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[SPIDERMAN]

I knock wood.........2600 miles with my '08 and not oil yet..........

Jorge, that's a week's riding for you.

 Word is it takes a couple months before it starts

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[Chief]

I knock wood.........2600 miles with my '08 and not oil yet..........

I think these posts are the worst posts you could ever see. The problems have become so common and expected that we're now celebrating after each ride when the motor is holding it's oil.

This is despicable!

[SPIDERMAN]

I think these posts are the worst posts you could ever see. The problems have become so common and expected that we're now celebrating after each ride when the motor is holding it's oil.

This is despicable!

No more so than stealin one of the old lady's cookie sheets and leaving it under the bike when it was parked like we did many many years ago. These new 110's are Harley through and through. They don't leak, they mark their spot 

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[RJ749]

No more so than stealin one of the old lady's cookie sheets and leaving it under the bike when it was parked like we did many many years ago. These new 110's are Harley through and through. They don't leak, they mark their spot 

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B B,

That may well be the case, but back then the MoCo was in the crapper and only the efforts they made to improvee the bikes brought them to where the are, if this is going to continue they may go back to where they were (in a manner of speaking) which is certainly not what any of use wish to see.  IMO

[SPIDERMAN]

B B,

That may well be the case, but back then the MoCo was in the crapper and only the efforts they made to improvee the bikes brought them to where the are, if this is going to continue they may go back to where they were (in a manner of speaking) which is certainly not what any of use wish to see.  IMO

Roger,
         For the past few years, H-D Inc appears to have been being run by people with no sense of their core customers. This is what happened during the AMF years. H-D Inc is a recreational product company. Whatever downturn they are experiencing at this time is most likely seen by those in the Ivory Towers as a factor of the overall falling economy vice issues with the product and customer satisfaction. I'm not into H-D Inc stock like some of our members are, so I pay no attention to their balance sheets. I have no clue if they have deep enough pockets to weather the current downturn in their fortunes for a long enough period for someone to come to the realization that their issues are not relative to the economy, they are relative to declining consumer confidence. I love Motorcycles. I prefer the Harley-Davidson brand, but if they cannot survive, I will find another company to spend my money with or I will buy used Harley's and keep them running. I've been riding for 40 years. only 2/3rds of it has been on H-D's. I owe them nothing. If anything, they owe me for my loyalty.

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[RJ749]

Roger,
         For the past few years, H-D Inc appears to have been being run by people with no sense of their core customers. This is what happened during the AMF years. H-D Inc is a recreational product company. Whatever downturn they are experiencing at this time is most likely seen by those in the Ivory Towers as a factor of the overall falling economy vice issues with the product and customer satisfaction. I'm not into H-D Inc stock like some of our members are, so I pay no attention to their balance sheets. I have no clue if they have deep enough pockets to weather the current downturn in their fortunes for a long enough period for someone to come to the realization that their issues are not relative to the economy, they are relative to declining consumer confidence. I love Motorcycles. I prefer the Harley-Davidson brand, but if they cannot survive, I will find another company to spend my money with or I will buy used Harley's and keep them running. I've been riding for 40 years. only 2/3rds of it has been on H-D's. I owe them nothing. If anything, they owe me for my loyalty.

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I hear that, my first Harley was a new 1976 AMF FLH.

They'll most likely be around and you, me and many others here will be riding them with all of the short comings etc.

[Jack]

Gentlemen,  been awhile since my last post when I nearly deleated all my entries because of the non-believers of one of the posts before that.

With that out of the way:  When you wash your bike LET IT RUN if your rode to the wash bay. Or let it cool down if at home.  The MOCO doesn't like  their products washed hot and shut down. 

Mine started a leak at the left side jug bolt between the two cyl @ less than 1000 mi.  I have since had no or slight dirt build-up from that spot @13000 + miles.

                                                     
                                                           Semper Fi,

                                                              Jack

PS  "HOIST" I have $5000 that says I can do it again !

[Twolanerider]

Gentlemen,  been awhile since my last post when I nearly deleated all my entries because of the non-believers of one of the posts before that.

Why consider suiciding posts or memberships because someone else disagrees?  Since when does it matter so much what someone else things.  This is a playground.  Nothing is that serious.

With that out of the way:  When you wash your bike LET IT RUN if your rode to the wash bay.

That's an interesting thought.  But I think I'll pass.  First off Harley doesn't really recommend the high pressure wash bay.  Having said that it's not an uncommon thing.  I do it on occasion.  And with common sense pointing the nozzle it is of course no bid deal.  But even in the wash bay a decent job of bug removal and thorough rinsing takes a bit.  I'll choose not to have the bike sitting still at idle for 15 minutes or so.  98 times out of a hundred a bath happens in the driveway though.  So it's not a concern.