I’ve got a 2014 street bob, and it’s finally time to replace the engine mounts. Are there any recommendations out there? Are the CCE mounts really worth the money? I prioritize handling on my bike, and I’m willing to pay more for the mounts if they’ll improve tracking/handling, especially at high speeds, but the CCE mounts are like 5x the cost of others, so I’d like to hear other recommendations or reviews of the CCE mounts before I decide to throw down for that.
thanks!

 

Stock mounts + Sputhe stabilizers is a hard combo to beat.

Dave

 

I'm into handling and really like scraping **** in curves. Get some Drag Specialities mounts, front and rear. Some really hard mounts so ya might notice some good vibrations but fantastic for keeping the drive train stable in curves. Changed both on my 07 Dyna at 60,000 miles. Got over 103,000 and mounts still feel like new.

 

It looks like stock style mounts with sputhe stabilizers will provide a big handling improvement, without the added vibration that I see reported with the CCE mounts, and at about half the cost of the CCE mounts. My next question then, in looking at OEM style mounts would be polyurethane, or rubber? Rubber sounds like it would provide more vibration isolation felt in the handlebars, but poly sounds like it would provide a better handling benefit, and hold up better against oil, sunlight, etc.

 

either would work if you get the sputhe. I'm running OEM with sputhe combo and they definetly help with the bikes stability in cornering.
if you're replacing, poly is a good choice, just make sure they don't squeak or require a lot of maintenance from squeaking. .

 

I just did the OEM replacements this winter. They work okay for me, however I’m not as spirited as you define

 

Stock mounts with front and rear tru trac, it's the winning combo. Sputhe or Allor Art would be good alternatives.

 

It's not OEM style mounts, it's OEM Harley mounts. You always want to protect against dumping oil on the mounts. It will break down the rubber.

Keep in mind, you are entering the rabbit hole. Once you start stabilizing this, another part starts to show it's weakness, and you have to upgrade that part. I have dumped large amounts of cash into my bike for example, and now I have to stiffen up the swingarm and do something different with the swing arm bushing to get rid of the play. I am feeling that now after getting everything else dialed in. Mind you, I'm taking about speeds at 120+.

Dave

 

OP, take note of the above quote as it is 100% on point. I have a '16 FXDLS and the stock handling is atrocious for "premium suspension". I have shimmed my stock front mount and both stock front and back are in great shape at 9,600 miles to date. I added the Sputhe front stabilizer after first confirming that the bike was correctly aligned front to rear. I have yet to install the rear (work schedule keeps me swamped lately...), however after installing the front alone, the handling was vastly improved.

Typically, "most" ill handling issues are due to bad or poorly setup front and rear suspension. If you were to correct this first, you would likely fix 95% of the Dyna handling issues (other models too). What the Sputhe (and Tru-Trac) both do is give the Dyna chassis three (3) points of stabilization as these engines shake both fore/aft and sideways. Keep in mind that the engine to chassis alignment is "off" from the start based on the design so correcting these items together helps create correct handling.

I plan to replace both the front and rear suspension to true, high-end components (RWD, Ohlins, Legend, GP, etc.) and get them setup correctly first before tweaking anything else (other than completing the Sputhe stabilizer installation) as presently while the bike is fairly stable at speed (only the speed limit...sir...lol), it handles road irregularities, potholes, expansion joints etc. horribly. This is only due to the poor quality of the stock suspension. As with any "improvement", in for a penny, in for a pound (suspension, engines, etc.).

Good Luck!

 

Thanks for all the feedback! A little more background, I have Ohlins blackline shocks on the rear, and a full inverted Ohlins front end on the... front (obviously). While that suspension improved a lot of the ride and handling, including improving the twitchiness, it still existed slightly, but not anything that prevented me from keeping up with friends on BMWs and sportbikes. However, recently I noticed that at high speeds (120+) I would get wobble in the front end even on straightaways. Shortly thereafter, on a long ride the bike suddenly developed a strange vibration upon deceleration and that's when I inspected the front motor mount and found that the rubber was completely torn on one side. I do all my own maintenance and have always been careful to put a piece of cardboard under the oil filter so that no oil would spill on the bike, but I guess after 25,000 miles the motor mount had just had enough.
Since my bike seemed to handle pretty well to begin with, I've decided I'm going to go with an OEM HD mount, see how that does, and then add the Sputhe stabilizers if I need more improvement.