Balanced vs nonbalanced

[apgronlund]

I have a 96cid balanced engine in my softail custom, what are the pros and cons of a balanced engine?

 

[glider]

Pros are less vibration from a rigid mounted engine.

Cons are it takes a few HP away from the engine and more moving parts to go bad.

 

[HDDon]

By balanced are you speaking of the counter balancers for the softail models? Or are you speaking of a blueprinted balanced motor? In the latter all parts are weighed and each part is corrected to the same weight as it's counterpart.

 

[R_W_B]

By balanced are you speaking of the counter balancers for the softail models? Or are you speaking of a blueprinted balanced motor? In the latter all parts are weighed and each part is corrected to the same weight as it's counterpart.

Being it's a softtail I would guess he is talking about the former (Type B engine), which Glider's answer takes care of that.

However that's a good point to clarify, since the advantages of the latter are far more diverse.