Hi there team - Recently discovered a small oil weep at the bottom of the rear cylinder, after if got worse it ended up with Matt of Rosnar Motorcycles in Ringwood. Matt is one of our sponsors who has previously worked on the 2008 FLHX that I purchased from Richard at Harley Heaven in Adelaide a couple of years ago.  Matt had previously upgraded the suspension plus some other bits and pieces but had never been in the motor.  Surprise, surprise he found Wiseco 103 pistons but no other performance work.  As the motor was stripped down there was a lot of poor workmanship discovered along with a lot of worn parts all the way into the gearbox. I had always thought the motor was stock.

After a lot of hard work and long hours it was finally to the test it on a dyno.  

Exceptionally pleasing results:  Torque 110 and 97hp

His brief was just to rebuild the motor using quality components just to give it touring power.  That certainly was achieved.

With the newly fitted Night Dragon GT rubber under instructions to take it easy I rode home the long way with the biggest grin ever.

I hope that you can read the chart which didn't reproduce well - sorry.

Great result mate , nice chart with great usable power and torque .

You have a bit of a flat line/ dip from 2 -2500 ,,, maybe the exhaust and /or the cams characteristics ,, if it does not bother you, who cares ... from 2500 to well over 4000, you would have a handful of bike,, (where all the fun is),, that would be a buzz to ride ..... Looks like you will be leading the pack on the Snowy ride Krackers ..... Cheers ....

Good stuff krackers. Funny that you had a 103 in it all along that wasn't oem 103 pistons - why previous owner wouldn't put high comp pistons in and cams is unusual. Must be good to ride now. Once the tyre is scuffed and you have time you'll have to tell us how it's going. Same cams as in George's bike from memory

good stuff Krackers, nice numbers

Re the decomprressors question, the 103 engines with slightly higher comp than the 96 engines had auto decomprressors in the heads to allow for easier starting. As yours was originally a 96 engine I doubt you'd have them. If you've got the ezy start version of the s&s cam, you don't need decomprressors anyway. And even if you haven't, your engine compression isn't high enough for it to be a big deal but would be if you had higher comp and/or cams with an earlier intake close

I am back home after the Snowy Run, and what a great set of roads to test out the motor and tyres.

I have to give a standing ovation to Matt, the bike was absolutely sensational over the entire 2,696 kilometres.

Power and handling were chalk and cheese compared to the 'worn out' motor on last year's Snowy Run. Now I know what a good Harley motor should perform like on great bike riding roads.

Overtaking slower traffic was a dream, performed with immediate power making so easy to keep up with other riders. 

Money well spent and a very big thank-you to Matt for making it all possible.
 

Glad the bike and new motor went a treat Krackers. Thats a fair few K. Well done. 

Hey Krackers..Just wondering how many k's where on your bike when it started to play up??

Cheers...