I appreciate all the input and the information on the new compensator from BDL, but I was really wondering how a person could damage the stock 110" CVO compensator, not the new SE compensator.
What would be an abusive application of the bike that would cause problems to the compensator itself? I know that doing wheelies, or anything that would produce shock loads "might" be an issue, but I would have to think that the MOCO had some of this abuse in mind when designing the stock 110" CVO compensator. Maybe just starting our bikes is more of a pulse shock that the compensator just cannot handle.
I know how a person could fry a clutch, burn up brake pads, but how does one tear up a compensator? Maybe it's just a design flaw.
There are probably two schools of thought on this. The first is that there are a lot of "good" stock 110" CVO compensators out there, including the one on my bike. Second, if they were so good, what prompted the SE compensator?
Just thinking out loud, so to speak...