| Author | Message | ||
     Saintly |
I've been reading a lot of posts here lately, and the name: "Nallin Racing" comes up a lot. I did a search for Nallin Racing and now I'm confused. Are there two different companies called Nallin Racing? One is located in Colorado and owned by a guy named Aaron Wilson. The website for this place is: http://nallinracing.com although other than the website address, this site never uses the name Nallin Racing anywhere. They refer to themselves as NRHS The other Nallin Racing is in Shreveport, LA and owned by Brian Nallin. The website for this one is: http://www.realpages.com/sites/nallinracingheadservice What's the deal? Two companies? One company with two locations. Who's the real McCoy? | ||
| Josh_ |
Old site/old location, new site/new location. Note the copyright dates on the web pages. I'd forgotten what the old site looked like, I bought my stage 1 heads from them in that ere - back when it was in La. | ||
| Daves |
Other choices, CycleRama, talk to Pammy Hoban Brothers Racing, talk to John Revolution,talk to Brian Nallin any one would be a great choice as well as ones listed above. | ||
| Saintly |
OK, so let me get this straight. Nallin Racing moved to Colorado and is no longer owned by Brian Nallin? Also, I see that they(Wilson's site) offer big bore kits for the XB's. Am I correct in assuming that there are only TWO different kits. The smaller of the two kits will produce 1050 cc's in a 9R/S and 1250 cc's in a 12R/S. And the bigger of the 2 kits will yield 1200 cc's in the "9" and 1450 cc's in the "12"? This displacement difference between the "9" & "12" is due to the different stroke? | ||
| Daves |
http://www.revperf.com/default.aspx http://www.hobanbrothers.com/ http://www.cycle-rama.com/ | ||
| Court |
To quote a famous Buell Racer:
I sent my Buell to NRHS (Nallin Racing Head Service) in Colordao, yesterday. In a nutshell, it was started by Brian Nallin, sold to Aaron Wilson and is now owned and operated by Wilson. Nallin is no longer affiliated. Think "Sears and Roebuck". There are several capable folks out there, Ron Dickey (Axtell) is likely at the top of the list. Aaron Wilson and Wes Brown are right on his tail. Court | ||
| Blake |
Whoa, let's clarify a bit here. When it comes to performance engine work, Wes Brown of Cycle-Rama is Dr. Einstein to Aaron Wilson's Mr. Goodwrench. Meaning that Aaron Wilson is great at putting the parts together and optimally tuning an engine on the dyno. Wes Brown invents the parts and innovates them to stratospheric levels of performance; Wes knows and specifies which parts work best with each other going so far as to design his own optimized cam profiles and exhaust systems. I'm sure if he put his mind to it Aaron Wilson could follow in Wes' footsteps, but he is only just beginning, he still works a regular full time job. It's tough to do that and have any hope of attaining a level of expertise and innovation on par with a man who has Wes' decades of experience, amazing achievement and relentless enthusiasm for his work. Wes literally lives, breathes, eats, and sleeps performance engines. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=3842&post=115076#POST 115076 Yes, Brian Nallin abandoned NRHS and is now running the show at Revolution Performance. He's building the engines for all the new Confederate Wraiths. I think he may also be the engine man for Sean Higbee's FUSA Buell entry. What happened at NRHS is probably more akin to the break-up of Bell Telephone than the Sears Roebuck situation. Aaron Wilson sure has come a long way, no denying it. Just two short years ago Cycle-Rama was specifying and building engines for Mr. Wilson, engines which pushed the envelope of known American V-Twin perfomance capabilities, one of which was a 1650cc engine that powered the first ever sub 2001cc pushrod partially streamlined fuel entry to record a 200+mph land speed record. It SHATTERED the existing world record. Cycle-Rama built the engine, ported the heads, specified the exhaust tract, cams, pistons and pretty much shut down their shop in order to support that Team Elves effort. Pretty sure the current NRHS land speed machine is still using some of that same Cycle-Rama engine. Cycle-Rama and their customers routinely win national dyno shootouts and drag racing championships. I know Wes Brown, Wes Brown is a friend of mine, Aaron Wilson is no Wes Brown, Aaron Wilson is not in the same league as Wes Brown. Not sure Ron Dickey has anything on Wes Brown when it comes to making big HP. Not sure their fields of expertise entirely overlap. Big respect for Ron Dickey. I wish I knew Ron better. We've only talked on the telephone a couple times. His American V-Twin engine knowledge is definitely mongo big and hairy. I don't think he is as focused on high performance engine building as is Dr. Wes Brown. Hey, you forgot another accomplished member of the BadWeB family of performance engine professionals. To his credit, Brian Nallin, now of Revolution Performance, built a number of national championship racing engines including those for two ADBA drag racing championships and an AMA dirt track championship. Through those successes and others Brian has established a world-wide reputation as a renowned engine builder and head porter for American V-twins. Okay, I'm done. It's all good. You won't go wrong contracting with any of the above moto-heads to build a kick arse street bike. Go Buell enthusiasts! (Message edited by blake on July 14, 2005) | ||
| Ryker77 |
is there any good Buell tuners near north georgia? Once I complete the carb and dyna ingnition on my X1 I'll need it properly tuned. Also might have an issue with one of the heads. I'd love to have on of the above listed "pro" work on my bike. But distance is an issue. I really liked revolutions website. | ||
| Benm2 |
Ryker, I just went to the best local harley shop I could find. I found an old-school ex-drag racer guy with a practical museum of harley's in his shop window. Really, the kind of job that seems just TOO good. If you can find one of these guys (usually NOT at a harley dealer), then stop by the shop and see what they might be able to do. They tend to like to bs as well, which is always fun too. Over time, they've probably built their own "knowledge vault" of 'merican V-twin know-how, and wouldn't steer you too wrong. If you really want a more "scientific" approach, take a ride up to North Carolina, to Tilley's. Take the short way, up the Blue Ridge Parkway till the last possible moment, then break south east till you get there.  Ben | ||
| Pammy |
Ryker, call Kevin at Killer Creek HD in Roswell. He should be able to do something for you. He has a bit of performance in his blood. Tell him Pam sent you. |
