What on earth did I post that makes you think I hated my Harley? I didn't hate it, nor do I hate HD. However, I am disappointed that in 2010 I spent, what $32-33k, for the top of the line bike at the time, but at only 10k miles, it began using oil. It became a pain when taking bike trips having to pack a couple qts of oil, having to check the oil daily. On trips, it got to the point that I lost confidence with the bike's reliability...sort of on pins and needles, waiting for an engine failure. I wasn't interested in spending a grand or two tearing into a six year old bike when I wanted to trade in a year or two.
I wasn't interested in dropping $40k on a new CVO, so had all but decided to buy a '16 RGS. At Bike Week this year I stopped by Daytona Indian. The place was packed...with riders wearing HD gear. Happened to strike up a conversation with one of the mgrs there and told him to give me the sales pitch he'd give to a longtime Harley guy. I became intrigued and started researching Indian when I got home.
About the same time, a riding buddy from when I lived in Louisiana told me he got rid of his 2011 CVO RG and bought an Indian...and loved it so much, bought his daughter a Scout. BTW, he was a long-time HD guy. This past Fall, one of the guys in my riding group bought a SGS and had a wheel bearing fail at 5k miles. The tech that repaired his bike said it wasn't that uncommon. Another guy I ride with recently bought a '16 RGS and had a Boom Audio amp and speakers installed. It's been months and he still doesn't have a stereo that works as designed. The AVC doesn't work correctly and the amp cuts in and out. He's had it at the dealer several times and they've flashed and reflashed the unit. He's to the point of having the unit uninstalled and putting back in the original. You take everything in this post collectively, and that is why I decided to buy an Indian.
If anyone feels the need to bash me because, God forbid, I'm not loyal to a multi-billion dollar corporation, go ahead, I have thick skin.
Again, I didn't hate my CVO SG, but was just disappointed.