Hey there...yup just joined...
to the forum from the beautiful state of Tennessee! You should make your way over to the
New Member Introduction area and post their with some informaiton about yourself and pics of your bike. After all,
....so i have some pent up questions, hope you don't mind although I probably should have done a search on some of this before posting....
We never mind questions here, even ones that have been answered before. Some of your questions have indeed been addressed in other threads. I'll try to give you some pointers where you can find more info on the forum.
First Harley for me, my 08 SEUC....
Well, then welcome to the Harley-Davidson family. That's a great bike you have there. Enjoy it! We've got folks here who can help you figure out how to spend more of your hard-earned $$ on treats for your ride.
...the first thing I noticed was it seems to wander a bit once over 80mph...is this normal...have noticed that handling seems to be very susceptible to correct air pressure, more so than I am used to...which raises the question as to whether those "stabilizer" bars I have seen advertised make much of a difference as far as handling goes.
This is a common issue with Harley touring bikes... prior to the 2009 models when the frame was completely redesigned. I've owned two pre-2009 touring bikes, but never considered the problem serious enough to spend the money on a True-Track or other anti-wiggle device. Other here have added these devices to their touring bikes with reportedly great success. Here are some discussions on the subject of the True-Track system. There are others out there. This is just one example.
Secondly, recognizing the bath one would take, is there really that much of a decipherable difference in handling and comfort between the 08 and 09...I seriously thought about trading in until they jacked up the price about 4k for the 09 and I don't really see any real unhappy 08 owners on this board, so I am assuming not, but I would be interested in anyone else who has considered it or actually done it for those reasons.
Having just traded an '07 FLTR for the '09 SERG, I can tell you that there is an incredible difference in this new frame for the '09 bikes. However, I'm not sure that would be reason enough to get me to trade an '08 CUSE for an '09 CUSE or SERG. Of coures, that's me, not you...
And finally, I have had the head gasket leak which was supposedly fixed over the winter and I will find out in April....
Go to the cvoharley.com home page and enter "gasket leak" in the Search box at the top right. When you click on "Search", you will find numerous articles here about the gasket leak -- and other issues that have arisen -- on the 110" CVO motors. Lots of good info there on what can/does happen and how to stave it off/fix it.
....however, after following the series of articles in American Iron by Donny Petterson I am not optimistic as they suggest that Harley has not yet correctly diagnosed the problem and thus are only temporarily addressing the symptom...other's thoughts?
Check out the thread
American Iron Article on the 110" Issues is out for some opinions on the American Iron article...
Oops...this is my final question...re engine heat...put on Kury heat shields and that helped...and over the winter I had the realer install/activate the idle limiter option...does this really help much, any downside etc for those that have had this done?
Again, thanks guys...appreciate the input from all you veterans.
PIBIT 
There are several heat shield solutions out there... Kuryakyn & H-D among others. All of them significantly reduce the amount of heat that the rider feels on his/her inner thighs on a late model Harley. I've not had the idle limiter option installed. As I understand it, this only works at extreme temps when the bike is at idle and does so by shutting down the fuel and spark to the rear cylinder to allow it to cool. That would not address heat issues when riding.
Hope that helps a bit. I'm sure others will chime in.
Again, welcome to CVOHarley.com!
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