Compensator Eliminator
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Compensator Eliminator
Is anyone using the compensator elimination sprocket? I spent $500 less than a year ago to upgrade to the SE comp. sprocket and that one is making more noise and vibrating worse than the stock one was. I am just wondering if anyone has just got rid of the comp. all together and got a solid sprocket and what your thoughts are. Thanks.
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Some guys don't mind the added vibration and possible damage to the primary and transmission but its my opinion that the aftermarket companies such as Baker have finally giving us a solution. Your bike and your money. Only you can decide. Easy to spend someone else's cash from here.
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I have the EVO industry 30t sprocket. Only have a few thousand on it but so far so good. That said if the Baker compensator was out when I was looking around I wood have had one of those instead.
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Cruise on or off, 2500 rpm and up. If i have the cruise set and am on a flat highway it is fine. Any slight incline or a hill and it feels like someone is hitting my engine with a steel hammer. I can feel it in my hands and feet. As soon as the road levels off or I am going downhill it is like my bike is floating through the air. Smoothes right out. Pretty much any time there is a load on the engine, it does it.
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I had the same sort of vibration. Just had some motor work done and my indy found that the lifters were too small. Holes for the lifters/tappets were over bored from the factory. new ones were 10 or 15 =thousands over sized. Ive since had it over 100 pulling hard and smooth as glass all through the rpm range. power was bumped up but at 75-80mph on the highway its a different bike. I also had 4 different dealers try to solve the issue (including screaming eagle compensator ) and no cure was found. Harley eventually cut me off saying that if i came up with something they would pay for it. I should send them my bill and see if they cut me a check.LOL
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I had the same sort of vibration. Just had some motor work done and my indy found that the lifters were too small. Holes for the lifters/tappets were over bored from the factory. new ones were 10 or 15 =thousands over sized. Ive since had it over 100 pulling hard and smooth as glass all through the rpm range. power was bumped up but at 75-80mph on the highway its a different bike. I also had 4 different dealers try to solve the issue (including screaming eagle compensator ) and no cure was found. Harley eventually cut me off saying that if i came up with something they would pay for it. I should send them my bill and see if they cut me a check.LOL
You should. I test rode a new 2015 roadglide. The bike vibrated like crazy and my hands went numb riding around town after less than 4 miles. Something wrong with that brand new, less than 50 mile bike but some unknowing fool will buy it. Rode a new cvo roadglide, SMOOTH. Maybe they keep the crappy $20k bike to increase the sales of $40k bikes. I'll keep my 2000 a bit longer...
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You should. I test rode a new 2015 roadglide. The bike vibrated like crazy and my hands went numb riding around town after less than 4 miles. Something wrong with that brand new, less than 50 mile bike but some unknowing fool will buy it. Rode a new cvo roadglide, SMOOTH. Maybe they keep the crappy $20k bike to increase the sales of $40k bikes. I'll keep my 2000 a bit longer...