Gents, read the entire thread and it seems the consensus is the 259 cam would prefer a little more compression than 9.9 the 117 kit provides. Also, seems as though the SE lifters may be suspect. My 2014 CVO Road King goes into the dealer this Friday for a set of apes and I am on the fence on doing the 117. I already have a race tuner, fulsac 2.25” baffles and i have cut the cat out of the stock headpipe. Bike is strong but would like to have more if I dont sacrifice reliabilty or low end torque. While I ride local, i also tour on this bike. Wife and I take trips with the bike fully loaded and need reliability. I am considering doing the 117 kit but swapping out the head gaskets for .030 cometics to bump compression to 10:1 or 10.1:1. Also would go S&S premium lifters instead of kit lifters. Finally, would consider going to a 2” baffle instead of the 2.25” that I currently have to pick up more low end torque. Please let me know your thoughts on these changes to the kit and whether or not this is a good approach to mitigating the weaknesses in the kit and satisfying my goals. My dealer is doing a special through the end of Feb. with 20% off any parts they install and the labor and dyno tune is $1200. Seems like a great deal to me.
Thanks!