hi, I'm Pieter from The Netherlands and I own a FLHRSE5 2013; I had recently a problem with the tappets, one of the tappets had a broken bearing and I had to change the tappets, the oilpump and some more parts, about 3000 euro damage; I cannot accept that after 40.000 kilometres (25000 miles) the special SE tappets fail on a 40.000 euro bike......is this an exeption or a common problem?
When you say "Special SE Tappets" are you talking about the ones that came with the bike from new?
Only if memory serves me right, they are just standard Harley lifters, in other words "Poor", if I were in your position, I would have changed them out for S&S or fueling ASAP, the original Harley lifters and inner cam bearings appear to be at the heart of 80-90% of 110 issues, People seem to think that because the Engine is a "SE" engine that it has higher quality parts inside, sadly thats not true.