armad
Active Member
Am at a little under 5000 mi. now. It hasn't smoothed out much, but it is tuned on the lean side. I am still changing intake and exhaust some, and will put in the 585 cam this winter and retune.
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BigDogBro1
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Make sure your upper HEAD motor mount bolts are TIGHT!!!
Tom Chop
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Shaking/Rattling/Rolling
armad; at 5,000mi. you have hardly "broken-in" that big S&S motor. If, as you have mentioned, the jetting is a "little lean", you are playing with fire. The ethanol forced on us is a dangerous commodity but we must use in what the EPA tells us is "gasoline"--HA! This additive will cause, among other things, a leaning condition, less power, and the "fuel" will wash the oil off of the cylinder walls. These are the same cylinder walls which the piston rings need that fine coating of oil to survivel. So armad be careful about "lugging" your beautiful V-Twin no matter how good that it sounds and enjoy many trouble free years of enjoyable riding.
:flag: Take Care
:flag: Tom Chop
P.S. The Young of Today Would Go Nuts Over 60`s Gasoline, but the only bad thing about it was the tetra-ethyl lead which was used to lube the valve stems.
armad; at 5,000mi. you have hardly "broken-in" that big S&S motor. If, as you have mentioned, the jetting is a "little lean", you are playing with fire. The ethanol forced on us is a dangerous commodity but we must use in what the EPA tells us is "gasoline"--HA! This additive will cause, among other things, a leaning condition, less power, and the "fuel" will wash the oil off of the cylinder walls. These are the same cylinder walls which the piston rings need that fine coating of oil to survivel. So armad be careful about "lugging" your beautiful V-Twin no matter how good that it sounds and enjoy many trouble free years of enjoyable riding.
:flag: Take Care
:flag: Tom Chop
P.S. The Young of Today Would Go Nuts Over 60`s Gasoline, but the only bad thing about it was the tetra-ethyl lead which was used to lube the valve stems.
