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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 08:02 PM
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Hope HD is making a ton of cash on the crummy compensators they have put in and sold to us. I don't understand why there has not been a recall on these.
Think it might be time for a class action suit to get them to step up and fix a known problem.
Sorry to vent but I am on my third and just 82,000 miles.
Just would be right that they make things right..........
 
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 08:09 PM
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I went to Baker after 3 regular comps and one Screaming Eagle....
 
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 08:46 PM
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What bike? What year? Trolling?
 
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 08:53 PM
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2009 Ultra Classic
 
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 08:58 PM
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I have an SE (the one before the glue in thingie) & zero problems.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 09:14 PM
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I have an 09 Ultra, big heavy loads, big heavy throttle, change fluids annually or more if needed and no problems what so ever. What is going on here. Probably should not have said anything, carry on.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2018 | 06:13 AM
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Compensator problems are very well known.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2018 | 09:14 AM
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Yup, I swapped mine out around 30000 miles on a 2009 Road King Classic.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2018 | 09:31 AM
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I installed a Baker compensator and haven’t looked back. No problems ever since the install.
 
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