Twin cam 88 - Cams

2001 heritage with 62,000 miles. Never had cam cover off. Use synthetic oil and changed regularly. Ridden hard and fast. How important to check cams, chains and etc.

I think it's about time you did some checks and adjustments, as I think it should be done every 10000(major check up) and daily(safety checks), by removing some covers and taking a look at things such as the primary chain and cam chain and tensioner, the chain for excess slack, the tensioners go bad or un checked then you won't need to check your cams or chains you will fill they went bad. preventive maintainace is the key to a long and safe scoot life the service manual will guide you through the steps of all the items the owners manual says needs to be done at the specified intervals. I highly recomend that just because you use syn oil you don't sideline p.m. its to dangerous. there is a long list of checks, belts, chains, hose, wire, lights ,switches, cable adjustments, brakes, tires, yada yada yada, it's in the book.

Recommended interval for checking cam tensioner shoes is 20K.

The cheapest insurance your motorcycle can get is consistant oil changes every 2500 miles and do the 5,000 and 10,000 miles services to keep everything running smoothly. The cam chain tensioners are a problem and shouldn't be overlooked. I check them on the first 20,000 mile service and then every 10,000 mile service afterward. It just gets too expensive to overlook. If the tensioners fail, you can loose bearings, oil pump, cams and chains. Not to mention having to clean up all of the oil passages to get out the chewed up shoes. It just makes sense to pay the extra cost of the gasket and an hour to pull the cover and do the inspection when doing a 10K service.

Anyone that's interrested in making the change to gear diriven cams let me know. I did the change myself and will be happy to supply tech info and pic's to make the job go smooth.

How's she running with those new cams in there??

I was only able to get about 150 miles on them before winter set in, and about 50 miles on them a couple weeks ago, but they run great so far. Throttle response is instantanious, no hesitation at all. Can really feel the added low end torque and HP . Ran it at 100 mph last itme out and she purred like a kitten . Just waiting for spring to get here. We just got another 6" of snow last night. Next available day I'm gonna take it out for a 200 mile run and see how it runs. I'll keep ya posted.

Sweet, sounds like a runner! I'll be doing cams soon, but if I don't do the sissy bar before that.......the wife and daughters will have my head! They all want to ride but not without the bar. I wonder why......