I am sure Ivan's kit is good. He has many satisfied customers. However, Dale Walker's kit that includes a 5 degree ignition advancer that is a work of art in itself. His instructions are clear and easy to follow and, in my experience with my 02 1200, the results are spectacular. When it was new, my bike was a cold-blooded and had flat spots in the powerband. With the Holeshot kit installed it starts and warms up quickly, it runs much more smoothly at all RPM, it runs cooler than before, and it makes better power everywhere. Dale's customer service is great. His expert advice is just a phone call or e-mail away. FWIW, I would go with Dale.
I have installed both kits (on seperate bikes of course) and the only thing a timing advancer did was create a very nasty idle on the bike it was installed on. (Just my experiance of course) There are a few others along with myself on the Bandit boards that would agree that a timing advancer is a waste of money.
I am not in anyway taking sides here. But Ivan's Dyno testing showed no performance gains with the installation of a timing advancer. (My seat of the pants testing would agree with Ivan).
The plus to Ivan's kit are his own tapered & adjustable needles which in comparing the two kits, provides a much better mid range kick in my mind. (however fuel economy suffers as a result). I am getting around 36 mpg, Dales kit users seem to get around 43. (The price I am paying for the mid range kick)
But like I said, I am not trying to bad mouth either kit, they both are a huge improvement over the bandit's lean stock jetting. Both kits are pretty much a folow the instructions & ride type thing.
But on that note, in the future I would just do my own jetting. It can be done for a fraction of the price.
I would go with:
20 3/8" holes in airbox (you could cover some back up if needed)
17.5 or 20.0 Pilot jets
110 or 112.5 Mains.
Needles with 4 shims
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