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Cometic: The Concord, Ohio based manufacturer recently released new
stock replacement and big bore gasket and cam change gasket kits for
Harley’s M-8 touring engines. Because there are currently two very
different cylinder head designs offered on the M-8, Cometic is releasing a
number of different gasket designs. One version of the M-8, the one used
in Touring models with no lower fairings, features oil cooled heads. A
second M-8 cylinder head version, found in Touring bikes with lower
fairings and with radiators behind them, has provision for that coolant to
flow through the heads, and Cometic says they have gaskets for both, in
sizes ranging from the stock 107 and 114 cubic inch displacements to a
big 4.500 inch big bore size. All told, there are nine different cylinder
head gaskets in the company’s M-8 line-up, along with new base gaskets
and a full cam change kit; www.cometic.com
Maxima Racing Oils: The recent launch of an updated Oil-Change-In-A-
Box edition specifically for 2017 M-8 Tourers now appears to have been
prescient. The M-8 has a larger oil capacity than prior engi