2007 96in motor SE 255 Cams, Chain Drive vs Gear Drive

What are the Pros and cons, on Gear Drive vs Chain drive on a 2007 96in motor?

Next week HD will be adding SE 255 cams with mapping and dyno. I was told that with the 2007 Stock 96in motor, and the NEW Chain Tentioner, I don't need to do gear drive? Is that TRUE?

MY SPECS: I have a 2007 Roadglide with 12,000 miles on it. I bought my bike new in 2007. When I bought it, I added; Power commander, Big sucker air kit, and thunder header slip-ons, mapped & Dyno. This year I added V&H True dual head pipes.

What's your Experence? Please Reply...

Yr Papa

Chain is a lot easier to do. If you want to go to gear drive, you can ask chuck, you 1st got to pull the cam cover off and check the pinion shaft runout, them remove the cam support plate and check it again, so you will know which set of gears to use.
And if yer crank shifts at all on the new bikes it will eat the drive gears on the cams up.

I 2nd staying with Gear drive.

But what do I know :gah:

Thank you chuck, I screwed up. Been drinkin Jack and coke with my buddy, see jack has my fingers messed up too.

I will try not to make the same mistake again.

I 2nd chain drive !

See Older Rednecks can learn from their mistankes. Now where did I put my Jack.:roflmao:

Howdy olks,

FWIW, the TC started with the silent chain and that was questionable, lots of reported tensioner failures. The next up grade was gear drive but this quickly showed the poor design of the crank; in 2006 on the Dyna models the MOCO switched to roller chain drive; a well proven reliable drive system. I believe that when the MOCO changed to the roller main bearing in 2004; a problem with the crank shaft twisting reared it's ugly head, you don't want gear drive cams with these cranks. Bottom line, the dealer is right you don't need gears for your build.

Oner other thing, there are other better choices for cams than the SE 255. Read up on cam selection and match the cam to your riding style and condition of your weight/speed requirements and how much further you want to go in chasing the numbers (HP & torque).

Best wishes,

Pixs :chopper: :rocket_bike:

I been statin the same thing for a few years now.

We stuck the 408-44 in my buddy's 08 EG,it made a heck of a difference.
Turns up the Rev's a lot faster. Hes real happy with it.
After we go on a trip in 3 wks, we have heads, pistons and cylinders to make it a 103 were gonna do.

Hi Folks,

No disrespect to the folks that are recommending specific cams but the real issue is the entire build as in all the components and the desired results. The only person that can really choose the right cam is the end user, if you don't know how to do that, you better find someone that can walk you through the process. BTW there are very few HD dealers that can do that and a lot of independents are way too biased to be trusted. Bottom line you really need to know how to analyze your needs and select a cam to match your specific riding style and bike. Don't just jump in on someones idea of a good riding bike you may hate the results.