just to turbo it.
 
i have driven that yellow turbo xb9 a few miles :) just moved it from the shop to small local bike show. and today im going to visit a man who fabricated the kit :) that yellow one is the first with that bolt on -kit.

but for the prices. In finland that kit is cheap as hell! if you compare that here cheapest XBs with lots of miles costs over 5000€..
 
Just replied to your PM, Ravven.

I have only seen pictures of the Proboost kit but I have to defend their pricing. They (hopefully) are including new turbochargers with their kits, the extra injector controller, all of the intake and exhaust fabrication, and the little pieces and parts could easily add up to around $1500-$2000. Anyone can go buy cheap parts from the junkyard or cheap Chinese copies from ebay but in the end, you still end up with unreliable and/or worn out parts. I hate to think it is fair to compare new parts with junkyard parts when discussing a commercially available turbocharger kit.

Also, while the same turbocharger is often used on many brands and models of cars, the orientation and design of the outside of the turbine housing, compressor housing, wastegate actuator mounting, and inlet/outlet flange can greatly vary. Designing a turbocharger setup for a motorcycle requires the design to be specific to the turbocharger and makes it extremely difficult to make a universal kit to fit different turbochargers.

It's also extremely difficult to mesh cheap with performance!
 

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