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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 09:49 PM
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Either take the mods out or buy a new one, whichever is cheaper. Then the only mods to be made is to simply let it inhale and exhale, and nourish it with a richer AFR to match. This is all I have done to my 96" and with combined driver/passenger weight of 420 lbs. can hit 110 mph going up a ramp to the highway and don't even get in 6th gear yet ! I'm not gonna add a thing other than bling.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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It's like the old Polock joke many of you will remember. But to be PC I will just replace the Polock with the name "Bill".

So Bill goes to the hardware store and tells the salesman that he just bought a piece of land with a lot of trees on it which he needs to clear so he can build a new house. He's looking for the best saw the salesman has, one that will allow him to cut at least 6 trees per day, figuring he could then finish the job in a week or so. (I know that's a lot of trees to have to cut down for a house, but stay with me here.) So the salesman goes over to the chainsaws hanging on the wall and pulls down the newest, shiniest model in the store and exclaims to Bill, "this is our newest and best model on the market, I guarantee this chainsaw will easily cut down the six trees a day your're looking for and probably even more." Bill was happy and took the new saw home.

The following morning he awoke excited to get to work with his new saw. So out of his trailer (temporary home) he goes and starts working to cut down the trees. By noon he had only cut down one tree and so after a short break he went back out in the afternoon and managed to only cut one more tree down. A total of 2 trees for the entire day. Not what he had expected for sure. But he figured he simply must not have been putting enough effort into it and decided that he would get to bed early, rise early and put in a good long day tomorrow. Which he did........but only improved by one lousy tree. Two days of hard work and only 5 trees? Something had to be wrong with this new saw.

He decided the next morning, after waking up still tired and very sore from all the effort, that he was going to take this new saw back to the hardware store and tell this salesman that something was dreadfully wrong with this saw since after two long days it had only managed to cut 5 trees, not the 12 that he had been promised. Upon arriving and explaining his situation with to the salesman, the puzzled salesman grabbed the saw and agreed that indeed, something was not right.

He proceeded to pull on the starter rope and after just two pulls the saw fired right up and about that time looked over at Bill who was startled and sprang back with an astonished look on his face and yelled out to the salesman over the humming of the engine "HEY.....WHAT'S THAT NOISE?"

Moral of the story. If it ain't runnin', shakin' and vibratin' it ain't workin'.....and it sure ain't a Harley!
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 11:37 PM
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Ta da. Lol. Awesome l
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by FLHXXHLF
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Originally Posted by fabrik8r
When talking about vibration, one often overlooked element is the tune. You get out of it what you put into it and thats especially true when talking about tuning.
I'd bet knocking a few degrees of timing out in the right spot would help a lot.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 05:59 AM
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I will have to admit, the tuning is something to be desired. The same guy that did the build did the tuning. We've been through everything else it might be something to consider. He used a TTS master tune and downloaded something into the stock ECM and that was it. There's no one around here that can do a tune, or that I know of. But it is the last thing that hasn't been looked at . We did take the engine completely apart and sent the crank back. EVERYTHING but the tuning has been checked.
What's the best tuner to get today ?
 
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 06:08 AM
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Set a little honey backwards on the tank and you'll learn to love the vibrations
 
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 06:16 AM
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I find the first post hard to take.
I have never had a Hd dealer give me a problem with a warranty. I have spent many miles on the seat of a HD.
In fact They go out of their way to help.
Second there is no way in heck the dealer did not warranty the mounts do to an engine mod. As always there is more to the story.
Example on my 2011 RGU I noticed a couple very small cracks starting in the wind shield mounting holes. Brought it up to the service manager, "I will order a new one today no sense in waiting till it cracks more. Warranty cover it all.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 06:29 AM
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My bike ran good but i wanted a bit more oomph so i put a stage 1 download, then a Power Commander then Andrews cams....still vibrates about the same as stock...well maybe a bit more than new but???? It has 65000 miles on it now and the other week i test drove a 2012 Road glide ultra and a 2010 FLHTC and it was about the same as mine except it felt a bit tighter all around but it a lot newer with very low miles...When i got on my bike i could feel it vibrate more but i woiuldn't say excessive so i guess my mild modifications haven't affected it in the way the OP is talking about...
 
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I've never had a harley that didn't vibrate. You think these are bad, you apparantly never rode one before they started rubber mounted engines. These kids, these days.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 06:43 AM
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After I had my 95" stage II build done, the bike has no more vibration than it did before and 80 to 85mph (about 3500 rpm) seems to be it's sweet spot because the motor is smooth as glass. If you're getting bad vibration, something must be out of balance.
 
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