One more shot of Wekobi's Road Glide.....

A couple of weeks ago I got a flat tire on the rear of my bike.  I was not close to any city or town......out in the desert of Southern Arizona on a small two lane road. 

I had the Airmoto (for those that don't know.....you want one!) but the air was coming out faster than it was going in.  I waited several hours for the flatbed and every time I'd call they'd tell me "it'll just be a couple of hours" (they'd already told me that several times and six hours late I was still out there.

A few desert rats stopped by to ask if I needed any help.  One couple stopped for the second time and asked "are you sure you don't need any help.....you were here four hours ago when we drove by".

I was very surprised to see a Road Glide coming down the road.  Turned out to be a new CVO Road Glide and he was on vacation from North Carolina.  I told him about this forum and the annual Maggie Valley Get Together.  He finally made it back to NC and got signed up on this forum, "Wekobi".

Thanks a bunch Wekobi (David).....I really appreciate you stopping and offering to help.  Did you make it all the way up to Cochise Stronghold?  My wife and I drove up last weekend to discover the last few miles is a dirt road.  Some interesting history back in there.....the Apache Indians and Cochise (he's buried back in there but his grave is not marked).  Anyway, just wanted to say thanks, again!

Not a CVO but if Harley had added a grip and peg pkg. it certainly could be!

I had my eye one of these since last year, got a wild hair and called a kinda local dealer on the last day of last month and they agreed to my offer. I then loaded up my 2010 FXDWG and headed in.

This is a 2024 Breakout. I know, I'll be 68 later this year AND it's my secondary bike AND I'm retired and on a budget so WTF? Well, like I typed earlier....
I GOT A WILD HAIR!  LOL

I'll be changing the exhaust to a Bassani 2 into 1 set up and using Harley's Screamin Eagle tuner on this 117 cu.in. M8. It already came with a Heavy Breather so performance wise I think this lightweight little Softail should be a lot of fun with just a Stage 1 upgrade!!

Another impeccable day on the water with more of the finest New England Hazy's on the Planet   Cheers Brothers 
Burlington - Castle in the Clouds
Lawson's Sip of Sunshine
Hill Farmstead - Double Motueka
Fidens - The Farmer
Obercreek Brewing Company - Quartet #158
Trillium Brewing Company - Big Bird
Tree House - Galactic Storm
Old Old Coast Ales - Double Citra

Hmmm? I will certainly inquire about that tomorrow. I,ve heard it could be a heat sensor or a throttle /body sensor also. Thanks.

Thanks guys. I know how to turn it off and the dealer and bike shop confirmed that its off but it still drops down to one cylinder when you stop for longer that 30 seconds and it wont come back when its supposed to (release the clutch or start moving). Everyone is stumped  by this including the dealer.

I think there is a “switch” in the  ECU that they can look at and turn on/off with their HD scanner.

i've seen it once. The brass bushing for the crank ended up warped after the oil pump was'nt centered right. The suck part was, the bushing is not replaceable, the plate is junk. That failure was due to a bad install but ive never seen one fail other than that.

Thanks guys. I know how to turn it off and the dealer and bike shop confirmed that its off but it still drops down to one cylinder when you stop for longer that 30 seconds and it wont come back when its supposed to (release the clutch or start moving). Everyone is stumped  by this including the dealer.

I believe that at idle rotate the throttle past stop , forward, and the cruise light will change color, red = off / deactivated and green = on / activated

Suggestion:  Go to your user manual and look up the correct process to enable/disable parade mode to be sure you are doing it correctly.

If it still doesn’t work, a service advisor at the dealership can help or get someone who can. 

Regards