Randall K. Wilson
Junior Member
My '03 Roadking has 43,500 miles. It has the original Chain Cam Tensioners and they have never been checked. This machiine has been awesome in every respect. It still spins my "beanie". The first 20K miles I used the Harley Davidson regular Oil, but the last 23K miles I have been using the Redline Synthetic Oil.
At 45K miles if not before I am going to get a 10,000 miles service and have the exhaust dropped, cover pulled and have the Chain Cam Tensioners checked up close and personal. This being done by an able mechanic whom I know well, but not at a HD Dealer.
I am seriously leaning towards just replacing them with the stock part, although I have heard of many folk upgrading and changing this whole technical portion of their machine. My reason for leaving mine stock is for several reasons: 1. Cheaper. 2. I have done fine with the stock tensioners to this point. 3. Within the last year I have acquired two more cycles hence I will not be riding the Roadking as much as I have been.
Does my decision to leave my tensioners stock seem to be a prudent intelligent decision? (Based on all that I have shared here), Or do you think I will regret not spending the extra money and going a different route on this matter? Please respond. (I am a retired pensioner so money is always relative to my doing business)
At 45K miles if not before I am going to get a 10,000 miles service and have the exhaust dropped, cover pulled and have the Chain Cam Tensioners checked up close and personal. This being done by an able mechanic whom I know well, but not at a HD Dealer.
I am seriously leaning towards just replacing them with the stock part, although I have heard of many folk upgrading and changing this whole technical portion of their machine. My reason for leaving mine stock is for several reasons: 1. Cheaper. 2. I have done fine with the stock tensioners to this point. 3. Within the last year I have acquired two more cycles hence I will not be riding the Roadking as much as I have been.
Does my decision to leave my tensioners stock seem to be a prudent intelligent decision? (Based on all that I have shared here), Or do you think I will regret not spending the extra money and going a different route on this matter? Please respond. (I am a retired pensioner so money is always relative to my doing business)