HarleyTechTalk

So...  Yesterday my '04 FXDWG crossed the 100,000 mile boundary.

 

Good for you!  How much work have you had to put into it?
jt

 

Great Job!   

Great milestone, .... Wide Glides ROCK !!
2005 Wide Glide ... 294,543 Km (183,021 miles) as of this afternoon (08 April 2011)

  RIGHT ON!!! I only got one question.....what kind of OIL did you use?     congrats.

Way ta GO Dan!..................looks like you'll catch and pass 'Gracie' soon...........she just rolled over 121,000 this week

Way to go.  I have 71,400 miles.  My goal is to reach 100,000 miles.  At 40,000 miles I found out I had cancer and have had a harder time of riding like I used to.  Good Luck!

    

I'll try to answer everyone...

harleyjt:  I built the engine at 8,800 miles and, at 25,000 had to do it again.  I suspect bad parts but have no way to be sure.  I rebuilt it at 25,000 and it's run like crazy since then with no problems.  Only other problems I've had are a broken throttle shaft which left me stranded on the Long Island Expressway, and the comp nut came loose.  I caught it in time and retorqued it.  Nothing else except 5K oil and filter changes, tire changes, and annual primary and transmission fluid changes.

Quad D:  I expected that question  but I'll give you a straight answer.  When the bike was new, I drank the kool-aid and used HD Syn 3 in all three holes.  Got a good price on a case.  Then I ran Mobil 1 15w50 for a few years until wallyworld quit carrying it (where I live), now I'm running Castrol GTX 20w50 dinosaur oil.  Still change it at 5,000 mile intervals and it only rarely needs a bit added between changes, usually if I've been riding at 80+ for long stretches.  Oh, yeah...  I use black filters, not chrome.  I think that's the secret.   

katfish:  What year is Gracie?

Dan 'Gracie' is an '01 FLHR (carbed) and a 95 incher since break in (her second engine courtesy of MoCo warranty - gotta LOVE a new motor for a $50 deductible eh?) 2nd motor is also a 95 "since birth"............

That 1st engine went south at 54,000 (cam chain tensioner pads / changed over to gear drive)

I actually burnt up 25,000 miles in her first year then my average dropped for various reasons...........she's still runnin STRONG

I changed my tensioners at 56K miles and they were less than half used up.  Still, I may have to remove the cover and see how the replacements look.

I also had to replace the primary tensioner shoe a few thousand miles back.  It had cracked.

I'm still running the original drive belt.  I wonder when it'll break...

Went to gear drive at 58,000 miles on my 02 dresser and my cam shoes were half worn as yours were. Figured I could have went another 15-20 thousand on them by there looks. Just replaced both pulleys and rear belt two weeks ago at 116,000 miles on the bike and the belt has no unusual markings/wear pattern at all on it. Would imagine I could have made  the rest of this upcoming riding season on it. Front pulley looked good, rear pulley had a couple of small spots where the plating was starting to flake off. A testament to Harley's longevity.