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[johnnymap]

The rear wheel on my SEEG is off center to the left if you are looking at the rear of the bike.  It is off almost 3/4 of an inch.  Has anyone else noticed their rear tire not  being in the middle of the fender?  I have noticed that some Ultras have this same condition.  The shop is telling me the tire is in alignment.  But it looks like you know what.

The bike rides and tracts fine.  Is it something common with HD's?  My RK does not have this condition.

[customryder]

i have seen this before... i think its pretty common.

[grc]

Suggest that you have vehicle alignment verified - it isn't real difficult with a rubber-mount Harley to get the alignment out of whack if it isn't set by the book.  If that checks out, then check the fender attach points.  This is where I found my problem on a previous Harley (the struts were not parallel to the frame, some minor grinding and shimming where they attached to the frame fixed the problem).

[johnnymap]

GRC, was this your SEEG?

The dealer is  saying they do not want to take it apart and realign it.  I am not sure that I want them to.   I thought it might be the way the sheet metal was hung.  

Thanks.  I knew someone on this site would have  idea.

[grc]

Actually, that was on a Super Glide (Dyna).  My SEEG is pretty close to being centered - one of the few items that the Motor Company got right.  Fortunately, I love to tinker so I just fix the stuff myself - much less stressful than trying to deal with the dealership "service?" department.  So far I've realigned the saddlebag mounts to keep the bag from rubbing the paint off the filler strips, realigned the fairing to eliminate the squeak, tightened the vents on the lowers so they would stay where I put them, added a micro switch to the lovely tour-pak light so it wouldn't stay on and run the battery down, bled the clutch three times to get all the air out and make it release, replaced the fill valve for the shocks (valve too deep for gauge or pump to work), etc., etc.  I still have to fix the lousy fuel gauge, which will wait for a weekend when the weather is too bad for riding.  Harley uses the "hand-built on a separate line" phrase in describing CVO bikes as if this is a plus; I believe I'll stick with the regular line and the robots next time.