My local dealer is offering 20% off on the IDS and $100 off on Installation next month. I am going to do it. They also told me that the IDS was first installed on the VRod and is still used on the VRod today. I did not know that.
Scott
Scott,
Actually, what H-D calls the IDS is the same thing we called a "cush drive" back in ancient times. Every Japanese bike I ever owned had this type of rubber damper in the rear wheel, to absorb powertrain pulses and provide a small measure of protection to the mechanical bits and pieces. I'm not certain how far back the system goes, but it wasn't new back in the 1950's. The compensator sprocket on a Harley crankshaft has the same purpose, with a slightly less refined result.
The "cush drive" was part of the original design of the V-Rod (powertrain designed by Porsche, utilizing modern ideas and methods). It would appear that someone at H-D had a sudden rush of blood to the brain and somehow realized that adding the "cush drive" sprocket system to the regular H-D compensator system just might reduce the noise and harshness enough to get folks to stop bitching about the problems. It's a shame that they didn't do this as a no cost customer satisfaction upgrade, rather than stick the '07 folks with paying for the fix themselves.
Jerry