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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by soft 02
Thanks. I'd appreciate that. Are the early dwellings similar to a new SE comp.
I don't know what you mean by that, but so far its exactly like a new SE comp. quiet, no bad clunk going into gear easy to find neutral. very happy so far
 
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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by harleycharlie1992
I don't know what you mean by that, but so far its exactly like a new SE comp. quiet, no bad clunk going into gear easy to find neutral. very happy so far
Just curious if it felt different.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2014 | 08:11 PM
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10 k and my SE comp is rattling a little. Man these things suck!
 
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 12:15 PM
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HarleyCharlie, any updates on this? My SE comp is starting to clunk, looking at alternatives and this looked promising. Talke to BDL today about how it works.

Curious if you have any more miles on it and any other feedback?
 
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 09:58 AM
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I'm up to about 1500 miles and no problems at all, so far quite happy, and really its the only real game in town as of right now. As the weather is starting to turn nice, I will be putting many more miles on it, seems to be working as advertized,
 
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 10:59 PM
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I too just installed the BDL compensator. Install was time consuming but pretty straight forward. Seems to be working well so far. Noticed a little extra noise around the compensator area when idling and at low speed, low RPM. I'm not too concerned about it at this point.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 04:01 AM
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Harleycharlie's last post was back in April. I'm curious to know if he's still happy 2 months later.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 08:08 AM
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Harleycharlie's last post was back in April. I'm curious to know if he's still happy 2 months later.
still very happy!!
 
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Originally Posted by harleycharlie1992
still very happy!!
Good, I am installing mine in the next 2 weeks.
 
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Too scarred to put this on a 124". Im still holding out for DH's.
 
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