HD bottom end quality progress?
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From: Green Country Oklahoma
We have 2007 and 2008 UCs upgraded to 103" Stage II and ridden very hard and the crap out of them close 150,000 miles never missed a beat or left us stranded.Let me add these bikes are ridden extremely hard and none of fellow riders ever kept up with us unless we take it easy.
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From: Mesa, Az.
I have a 2011 Limited that measured .012" runout at 20,000 miles when the cams were installed, crank scissored at 60,000 miles - did not leave me on the side of the road, but was noisy and had a lot of vibration.
Not wanting to risk another factory crank, I had the engine rebuilt with the SE crank - trued, welded, plugged and balanced.
Mine may be an isolated case, or it may not.
My 2008 Wide Glide had .002" runout when the top end was rebuilt at 120,000 miles.
I'm thinking I'll keep my current bikes until they, or I, die. Not trusting the newer Harleys that have outsourced parts, it seems like quality is hit or miss.
Not wanting to risk another factory crank, I had the engine rebuilt with the SE crank - trued, welded, plugged and balanced.
Mine may be an isolated case, or it may not.
My 2008 Wide Glide had .002" runout when the top end was rebuilt at 120,000 miles.
I'm thinking I'll keep my current bikes until they, or I, die. Not trusting the newer Harleys that have outsourced parts, it seems like quality is hit or miss.
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From: Indy
I can't say for sure, but logic says no.
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