What conmpensator did you use?
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Road Master
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From: Phoenix Arizona
What conmpensator did you use?
Howdy,
Stock might be ok. Sadly many owners have had problems with stock comps. Some at low milage and some after high milage, duh...
As a preventative, Since I am pulling the primary cover off, I am going to replace to replace the compensator.
What did you use?
Stock might be ok. Sadly many owners have had problems with stock comps. Some at low milage and some after high milage, duh...
As a preventative, Since I am pulling the primary cover off, I am going to replace to replace the compensator.
What did you use?
Road Master
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From: Bloomington, IN
I've got 200,000 miles on my stock unit and it looks/sounds fine. I think riding habits have to do with early failures. I always start the bike shifted into neutral when cold, give it a proper warm up, and don't do burn-outs and such.
In fact, I'm the opposite of the "you gotta get the HD stuff out of there" crowd. I prefer OEM as much as possible based on my experiences.
In fact, I'm the opposite of the "you gotta get the HD stuff out of there" crowd. I prefer OEM as much as possible based on my experiences.
Road Master
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From: Sarasota Florida
I used a Star Racing billet comp on all my high power builds
https://www.fuelmotousa.com/i-238991...CB70TYTbSrg5QM
https://www.fuelmotousa.com/i-238991...CB70TYTbSrg5QM
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From: Massachusetts
I used a Star Racing billet comp on all my high power builds
https://www.fuelmotousa.com/i-238991...CB70TYTbSrg5QM
https://www.fuelmotousa.com/i-238991...CB70TYTbSrg5QM
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From: Snow Hill, NC
On my 07 I went through 2 stock and 1 SE all failed and the last one I installed was a Baker. This was at around 90000 miles and the bike now has about 125000 and someone I know well has it and it still performs well.
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Road Master
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From: Phoenix Arizona
I've got 200,000 miles on my stock unit and it looks/sounds fine. I think riding habits have to do with early failures. I always start the bike shifted into neutral when cold, give it a proper warm up, and don't do burn-outs and such.
In fact, I'm the opposite of the "you gotta get the HD stuff out of there" crowd. I prefer OEM as much as possible based on my experiences.
In fact, I'm the opposite of the "you gotta get the HD stuff out of there" crowd. I prefer OEM as much as possible based on my experiences.
One buddy had a bad stock comp at 80K.
Another had a bad stock at 40K
and another had one last over 100K.
Yes. some do last.
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Road Master
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I'm liking the dark horse.
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Road Warrior
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I’ve run stock SE and DH, both good but different. Just installed Evolution Industries “racers edge” comp/spring set up. Call Andre for the info, I’m expecting it to be more robust.
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