WHERE IS IT "WRITTEN" THAT IT VOIDS THE WARRANTEE? IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO VOID IT MAGNASUN-MOSS ACT (ITS ALL HEAR SAY BAD STORY THAT HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL) I ASK YOU TO PROVE ME WRONG!!!!!! NOT HEAR SAY I WANT TO SEE WRITTEN!!!!!!
A little excited?
Far be it for me to seem to be defending Mother Harley. But there is something to be said for recognizing standards and what we've agreed to and not behaving like petulant children when we don't get more than we were promised or contractually agreed to.
I assume you're suggesting that a trailer hitch must be specifically proscribed in the warranty document? It doesn't. The owner's manuals and full warranty documents (if you request them) have language that has varied over the years but they've always had some version of "unapproved accessories" or "unauthorized use" language. And.... whether we like it or not, towing is a use outside the MoCo's accepted standards. Why? Because they say so.
The warranty is a contract we accept by buying the motorcycle. So, like it or not, we're stuck with it. That some dealers may be more or less lenient on such things and either look the other way or void everything and blackball the bike only means that the dealers don't all follow the rules the same way; and that's actually a bad thing. MMWA says and/or suggests a lot of things. But it doesn't help with use of a vehicle that is outside the manufacturer's approved mode of operations.
If you step beyond the warranty to the extended service agreement their language goes so far (yes, in writing) to specifically say you are rightfully and religiously f^(*&*d if you pull a trailer. It's in their section 2 of the attached document.
So, yeah, whether we like it or not we know this crap is going in and it's the standard we must live within. We accept it by buying the bike. That leaves as the only real options to either not buy the bike or man up and go along with the terms of the warranty contract you accepted when you bought the bike.