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Now is probably a good time too catch NBF
Harley sales seem to be underwhelming
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...iqD?li=BBnbfcN Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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They're still pretty proud of their babies at the dealer.
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They do not do a good job of marketing to younger people. Older people that like motorcycles already have one or more in their garage.
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I would not buy one anytime soon. Once again Harley is using owners as guinea pigs on things that should not be happening.
1. Engine sumping. So they increased the allowable amount in the engine can keep in the cam chest, just like relaxing the crank run out a few years back. 2. Transmission fluid moving from the tranny into the primary and causing tranny failures. Do a search, I'm not making this crap up.
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Didn't the pre '17's have double case seals to keep the fluids in the proper case?
I'll have to read my '15 RTFM closer. I know VW had a fluid swapping issue in their Golf / Rabbit platform with auto transmissions. Because they only had one seal between the two sides. The Dasher, Bus, Ouantum had a seal for each side and a space between the two components with a weep hole to let the leak go to the ground.
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I have not read it, but have followed some of the posts on another forum. Lots of pissed off customers. My buddy who tuned my bike and own a shop has had bikes with both failures in for repairs. Some we just out of warranty.
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Baggers are way too expensive, and the group Harley targets for those is literally dying off. Lastly, who (save for a few) around here piles the miles on their baggers like they used to? My annual miles ridden have dropped quite a bit the last three years, to less than 11K total. I haven't made any long trips in that span, and have ridden to work a lot less, especially the last year. Point being, why buy a new bike if you ain't gonna ride it much? The 'b' is, more likely than not, the first and last Harley I'll ever buy.......
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Yeah...all my friends within 200 miles have died.
The only one locally who I ride with is a retired CHP officer, he only invites me along so he doesn't have to ride alone. When he gets together with a bunch of his other officer friends I'm just an unnecessary looser hang around that was only a mechanic that took care of their patrol cars. I tend to always stay in the back of the pack, because I don't want to ever again get chewed out for throwing up sand and rocks at them. Because that is the only way little road rocks and sand get thrown up at them is from my bike only... But they are always shocked I ride alone for thousands of miles. Because I am meeting up with friends!
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I rode with, and told stories to, some members of a local HOG chapter this year. I'd like to think they have a hard time understanding why when I've told 'em of the miles I've ridden to meet, and ride with, friends.
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That same year of the Red Lodge West Coast DooFaplooza meeting where we rode the Beartooth at midnight, got home to the latest HOG magazine describing how technical riding over it was and the precautions they had to take and the stops along the way to rest up when they did a local HOG chapter ride over it.
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Keeping my 13, thank you.
Love the color. Prefer the cable clutch. Would enjoy a 107, but not enough to buy a new motorcycle. |
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Yeah, keeping my 11 too. Still love the color. Don't mind the hydraulic clutch, but then I'm not a cone rider.
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I'm happy with my '11 even though I just rebuilt the lower end. . .again. Extended warranty rocks!
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Was it lifter failure?
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