Speeds Performance Plus Adds 30% More HP | In-N-Out Hop-Up

Indepth Most people go to the major rallies to meet up with old friends, make new friends, find the best local back roads, ale houses, and Ma and Pa barbecue joints. But then there are those that travel thousands of miles to get their bikes tuned up, hopped up, or to just shoot the breeze with their favorite mechanics. This group we'll call "Speed Freaks," and this is absolutely meant as a compliment not as a derogatory term you maybe used to calling that loadie holed up in the singlewide at the edge of town.

Similar to The Dead (or Phish for the younger generation), the Hanson clan (Wayne Hanson and his two sons Jamie and Jason along with their pal, Arvid) make up the Speed's Performance Plus (SPP) team, which travels the country stopping at all the big rallies and puts a smile on its group of dedicated fans. However, instead of hocking brownies and balloons, SPP sets up its awning/mobile store and dyno room and gets to work performing everything from oil changes to dyno tuning to motor builds. While some of SPP's customers are people who just happen to roll up, many are returning customers who know exactly when and where they would be set up. Often times returning customers have reservations in advance at the beginning of the rally so that they can enjoy their refreshed or hopped-up engine the rest of the rally. This was the case when we rolled up to the SPP booth on the corner of Main and Lazelle (across the street from McDonalds) at the beginning of last year's 69th Sturgis Rally. A returning customer, John from Arizona, had purchased a brand new '09 Ultra Classic. John left his Ultra completely stock knowing that he wanted SPP to add some juice to it with new cams and mufflers when he got out to the rally. When we showed up, John's bike had just been dyno'd to get some baseline numbers (63.16 hp, 78.41 lb-ft torque), before the SPP team started the install.