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[michaelbmenaker]

15,000 mile service today on my '10 SESG. Tech noticed leaking around the stator plug. Covered by the ESP, $400++ without. Glad to have the extended coverage. It's not just dollars and cents, it's the no hassle factor too.

[05Train]

15,000 mile service today on my '10 SESG. Tech noticed leaking around the stator plug. Covered by the ESP, $400++ without. Glad to have the extended coverage. It's not just dollars and cents, it's the no hassle factor too.

Nice thing too is that they upgraded the plug with an extra O-ring in 2011, so you'll get the new part. 

FWIW, I love my ESP. 


Sent from my iPad, probably while I'm pooping.

[grc]

I'd be more impressed if you had the ESP and only had to pay a $50 deductible for a complete engine failure.  Considering the price for an ESP, if this is your first ESP repair you still have a long way to go before you break even.  As for the hassle factor, I guess I don't understand that.  To me the biggest hassle is the lack of reliability and the necessity to make repairs, not whether I have to pay $50 or the full repair price.

JMHO - Jerry

[JCZ]

Jerry, the ESP did just that for us, twice!

They replaced the motor in my wife's 09 Street Glide and six months later on my 10 SESG they covered the complete rebuild due to scissored flywheels.  Since I had it at an indy shop, I paid to have the flywheels pinned and welded and balanced out of my pocket but the rest of the labor and parts were covered.

The ESP on my last three baggers....and my wife's.....all four bikes paid for theirselves and then some on each of the bikes.  However, we did put a lot of miles on them.  For somebody that puts 5k to 7k miles a year it may not be cost effective.  Then again, at the failure rate that these bikes have.....it may be money well spent if you only put 3k miles a year on the clock.

And like Michael said.....when you're riding cross country and out in the middle of timbuctoo....it sure is a piece of mind.

[potlucky]

Just got my 1000 mile service done a month or so ago. I was browsing the parts and shooting the sheet, the service writer walked up to me and said "Well your ESP just got a little cheaper, you got a nail in your rear tire." Replaced under tire and wheel coverage. So I still got a long way to get even, and honestly I don't want to. Anyway, glad I had no out of pocket expense at the time.

[JonMac]

I have ESP too.  better safe than sorry

[FLSTFI Dave]

Not an ESP user.

My wife's 09 Heritage has had one failure in 91,000 miles.  The Stator went out with 51K on the bike.  New service writer came out, looked at it wrote down the Mileage, and in about ten minutes said this repair will be costly, you ready to hear the price, My reply was nope, it's under warranty for two more weeks.  The look on his face was priceless, and he says to me you put 51K on in less than two years, and I replied, nope, I never ride this bike, its my wife's!

She still has and rides the Heritage, but we just traded her 18 month old street glide with 38,650 miles on it for a 13 street glide in April.  She will have 10K on it when she gets home from Bend Oregon Monday.

I guess we are very lucky, but so far with the exception of my fatboy all my big repairs have been in the 2 year warranty.

I will say the lifters failed on My 09 CVO two weeks after I traded it, with 44K on it.

[JustDennis]

My SESG has the ESP from the previous owner.  Harley transferred it over to me.  I had it on my last bike and have it on this one until 2015.  Glad to have the piece of mind.  I was wondering if you can extend the ESP when it runs out?

[Fired00d]

My SESG has the ESP from the previous owner.  Harley transferred it over to me.  I had it on my last bike and have it on this one until 2015.  Glad to have the piece of mind.  I was wondering if you can extend the ESP when it runs out?

That option has become available recently... Just before mine was about to run out I received a letter (can't remember if it was from dealer or ESP company) stating I could bring my bike back in before the original ESP ran out and renew it. However there is a mileage restriction (no more than XX,XXX miles) on the bike that has to be met.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[05Train]

That option has become available recently... Just before mine was about to run out I received a letter (can't remember if it was from dealer or ESP company) stating I could bring my bike back in before the original ESP ran out and renew it. However there is a mileage restriction (no more than XX,XXX miles) on the bike that has to be met.

I believe 75,000 miles is the limit.

[JustDennis]

That option has become available recently... Just before mine was about to run out I received a letter (can't remember if it was from dealer or ESP company) stating I could bring my bike back in before the original ESP ran out and renew it. However there is a mileage restriction (no more than XX,XXX miles) on the bike that has to be met.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Thanks.  Good to know.  I heard someone mention they had extended their plan but had not heard of it before. 

[skratch]

i was just speaking with someone the other day about this.  you can renew your esp, but only if your bike is less than 12 years old, and has less than 75,000 miles on it.  he explained to me the best way to do it would be to take the 7 yr on a new bike (2 year factory + 5 yr extended), then when that expires, take the 4 year extension.  that will take you out to 11 years, 1 day.  then take the 5 year extended again.  that will take you out to 16 years.

he explained the reason to take the 4 year the second time around is that technically if you took the 5 year, you would be renewing it at 12 years, and 1 day.  1 day beyond the renewal point.

now of course, the 75,000 mile limit applies at your renewal points.

[Glenncarp]

I have ESP too.  better safe than sorry

I make my living as an insurance adjuster for property damage. Weekly I see people who bought the cheapest insurance one can have on a home or condominium. Weekly I hear those same people complain that either they did not choose coverage properly or they were not told by their agents what the policy included or excluded. Others were advided and still gambled on the cheaper plan.

I learned quickly that no one wants to pay for insurance....Until it is needed, then the $ saving idea is out the window. We may pay for the ESP on 3 bikes and never use it. It will be that 4th bike that we do not buy it on that the engine craps out a week after the factory warranty is up!!!

Piece of mind is priceless no matter the poor odds, IMHO

[dayne66]

Piece of mind is priceless no matter the poor odds, IMHO

Been paying the extra $125 a year for four years for flood damage insurance on a rental property in Penticton, BC.........as luck would have it, it flooded! Bill's gonna be over $20k whens all's said and done.....including lost revenue. Makes the extra $125 seen like a mere pittance!

[Glenncarp]

Been paying the extra $125 a year for four years for flood damage insurance on a rental property in Penticton, BC.........as luck would have it, it flooded! Bill's gonna be over $20k whens all's said and done.....including lost revenue. Makes the extra $125 seen like a mere pittance!

That is cheap and good coverage....USA flood program is run by the Government, not to get into a political conversation, but FEMA (Government entity that runs the flood program) allows 2 fans and 1 dehumidifier for 1,200 SF of living space, that is all they will pay for. that is not enough to dry out a 3' X5' closet! They also only pay for damaged contents at ACV (Actual cash value) That means the depreciate all content items. So you get pennies on the dollar for a 5 year old couch.Oh, and my flood insurance costs me $1,200 a year as my property elevation is 2" below the flood plane in my neighborhood!!!!