Just left the dealer. No warm fuzzy feeling here. The dealer is fine but I have no faith in Harley davidson anymore. I will wait and see what they say about my bike but the dealer gave me an idea what they would say. " back jug leaking? Ok we will fix it? Liners? ok maybe? crank run out??? you cant believe everything on the internet. " yea I know I cant believe everything on the internet but who is sitting here with a 25,000 bike that leaks oil ? I will be calm for a while and wait for the response from harley but I think I will trade her in after the repair and buy something else for my $$ and put it next to my show car that does not leak oil and my girlfriends brand new Yamaha Zuma Scotter that does not leak oil. I am just so disgusted I cant even think about it. Sorry if I sound like a a[[[ hole but its my feelings.
I feel your pain. Back in May 2002 I bought a new American motorcycle with a model name of Chief. In the following 11 months I owned the bike(s) the IMC replaced the entire bike one time and the second bike's engine one time. By the 12th month I did not have the bike nearly 45 days. On Memorial Day weekend in 2003 I parked the Indian and called the dealer and asked him to get me out as I had no room for two bikes and just bought a SERK. My dealer negotiated with IRC on my behalf and we compiled a list of all the after purchase add ons and I received a check in the amount of all but about $400. 8K miles on 2 bikes with 3 engines. What a friggin nightmare and the same was happening all over the US to other owners. Of course I had to sign a gag order-which I believe to be moot now. 79 days later IMS filed receivership or something like that in CA.
The final straw came 2 months later in the form of a packet of legal mumbo-jumbo from a CA law firm asking for the amount of my refund back due to my having been treated as a special creditor. The firm was charged with getting all the money paid out by IMC within 90 days of the insolvency back to a pot to be redistributed pro rata to all ceditors-fortunately the MOCO won't be going under so you won't have that to worry about. By the way the law firm settled for $500 and I had a $1800 attorney bill!
I did not go the lemon law route due to the portion of the law that called for prorating the mileage versus the value-may have been a significant reduction in final valuation.
Bottom line IMO stay on the dealer/manufacturer to resolve in a win-win solution oriented manner as your first and best course.