Para Bellum,
Thank you for your civil approach in your response. It is truly appreciated.
After going back and re-reading the posts, you are correct, I misread the de-wetting statement.
That all being said, there is still no need to demean shops you do not agree with. My request was for advice about these builds and my assumption in doing so is that people smarter than myself would respond with their opinions based on their own experience but might hopefully follow up with reasons why. My expectations might have been a little high.
Since I don't know the answers to my own questions I resorted to the internet first in hopes to find credible sources to point me in the right direction for local shops that would be able to help me in my quest. During this initial search, I discovered cvoharley.com and read many, many, many, many posts resulting in my choice of 3 initial shops to turn to for advice, direction, and quotes. Only one of them came across as more sales pressure than I would have hoped. But at the same time, they are booked out until late July to complete the work. And at the same time, they are building a new facility due to their growth. But I believe all 3 were recommended from this website.
Does that make them any smarter than the next? Probably not. To me they are strangers, and I am hopeful the will steer me in the right direction. One thing I do know that they as well as the other two shops did due, is that took the time to explain the details and the reasoning behind each of their choices. 2 of the 3 gave me options on build driven by budget and performance desires. Part of the unfortunate thing is most the time they are talking is a foreign language to me so it is difficult for me to completely comprehend their entire presentation.
So I thought it would be wise to reach out to a qualified forum to get advice from "experts" as to which was the best route to go. It wasn't to have people tell me how dumb or crooked a shop may be. But as an adult, I understand this an open forum and you subject to some of the bad with the good.
That all being said, I am just trying to get the most bang for the buck, without diminishing the existing integrity and longevity the bike. People telling me how dumb or crooked a shop might be does not help me reach that goal. The strangers on here telling me how dumb or crooked (I know those are not the exact words they used when they implied) these shops are don't know who these shops and so they don't know if they are in fact not qualified. No more than I don't know that the people here are qualified. But just like the shops I chose to trust, the people here I choose to trust.
I am open to suggestions for other shops in Wisconsin / Illinois state line area (or further out into the midwest area if necessary) and or, more importantly, configurations that others with the same bike (or near enough similar) that was successful.
In closing, I thank you again for pointing out my errors and the need for civility. I hope everyone can appreciate my quest and my level of civility and respond in like kind. I really would like get to a level to make a confident decision. And not waste my time, or your time, talking about if shops are stupid shysters.