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Screaming eagle roadking valve train Noise?
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Cruiser
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From: Sugar Grove,Illinois
Screaming eagle roadking valve train Noise?
Just bought a 05 Roadking that had a screaming eagle 103 kit installed before delivery,Bill was $6800 WOW,It has Sceaming eagle STRK Flyw and rods,Ported Screaming Eagle heads,crane evo roller rockers,HTCC stroker pistons,SE260Cam kit,The original owner had it back to the dealer a few times for excessive vavle train noise????Went on my first ride about 50 miles and it sounds alittle noisy too me,I have asked a few people and get MIXED answer,the bike has 4000 miles on it,And last dealer invoice the mechanic States VALVE TRAIN WILL BE NOISY!!!Also since I have a dealer warranty want to make sure???Thanks for the help.Ken
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Cruiser
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Money didnt seem to be a Problem for the original owner,I saw the invoice and it was $34,000,It was done to the Bike BRAND New 0 miles now it has 4000 miles and I am thinking of Using AMSOIL???
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The cam lift , coupled with the valve spring pressures and the roller lifters will be noisy. Oil type will not have an effect except that syn may be noisier than conventional, I do not know this from experience , it is just what I have been told. I have a similar set up with 251 cams and it makes some noise not terrible just noisier than it had been used to. I run 20/50 conventional. The talk here has been straight 50 will quiet things down.
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Run the snot out of it! That's what warranty is for.
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Obviously you have just under a year on the bike, has the noise increased or decreased?
I just picked up a 2006 Ultra with the same basic set up. Bike is FAST and pulls like a freight train, but right at 2800 rpms it sounds like the rockers are hitting the valve cover. Maybe it's not that noisy and the fairing just amplify's it?????
I just picked up a 2006 Ultra with the same basic set up. Bike is FAST and pulls like a freight train, but right at 2800 rpms it sounds like the rockers are hitting the valve cover. Maybe it's not that noisy and the fairing just amplify's it?????
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What dealer warranty?????? I am sure H-D will not warranty based on what one reads in the Screamin" Eagle book. I would feel confident that a call to the H-D factory supplying them with the build details would tell you the same...NO Warranty