Internal chain noise

I'am guessing it all depend's on the chain itself My bro-in-law has about the same milage as you on his 00 model with no trouble & I have 50K on my o3 with no trouble , WE both run amsiol as well , I have heard about other's with anywhere from about 10K to 30 K already having to change the cam chains & adjuster's

I think he's talking about the balancer chain adjusters which are basically hard plastic inserts.

Chains pretty well bathed in oil, not a ton of stress on them like with the cam chain tensioner setup.

Mine at 30K were in good shape, replaced though when It was apart, might as well as it's a PIA to get to them.

If you had 70K or so miles and ride alot might be worth looking into bet they would run to 100K. At that point the motor would need a good looking over.

hotrodking your right I just forgot to put that part in , But still have all the original part's , I'am thinking about going ahead & changing the plastic runners as well at least before next May ,I'am thinking about doint the Run for the wall

Well if you go that far might as well drop in a 103 stroker crank LOL

Of course unless you have a bagger, then you don't have the balancers so you don't have to check them ever....

If I had the shoes I'd consider the conversion kit from andrews or buy all the parts for an 07 from HD and retrofit them (from jenny in tri-countyhd.com) at 20% off.

Then put in new cams and dump the old tensioners while I was in there.