My '05 SEEG is coming up on 50k mi. with 0 drama.
A good friend of mine that averages runs a lot of miles is on his third bike since '06;
his '06 SE Ultra 103 = 93k mi. no drama in the bottom end.
his '10 Limited punched to 107 = 75k mi. no drama in the bottom end
his '12 Skunk = crank fail at 16k mi.
I know 33% is a high fail rate per bike, but 184k mi. with one bottom end drama is another way of looking at it.
Alright ~ I had to chime in I am this guy. If you would like to verify the facts that I am about to post please come ride with us. We meet everyday in St Johns County Florida at 10:30 am on CR13 just west of World Golf Village exit 324 off of I-95. I ride with some guys that ride ALOT ~ here are the stats with no crank failure till I had mine on the skunk
My Bikes 30 HD's no crank failures.
Most Recent
06 cuse 93k traded in 2009
10 FLHTK 75k sold when I bought the Skunk
12 Skunk puchased 9/27 495 miles when I bought it 16k at failure May 11th Austin Texas.
Guys I ride with (yes these are the real miles and initials)
RW
03 Anniversary Electra Glide 208,000 miles ~ top end and cam chest rebuilt at 180,000 miles
03 Anniversary Dyna Wide Glide 44,000 miles stock and never been into
01 Heritage 60000 miles stock and never been into
10 CVO Street Glide 126,000 miles (rebuilt cam chest, honed top end, new pistons/rings, mild porting on heads) went into due to a lifer noise at 118k (he does his own work on all his bikes)
not sure of other issues eg compensators etc on these four.
SB
08 Ultra Classic 143,000 miles never split cases 140k compensator multiple transmission main drive shaft seal issues. (sits in my garage until I get mine back ~ I'm riding it daily
) and a new trany at some point (case and gears)
11 CVO Road Glide Ultra 108,000 miles No crank failure yet. Compensator replaced two weeks ago.
My Current Bike.
12 CVO Skunk 16k miles, baker DD7, Stage III'd by dealer before I purchased (his demo). Also Tour Pak, BDL Compensator, Baker Manual Chain Adjuster. I am going to use a silvermoon crank H Beam ROds, timken bearing, Feuling Camplate, oil pump, SE ADJ Pushrods, C&P Pistons & Rings, bore stock jugs to 113, Woods TW8-6, Heads modified by Rosas cycle in Huntington NY, HPI 60mm Throttle body & intake. Oasis cycles Brandon Mississippi is performing the build.
10 FLHTK: 5 compensators in 75k (yes the se compensator), had a rear head exhaust valve guide come out at 30k and then upgraded the heads to FM type b.
06 CUSE: 93k clutch basket (oops speed shifting), multiple cruise servo's, 40k & 80k rear head exhaust valve guide came out.
So the short of it 9 HD's (twin cams), 600k documented miles, first crank failure on my 12 (newest & lowest mileage) at 16k. If you toss in FHW's 9 SERG with 10k you are still looking at 600k miles and a 20% failure rate ~
FlaHeatWave is a great friend of mine, his 01 FXDWG2 was purchased new by me
, we ride alot together and plan on doing many more miles. I cannot say I was surprised when he told me his crank was questionable at 10k, and I advised the same as many of you. The difference is he has a great relationship with his dealer (I live 400 miles east of him) and has 3 cvo's in the garage to choose from.
I am sure my NEW bottom end, and hope my NEW top end are solid for 100k or so. IMHO the cranks are a crapshoot at best. We choose to ride CVO's and I'm sure with a little more expense on the MoCo's part they could make the engines much more dependable. But they know the costs, have the stats and understand the risk, return, and failure rates of their products. We all are proud to ride CVO's and choose not to ride a K1600GTL or Goldwing so we assume (unfortunately) a certain risk associated with a sometimes frustrating product. I plan on riding the wheels off the Skunk and planned on doing the crank, engine down the road ~ just figured I could roll it more than sixteen k. I ride em hard, fast & frequently ~ yes I was clocked at 106mph on the 06 cuse eastbound on I-10. FHP was shocked to see a Dresser rollin there, in my defense I was slowin down when he clocked me....
Ride Safe ~ SemperFi
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