2010 ultra limited

[TQuentin1]

Hello all, i am a newbie who has been lurking for some time and finally joined! This is really a great site. I thought i would start by giving a truthfull impression of the newest ultra. I am coming off a 2000 roadking and all i can say is "holy-cow". This bike handles like nothing i have ever ridden,the 103 is everything i expected and more. She is a beauty, i bought the red/black one! I wanted a ultra that was a little different and that is what guided me towards it. It does have some quirks that i am adjusting to, such as the first gear whine. All others are smooth as glass! The notorious "clunk" when dropping into first from nuetral is louder than any other harley i have owned. I put on a set of lower shocks to get my feet firmly planted, that may have been a mistake as now when i have my wife on we bottom out more than normal. Overall i am very happy with my purchase and did i mention that the 103 is everything i expected. POWER everywhere. I have owned 4 harleys including a 1200 sporty and none of them are even close to being a match for this one! Well that was long-winded enough. Thanks to all for the wisdom that i have found on this site.

Welcome aboard. Lots of great info here and in the heads of your fellow members as I think you have already discovered.

I suggest you change out all your lubricants based on the suggestions here:

Oil Suggestions For Harleys - Harley Davidson Community

See here too:

Synthetic Oils In New Motors - Harley Davidson Community

This may quiet down the tranny some more.

TQ

 

[ultrat]

Welcome from south bend ind. i like 35 psi. in shocks. put on older se , pipes i had & got a Moflo a/f, stage 1 d/l on my 09 ultra & it rons much better than stock.

 

[IR Rick]

Hey Welcome to the forum and thanks for the write up. One of the new things for 2010 is the new fifth gear, no more whine. Best T

Whine is the best part,:small3d018: after you put get some miles on the bike you don't notice whine. it kind of like lissinting to your old lady it's just part of the ride,:bigsmiley24:

 

[Gus LTD]

TQ, thx for the advice. I am going to go with redline all the way around and see what happens! Ulrat, i am currently up to 30psi and still adjusting. I have read alot of posts on here about the hd lowering shocks not being very good. Maybe that is my problem! And by the way i also used the break in procedure of 30-60-30 X 10 of gliders (i believe). I have always broken in my bikes on back country roads as i would ride them, constantly changing my speeds and rpms. Gliders theory seemed to have some good merits to it, so i did both. THX Glider for all your wisdom. Just out of curiosity, are you a wrench? Sure seem to have alot of common sence about you!

 

[glider]

THX Glider for all your wisdom. Just out of curiosity, are you a wrench? Sure seem to have alot of common sence about you!

Yes, been doing it for quite a while.

 

[Drumrguy]

Moxie, are you sure about that HP rating, I have an 05 Ultra Classic with a 95" motor, cams, and cnc ported heads, and I got 85HP right now, going to get retuned this week to squeeze out some more, that just does not seeem right for a 103" motor?

 

[Monsoon]

i have 25psi in them right now and i have been adjusting them up ever since i got the bike.

Congrats on a great bike. I question your 25 PSI in your shocks. I have a 2010 Street Glide and it says with 2 passengers I should be between 35-40 PSI. And if you lowered your bike, I'm assuming you put the HD Profile Low Shocks - which are the same as a SG.

So try cranking it up to 35-40 and see what happens with bottoming out.

Congrats again.

 

[Gus LTD]

Glider i am not surprised! After reading alot of your posts in the self-help section i thought so. Monsoon as for the shocks, yes i did go with the HD's. I just pumped em up to 35psi today, so we shall see. I see you have a street glide, i take it you have yours up around 35. If so do you bottom em out or are they doing good? When i picked up my bike from the dealer they only had 5psi in em.

 

[slk53]

I also have the limited and was surprised about how often i was bottoming out. I got the air pump and at 40 psi I seldom bottom out even when riding 2-up.

The temps around here have been around 30 in the mornings, I am loving the heated grips.

I am thinking that when it gets a bit colder I may convert the lowers to chimineas. Would I have to go to a third party for these or does HD sell them?