I did, but he hasn't been on.
Sorry. For some reason, I don't get email alerts anymore when someone PM's me ? But you can get me at my email address under my profile anytime. Happy to help and give an honest opinion.
And I have been a bit busy these last couple/few weeks , what with going over the handlebars on the highway, getting some rest , subsequently fixing the bike and helping other guys out with their bikes.
I'm fine , don't ask. Just a little scraped up and some sore ribs. I had forgotten how hard handle bars and black top can be !?
PM sent Brad. And as far as I know ? I'm the only one who has uses solids, around here anyway . And yeah.. I can get adjustable rods easy, in different lengths , for different cams , or for solids or hydraulics. Oiled or not oiled and etc.
As far as noise goes on these bikes with Solid's vs Hydraulics, in my personal hands on experience with tuning and working on them for the past 8 or 10 years now ? Solids an Hydraulics sound about the same. Maybe actually slightly quieter with the solids , vs the Hydraulic's . You can judge for yourself though. Check out Singh 5's channel on YouTube and you can listen to my bike running with solids yourself. The valve train and top end noise comes from a lot of sources... one being the brass bush pressed inside the stock cams can be a bit out of round . FROM the factory. And that adjustable eccentric cam spindle ?
The massively heavy stock rocker's coming down on the valve tip and etc and etc. Take a look see at the stamped steal rockers used with Hydraulics on a Chevy 350 small block for instance and compare it to the pile driver rockers in our motors !
Anyway.... in my opinion. Solids are always better for performance then Hydraulics. EVEN if you are NOT reving it to the moon. You will get better and more consistent valve timing with solids then you will with Hydraulic's. Valve timing can vary a bit with Hydraulics , depending oil viscosity, oil temp and oil aeration and when that lifter actually locks going up that ramp. I don't think we would have gotten 36 and 38 Horse power and ft pounds of uncorrected torque AT THE wheel , at around 5700-5800 rpm's by using Hydraulics on that 500 cc motor.
BTW, the 500's Have a heavier crank then the GT. So personally, I would not rev the 500's much past 6200 rpm's without some bottom end lightening and some work. BUT.. solids DO take a little bit more to set up and you have to check and adjust your lash... Obviously. But better if you are trying to squeak every last bit out of that motor that you can, type of thing. The Hydraulics are not that bad in these bike I have found, I have done well with them. And you can keep them under control with better springs... or even just shimming the stock springs for that matter. BTW, I HAVE had one of these motors up to 6700 rpms with shimmed stock springs and Hydraulics .... and a little PC-V cheating . So the Hydraulics are pretty good.
GHG has really nice push rods. Send him a PM.
Thanks GSS. Just not from that ONE supplier out there ! Geez...