Well, picking the wheels back up tomorrow. The dude felt really bad about the whole ordeal. He is saying came out really clean, I think he did some kind of chemical stripping but am not entirely sure.

Fingers crossed.

 

All seems to be right in the world after about 40 miles. We will need to get a couple more rides under the belt to say it's earned my trust but at this point, pretty happy the saga of powder coated wheels is moving further in the rear view. After riding my M8 for the past couple weeks I forgot how smooth the twin cam is up above 3K RPMs. Really fun machine.

 

The wheels came out really nice.

 

Thanks man ! Big improvement aesthetically from the old wheels, I'm happy.

Put 150 hard'ish miles on the bike today, nut and bolt checked everything I touched after and all tight as I left it - Including the pulley bolts I am now mildly paranoid about.

Bike is pretty much done for the time being and my main goal is to start piling miles on it.

 

Well, who can pass up a great deal ? Not me ! A member was getting rid of his 14in REVO Arc’s so I did what any rational person would do and upgraded my 14in REVO A’s. Truth be told mine needed a rebuild so that was a part of the justification matrix. The little bit of added stroke is noticeable and I am pleasantly surprised with how big of an upgrade this was.



I’ve put almost 2K miles on the bike since my last update here and all is mostly well. I swear, the bike vibrates a lot. Most prevalent is around 2K RPM especially on decel but even on accel it’s enough to rattle the 1/4 fairing that was on. It’s kinda funny how it goes from real vibratey or buzzy to very smoothe. At high speed cruise it’s very smoothe and despite all the buzz at various RPM’s, my hands, feet and *** never get too upset.

First issue has popped up last night after a pretty horrific commute home that included a TON of traffic and idle time. Noticed some oil behind the mid-control, cleaned it up and took the bike for a quick rip and no leak. Another hour commute this AM with some traffic and the leak is back, no drips on the ground so only seems to be leaking while in-use. Does this look like a shift shaft seal leak to the seasoned guys ?

 

Yes..
And for the vibration check your front isolator by the factory service manual..
Also check the rear..

 

Thanks on shift shaft seal leak- looks like it’s a gem to change.

I’ve messed with the front mount a bit, did the shim thing but it only took one standard washer and I really didn’t notice a difference. Admittedly, I have not gone through the inspection process per the manual - I should and will take you up on that. I do wonder if the Sputhe stabilizers are playing a role here….

Thanks for the feedback.

 

Is there a leak showing on the back side of the primary where the shaft enters as well? There is a single seal that sits inside the primary where the tunnel halves of the cover meet. It's just a foam rubber piece with adhesive backing on one side and you'd really only need to pull the outer primary to get to it.

When you installed the Sputhe did you follow the engine alignment procedure before tightening everything down?

BTW, bike looks great with the 14's! Lucky that you have a short pipe and avoided interference/

 

No, but I’ll grab one the next time I’m outside.

I did not install the stabilizers, was done at a shop while a bunch of other work was being done - what makes it tough is I don’t have any baseline - the work was done over the winter and I really only put a couple miles on the bike right after I got it in some inclement weather making sure I wasn’t going to get a lemon before I dropped it off, that coupled with this being my first twin cam gives me no perspective for normal. I’ll ask the shop if they did the alignment procedure.

And thanks on the compliment, Agreed ! I pulled a set of 14’s off so I was confident plug and play and this time…only, my confidence was not misguided.

 

So, definitely wet on the backside of the primary in the area the shaft enters.