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Originally Posted by pittguy
The starter bang,tearing off teeth issue has died down.Head cc difference,down in the hole spec even on same bike between each cyl on same bike has been found different.Could be causing what you spoke of.The 103 kit seemed to correct some of this at least down in hole specs.
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When I was looking for a new bike in March of 07 I found a 07 Ultra that was on the floor with an already installed Stage I kit, basic 103 kit and an extra headset for the passenger. I gotta wonder why now!!!
I added V&H Oval Slip-On within 3 days of my purchase. Mine has the whine but not to bad but is very noticable, the slite rattling sound more of a pinging I would say and runs extreamly HOT. Upon delivery the girl that sold it to me warned me of how the new 6 speeds have more noise and shift differently than the 5 speeds did and to give it time to break-in. It has quitened down a little and has started shifting less jerky now that it has around 8000 miles on it. I do run through the gears as I like to fell the tq of a HD when they pull so I would say I do not lug it very often.
My 1st bike was a 98 RKC I got used with 3600 miles on it in Jan. of 2000 with no warranty. It had a little problem at about 6500 miles when it ingesteted the 1/4" bolt that held the breather back plate to the oil vent tub cross-over of the SE Stage I kit breather and crunched the back jugs piston, rod and head.... sliding me and the bike down the road at 70mph. So I now have a little concern that this may could happen with this issue on the 07 Ultra.
I had the cases bored and built a 88" S&S jugged 10.5:1 motor with SE heads Jims rods and a Crane 310 cam, EMC 44mm throttle body added a PowerCommander II and it tuned out the make a tad over 98hp and 102tg at sea level with Bub true duals and White Bros. E series slip-ons (man what a sound...awsome) with 17 disc on each side. Added a RevTech 6 speed gear set to my stock tranny case which this motor granaded in short order locked up in 2nd gear and blew the bottom of the case out when the gears cam through it. Good Ole 5 yr warranty on those gears gave me a whole new unit in a Rev-Trash case and labor to install it. At about 15000 miles it locked up in a parking lot and would not move..this was after a long days ride. Same deal new gear set 5yr warranty.....gotta love it when you buy junk. I put Redine Heavy Duty Shock Proof in it (it shifted meuch better and was quiter) and ran about 17000 miles on that set of gears till I sold the bike just shortly after the purchase of my 07 Ultra. It was a great bike all in all and ran very hard and easily pull the front wheel. I was tired of the hot rods constant dyno tuning, wrenching, oil leaks, rear tires and wanted stock again.
Point being I ran a 6 speed for years before I got the 07. I do have a problem with the gearing (1st gear totally sucks) of the new HD 6 speeds vers. the RT and/or the HD 5 speed my EVO had and wish this was geared like they were. It would still pull enough to to lift the fork an inch or more at 100mph in 6th and I was scared to top it out but I know it would runn well over 130mph and seen it do well over 180mph on the dyno manytimes. I have a problem with the heat MUCH HOTTER than the 88" hot rod EVO I had. I have sat in traffic in Sturgis (been 3 times) coming from Deadwood going to Glenco MANYTIMES on the EVO and it got so hot it shutdown...and still was not as hot as this 07 runs.
I was told the 07 SE's have different gearing either in the primary or tranny by a tech at the HD shop (Mancuso's in Houston) I made both of my bike purchases from and use for service. So I will look into that for my gearing issues.
The plan is to check into the new compensator setup, add Redline HD Shock Proof oil to the tranny, SE clutch basket with new gearing (if that is the case) and add 255 cams with a SERT and retune. Most of these I would want to do anyhow reguardless of the existing issues. And then maybe the Baker F6F 5th gear before the ISO-Drive bandaid unit.
All said I am very happy with my 07 Ultra with the exception of the heat and gearing which I hope will be resolved with the above changes. Adding the ISO-Drive as a last resort if needed because I am afraid it will spit the rubber out of it as I have heard they have done on a few bikes. I feel its pinging more so than anything since I have heard it so manytimes before on the high compression EVO motor.