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From: Ft Leonard Wood
The only problem I have is that it is way to easy to speed....
No seriously I have not experienced anything wrong so far...been riding my 08 for almost two years now and with the regular maintenance nothing has gone or felt wrong....yet....
No seriously I have not experienced anything wrong so far...been riding my 08 for almost two years now and with the regular maintenance nothing has gone or felt wrong....yet....
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From: NJ
We have two 08s in the family and no real problems with either. I used to have a problem finding neutral till I switched to 75-140 synthetic tranny lube. Wife never had an issue with neutral on her Deluxe so maybe my primary was overfilled at the factory.
And I also have the dreaded 5th gear rattle. Was very annoying at first but I'm used to it now. Don't really hear it unless I go into 5th at <55mph. So riding at 50 mph is a PITA because neither 4th or 5th seems like the right gear to be in. Wife's Deluxe has the rattle or "wop wop" sound to a far lesser degree and can barely notice it. She actually likes it because it lets her know she's
in 5th gear.
As far as 6th goes, only time I use it is when I'm doing 65+ on a long stretch of road.
And I also have the dreaded 5th gear rattle. Was very annoying at first but I'm used to it now. Don't really hear it unless I go into 5th at <55mph. So riding at 50 mph is a PITA because neither 4th or 5th seems like the right gear to be in. Wife's Deluxe has the rattle or "wop wop" sound to a far lesser degree and can barely notice it. She actually likes it because it lets her know she's
in 5th gear.
As far as 6th goes, only time I use it is when I'm doing 65+ on a long stretch of road.
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From: Newport, NC
'08 Heritage ... no problems at all. Never had a problem finding neutral and no fifth gear noise. It goes thru the gears very smoothly and I use the Harley synthetic. (I was going to switch to Amsoil but why fix something that's not broke?)
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From: Leander Texas
I use Bel Ray for the trans and no wine or clank and I can find neutral. I use Motor FactoryŽ Primary Case Lube in the primary. because Amsoil has gone up so much I just switched to Mobil 1 for vtwin and it works as good. I have 39,000 miles in about 2 years and it runs great and no debris in the oil changes.
http://www.belray.com/consumer/product.fsp?pid=13637
http://www.customchrome.com/dcm/cc/view.asp?mfoil.html
http://www.belray.com/consumer/product.fsp?pid=13637
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