Thanks for the sanity check - it was once again, user error. I had somehow installed the intake pushrod without it making contact with the lifter itself. Not sure how that happened as there is very little room within the tube to misplace it, but sure enough, that's what I did. This was confirmed by cycling the motor and not seeing the intake pushrod rise and fall at all. Reinstalled and all is well now.
The Hammer Performance video shows them using some kind of threadlocker on the rocker arm bolts. That's definitely not called out in the Buell manual. What's the collective Bueller consensus on that?
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