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Old Sep 6, 2018 | 11:51 PM
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Question for all you knuckle busters out there, my side chick has 37K miles. Now my question is, when should I be looking to rebuild her? she runs like a champ and serviced often! She is not burning any oil or drippin' anything, but I just want to be ready just in case. Thoughts, words to live by, or even a beer!
 
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Old Sep 7, 2018 | 12:06 AM
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Never ever fix something that is not broken!

To take its health rating do a leak dwn .
If it passes that move on to watercolors or something.
Put dwn the tools and drink a good ALE. not cheap beer
 
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Old Sep 7, 2018 | 05:36 AM
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Just leave here alone and drive, if not broken it does not need a fix.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2018 | 02:39 PM
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Got 130,000 miles on the current motor in my Evo Softail. No plans to rebuild it any time soon. runs great, holds its oil, has good compression, why would I?
 
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Old Sep 7, 2018 | 02:42 PM
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Please remove your odometer immediately. 😀
 
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Old Sep 7, 2018 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ben221
please remove your odometer immediately. 😀
+1....lol
 
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Old Sep 7, 2018 | 04:19 PM
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Just keep servicing your girl and come back in another 100 thousand miles and we can discuss.

In my case, I had my engine built at 50 thousand miles....not that it needed it but I needed it....more power.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2018 | 09:54 PM
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Thanks guys! well I guess I better top off the tank and ride!!
 
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