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Founded in 1970 at Paramount,
California, by Perry and Nancy
Sands, Performance Machine
has a near legendary status in
the early years of the
development of the Harley-Davidson
custom parts and accessories
aftermarket. Fast forward 50 years and
PM is still a brakes and wheels design
and quality leader.
The technology may have evolved since
Perry Sands bought his first lathe and
welder 50 years ago, but the design
creativity, attention to detail and quality of
fit and finish that Perry coded into the
Performance Machine DNA is still its
hallmark, and still setting it apart as the
custom V-twin market's 'Go To' for brakes,
wheels and much else - from hand and foot
controls to air cleaners, primaries and
accessories.
In celebration of the past five decades of
machining performance, PM built a machine
that it believes "epitomizes performance -
our 50th Anniversary turbo charged 2017
Road Glide Standard has raised the bar in
the Performance Bagger category."
The stock 107 ci M-8 has been increased to
124 ci using the S&S Power Package that
includes forged pistons, big bore cylinders,
push rods, valve springs and gear driven
cams to add another 48 horsepower.
Just in case that still wasn't enough, PM
threw another 50 hp at it by way of a Trask
Performance Assault Turbo as its foundation
- you know, just to be on the safe side!
To balance the intake and exhaust flow PM
turned to Zipper's Performance for Stage 3
headwork (to extract the maximum power
of course) and added a Screamin' Eagle high
flow 64 mm EFI throttle body.
"To handle the massive power increases, we
upgraded the crank with a Dark Horse
unit," says PM's Sean Delshadi, "and a
Carillo Performance connecting rod. All this
power needed some robust kit to get it
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